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Paulin and Meneses are co-founders of Dulce Tricolor, a group they founded in 2019, focused on teaching traditional folk dances from Venezuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071043\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-22-JL-012526-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-22-JL-012526-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-22-JL-012526-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-22-JL-012526-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolina Meneses (center) speaks with a student during morning lessons at the Dulce Tricolor Venezolano dance group at the Ariel Dance Studio in Campbell on Jan. 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Josie Lepe for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group’s mission of celebrating Venezuelan culture feels even more relevant now, as the country’s political woes are making headlines with the U.S. government’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069211/after-maduros-capture-venezuela-faces-old-u-s-shadows-and-uncertain-future\">capture of the country’s leader\u003c/a>, Nicolás Maduro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been in the U.S. for 23 years, and I feel that I’m very well acculturated to the U.S., but I miss my roots, I miss my traditions, I miss my country,” said Paulin, 46.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was a way to keep it alive for me, for my kids, for our community and then most importantly to share with the Bay Area what Venezuela is. And to make sure that everybody knows that we are more than what they see these days on the news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-12-JL-012526-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-12-JL-012526-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-12-JL-012526-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-12-JL-012526-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students participate in youth morning lessons at the Dulce Tricolor Venezolano dance group at the Ariel Dance Studio in Campbell on Jan. 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Josie Lepe for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The future of Venezuela is unclear, but its political and economic instability has plagued the South American nation for nearly two decades, forcing a quarter of the population to emigrate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Americans have little understanding of the Venezuelan people or culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Venezuelan diaspora in the Bay Area is relatively small. An estimated 770,000 Venezuelan natives lived in the United States in 2024, with 3%, or about 23,000, in California, according to the Migration Policy Institute.[aside postID=news_12069211 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2254673550.jpg']I wanted to find out more about the Venezuelan community in the Bay Area, so I reached out to Paulin to learn about Dulce Tricolor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, formed in 2019, obtained nonprofit status and now has about two dozen members who perform at events all over the Bay Area, including an annual Christmas showcase in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group is divided into age groups — ages 4 to 7, 8 to 15, and 15 and up — that practice every Sunday at a dance studio tucked away in a strip mall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After moving to the Bay Area in 2017, Paulin struggled to expose her three kids to Venezuelan culture here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although we speak Spanish at home and we eat arepas and all the stuff, having something more structured was better,” Paulin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven years ago, she was shopping in a grocery store when a woman overheard her speaking, recognized her accent and invited her to join a WhatsApp group for Venezuelan women in the Bay Area. That chance encounter led to the formation of Dulce Tricolor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-01-JL-012526-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-01-JL-012526-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-01-JL-012526-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-01-JL-012526-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students participate in morning lessons for youth ages 4 to 7 at the Dulce Tricolor Venezolano dance group at the Ariel Dance Studio in Campbell, California, on Jan. 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Josie Lepe for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have friends from everywhere, but being close to Venezuelans gives me a special fulfillment I get out of being with people that speak the same language and the same culture,” Paulin said. “It was very exciting to find this group.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Paulin and Meneses, preserving and sharing Venezuelan traditions has been a lifeline in their adopted homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been amazing because at first there were not too many Venezuela people,” said Meneses, who left Venezuela in 2010 and now lives in Campbell. “In these last few years, a lot of people that came from Venezuela and that is good for one part, but it’s not for another part because a lot of people are leaving our country for the situation. But, also, we have been building a very beautiful community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I asked the young dancers what they took from being part of Dulce Tricolor, they said things like “confidence,” “community,” and a “fun time with my friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071042\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-15-JL-012526-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-15-JL-012526-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-15-JL-012526-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/DULCETRICOLOR-15-JL-012526-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolina Meneses, left, and Michelle Paulin, center, instruct youth during morning lessons at the Dulce Tricolor Venezolano dance group at the Ariel Dance Studio in Campbell on Jan. 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Josie Lepe for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Watching the kids practice reminded me of the years I spent learning and performing traditional Mexican folklorico dances when I was in elementary school. Looking back, those were some of the most formative experiences of my childhood because they reinforced pride, appreciation and understanding of my Mexican roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s empowering to not just be exposed to a cultural tradition, but to embody it and act as a representative.[aside postID=arts_13986280 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/012026_BadBunnyBayArea_GH_019_qed.jpg']The group’s next performance is slated for March 1 at Fuego Sports Bar in Sunnyvale that will feature music, live performances, food and a community forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea, Paulin said, is to combine tradition and celebration with taking time for Venezuelans to process the current moment with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"background-color: transparent\">“We don’t know what the future will bring. 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They wanted to play the music live, even though they are amateur musicians, and were horrified when they realized my recorder was on while they played.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072923\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DulceTricolor-14-JL-012526_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DulceTricolor-14-JL-012526_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DulceTricolor-14-JL-012526_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/DulceTricolor-14-JL-012526_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samantha Leon, 4, reacts during morning youth lessons at the Dulce Tricolor Venezolano dance group at the Ariel Dance Studio in Campbell, California, on Jan. 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Josie Lepe for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the songs they plan to play are “Mis Ilusiones,” about hope for a better future, and “Venezuela,” which Paulin described as an unofficial national anthem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paulin said hearing the music of her homeland gives her hope that, despite the uncertainty of the current moment, there might be a time soon when more Venezuelans can hear it in person at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still have the hope that things are going to change,” she said. “The way we feel that we support Venezuelans at home, being here in the U.S., is by keeping Venezuela alive and making sure that people don’t only listen to the bad side of the news, but also to know what Venezuela was, and hopefully will be soon enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Scott Wiener — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044570/california-bill-would-prohibit-ice-officers-from-wearing-masks-in-the-state\">who wrote the original bill \u003c/a>— immediately announced new legislation to add state law enforcement officers to the masking ban. Wiener removed state officers from SB 627 at the request of Gov. 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In a win for California, Snyder on Monday ruled that the state can enforce the identification provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013975\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013975\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A person in jeans and a t-shirt stands while someone with a vest and gun ties something around them.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/02_060622-ICE-Immigration-AP-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant after an early morning raid on June 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 30-page ruling from Snyder, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, comes as public outrage grows over how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents conduct themselves — anger that has spread in the wake of the killings of two American citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-state-senate-passes-mask-ban-to-curb-federal-immigration-enforcement-tactics\">Washington\u003c/a> passed its own mask ban last month, and similar bans are being considered by other Democratic-led states, like\u003ca href=\"https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/12/nj-bill-bans-masks-for-ice-agents/\"> New Jersey\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/14/oregon-lawmakers-consider-disputed-penalites-federal-agents-masking/\"> Oregon\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://gothamist.com/news/ny-bill-would-ban-ice-and-other-officers-from-wearing-masks-heres-what-to-know\"> New York\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-push-to-unmask-ice-agents-in-new-bill\"> Illinois\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats in Congress have also seized on the issue, refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security without reforms and greater accountability. Among their demands: a ban on masking by federal agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said that while constitutional experts had advised him that SB 627 would pass constitutional muster even without including state law enforcement, he respects the court’s contrary stance. Wiener said he believes there will be support in the California Legislature to add state law enforcement back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a very different world right now than we were in the summer of 2025,” he said. “Things were bad last year, but they have only gotten worse since then, particularly given what happened in Minneapolis.”[aside postID=news_12058936 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/BorderPatrolAgentsGetty.jpg']He continued: “People do not want masked law enforcement in their communities, people want to be able to see who is patrolling their communities, people understand that if ICE and any other law enforcement wear ski masks, that creates an atmosphere of impunity and terror, and prevents accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear if Newsom would sign such a bill. In response to the ruling, his press office \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/govpressoffice/status/2021016512677675504?s=46\">wrote\u003c/a> on social media, “Mr. Wiener rejected our proposed fixes to his bill — language that was later included in the identification bill the court upheld today. He chose a different approach, and today the court found his approach unlawful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2020987402882515174?s=20\">celebrated\u003c/a> the ruling on X, calling it “ANOTHER key court victory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Following our arguments, a district court in California BLOCKED the enforcement of a law that would have banned federal agents from wearing masks to protect their identities,” Bondi wrote. “We will continue fighting and winning in court for President Trump’s law-and-order agenda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court on Monday, Snyder dismissed several arguments the Trump administration has made to justify why agents should be allowed to mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that there are no federal laws or regulations that require federal law enforcement officers to wear facial coverings or conceal their identity, and “in fact, some federal laws and regulations require visible identification in certain circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, she noted, federal officers have not been masked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snyder also found that the federal government “has not met its burden to show that enforcement of the challenged provisions … would interfere with or take control of federal law enforcement operations,” — comparing them to traffic laws that dictate how a federal officer may drive on state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she rejected the argument that bills will put officers at risk of attacks and physical harm, noting that the potential harms cited in court — including doxing, threats and assault — are all crimes themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A rule that prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing masks or requires them to have visible identification does not facilitate or enable criminals to harm law enforcement officers,” she wrote. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He continued: “People do not want masked law enforcement in their communities, people want to be able to see who is patrolling their communities, people understand that if ICE and any other law enforcement wear ski masks, that creates an atmosphere of impunity and terror, and prevents accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear if Newsom would sign such a bill. In response to the ruling, his press office \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/govpressoffice/status/2021016512677675504?s=46\">wrote\u003c/a> on social media, “Mr. Wiener rejected our proposed fixes to his bill — language that was later included in the identification bill the court upheld today. He chose a different approach, and today the court found his approach unlawful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2020987402882515174?s=20\">celebrated\u003c/a> the ruling on X, calling it “ANOTHER key court victory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Following our arguments, a district court in California BLOCKED the enforcement of a law that would have banned federal agents from wearing masks to protect their identities,” Bondi wrote. “We will continue fighting and winning in court for President Trump’s law-and-order agenda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court on Monday, Snyder dismissed several arguments the Trump administration has made to justify why agents should be allowed to mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that there are no federal laws or regulations that require federal law enforcement officers to wear facial coverings or conceal their identity, and “in fact, some federal laws and regulations require visible identification in certain circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, she noted, federal officers have not been masked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snyder also found that the federal government “has not met its burden to show that enforcement of the challenged provisions … would interfere with or take control of federal law enforcement operations,” — comparing them to traffic laws that dictate how a federal officer may drive on state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she rejected the argument that bills will put officers at risk of attacks and physical harm, noting that the potential harms cited in court — including doxing, threats and assault — are all crimes themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A rule that prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing masks or requires them to have visible identification does not facilitate or enable criminals to harm law enforcement officers,” she wrote. To the contrary, she added later, the “presence of masked and unidentifiable individuals, including law enforcement, is more likely to heighten the sense of insecurity for all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in a clear rebuke to statements made by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070101/california-prosecutors-push-back-on-ice-immunity-claims\">Vice President JD Vance and others\u003c/a> after the Minneapolis shootings, Snyder noted that, “The law is clear that federal officers do not have absolute immunity from state prosecution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A group of detained immigrants who say their rights are being violated at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070519/california-senators-visit-immigration-jail-ahead-of-looming-ice-funding-bill-deadline\">California City immigration detention facility\u003c/a> in the Mojave Desert will get their first day in court on Friday before a federal judge in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/cases/gomez-ruiz-et-al-v-ice\">lawsuit\u003c/a> alleges that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071297/bay-area-congressman-ramps-up-push-to-bring-ice-detention-conditions-to-light\">conditions at the 2,560-bed immigration jail\u003c/a> operated by a for-profit contractor are so bad that they violate the Constitution and a law meant to protect people with disabilities. It points to meager medical care, inadequate access to lawyers and an environment so punishing it’s worse than a high-security prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit comes as a record number of people are being held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention — more than 70,000 as of late January — and a growing number of them are dying. There were 32 deaths in 2025, the highest in two decades, and ICE has reported that six people have died in custody since the start of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The detainees are asking U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney to order ICE to ensure that conditions improve so they comply with the Rehabilitation Act and the 1st and 5th amendments to the Constitution. They’re also asking her to make the case a class action to cover everyone held at the California City facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly three-quarters of the roughly 1,000 people held at the detention center, 100 miles north of Los Angeles and 75 miles east of Bakersfield, have no criminal conviction. And in any case, immigration detention is a civil matter, not a sentence for a crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Cody Harris, a partner at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, who’s part of a team representing the detainees, said people are locked in their cells facing the wall for headcounts four times a day and are not allowed contact visits where they can hug their children or other loved ones. He called it draconian and cruel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center in California City, California, in June 2025. \u003ccite>(Saul Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are people who went out to the doctor, or went to get food at a restaurant, and they were apprehended,” Harris said. “They’ve never been in a jail, they’ve never been in a prison, and then suddenly they’re finding themselves in this remote facility with barbed wire everywhere and they’re being treated worse than the highest-security criminals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit also alleges a dire lack of medical care, even for life-threatening conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late December, Chesney intervened for two men — one with a serious heart condition, the other with symptoms of cancer — who had been waiting months for care. The judge, who was appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton, ordered ICE to ensure the men see specialists and get treatment promptly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris said ICE and CoreCivic, the company that owns and operates the former prison in California City, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">opened it in haste last August\u003c/a>, unprepared to handle even routine medical needs, let alone serious ones.[aside postID=news_12070519 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AlexPadillaAdamSchiffAP.jpg']“Their staffing was not ready, their training was not ready, the facility itself wasn’t ready,” he said. “They set out to make this the biggest immigration detention facility in the entire state … and they just weren’t ready to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE and the Department of Homeland Security dispute the allegations. In court filings, they argue that the law does not require them to treat detainees better than prisoners and say the California City facility has an experienced warden who follows ICE’s detention standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They say plaintiffs’ complaints about health care reflect isolated lapses, not systemic problems, and that the staff now meets medical needs in a timely way. And they say they allow detainees access to legal counsel, subject to the facility’s “operational limits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE generally does not comment on pending litigation, but in this case, DHS sent KQED a statement from spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin that reads in part: “Any claims there are subprime conditions at the California City detention center are FALSE…. This type of garbage about ICE facilities is contributing to our officers facing an 8000% increase in death threats against them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McLaughlin has cited the 8,000% figure repeatedly in recent months, but DHS has not offered publicly verifiable data to support the claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McLaughlin said detainees get nutritious meals, access to phones to contact family and lawyers, and disability accommodations. She said comprehensive medical care is provided “from the moment an alien enters ICE custody.” She added: “The average illegal alien gets far more due process than most Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11869381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11869381\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/GettyImages-450371267-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Adelanto Detention Facility is the largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in California. The private GEO Group manages the facility. Organizers signal that distrust of for-profit prison operators like GEO Group and Core Civic among detained migrants could complicate the process to vaccinate this population. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the government is also asking that the case be moved from San Francisco to a court in the Eastern District of California, which includes Kern County, where the California City facility is located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for the detainees say the case should stay in San Francisco because the ICE field office that sends arrested immigrants to California City is located here, and the Eastern District has a severe shortage of judges, which could delay the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, detainees at another California ICE facility, the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, \u003ca href=\"https://publiccounsel.org/press-releases/adelanto-detainees-file-federal-lawsuit-challenging-inhumane-conditions-at-adelanto-ice-processing-center/\">filed a similar lawsuit\u003c/a>. That suit alleges ICE denies critical medical care, adequate nutrition and sanitation, and abuses solitary confinement at Adelanto. Two men died in ICE custody at Adelanto last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris said, regardless of how Americans feel about immigration, he hoped they could agree that the government has a legal and moral duty to treat people in custody with human dignity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The federal government can’t just lock people up and treat them however it likes and throw away the key until it deports them. It has some basic obligations,” he said. “How you treat people you’re detaining says a lot about your values as a country. And right now, what’s being said is pretty ugly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A section of the letter also contains diagrams with detailed instructions for building homemade explosive devices to launch at federal agents, “shredding body parts and terrorizing domestic ICE terrorists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the printed address on the envelope’s label, there was no other mention of the Sonoma County GOP. LeBoy said while the party’s offices have been broken into and received anonymous hate mail in the past, the letter has made the party feel like a target.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our board met last night and we’ve been working on some security measures,” she said Thursday. “They chose to mail this to us, but we don’t know what the next step might be.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Patricia Seffens confirmed to KQED that the letter mailed to the North Bay Republicans was related to a separate one sent to “an out-of-state private organization that has some association with ICE.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LeBoy said on Jan. 27, she received a call from Geo Group, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063220/sf-supervisors-press-geo-group-halfway-house-operator-about-july-death-of-resident\">a global private prison company\u003c/a> based in Florida that operates immigration detention facilities, alerting her that the letter sent to the company had the Sonoma County Republican Party offices listed as the return address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Santa Rosa police have not identified the person or organization that sent the manifesto, officers from the department’s Violent Crimes Investigations Team are working with the United States Postal Inspector to track its source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also examining that letter for any forensic evidence, such as trace DNA that may have been left on the envelope or paper, anything like that,” Seffens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Minneapolis, “Operation Metro Surge” has drawn broad condemnation for excessive force used by federal agents, who fatally shot two protesters in January, and spurred calls across the aisle for more accountability and funding restrictions for the Department of Homeland Security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Businesses and entrepreneurs of all kinds are hoping to earn a piece of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071211/super-bowl-lx-promises-big-bucks-for-the-bay-area-cities-are-trying-to-cash-in\">financial pie\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/super-bowl\">Super Bowl\u003c/a> organizers say the big game at Levi’s Stadium will deliver to the Bay Area this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for some, the allure is clouded by constant concern over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071704/ice-super-bowl-immigration-enforcement-santa-clara-san-francisco-bay-area-2026\">immigration enforcement threats\u003c/a> from President Donald Trump’s administration, adding a layer of fear and instability for those weighing whether to try to tap into the event to earn more income in pricey Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe the Super Bowl could have helped bring in some business, but with all this fear-mongering, I definitely think it’s put a damper on things,” said Liz Hernandez, who runs a longstanding boot business, Zapatería La Mexicana, with her family at the San José Flea Market in the Berryessa neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The huge East San José marketplace, home to hundreds of vendor stalls that have served locals and tourists alike for 65 years, is known affectionately as “La Pulga.” It’s long been a popular destination for shoppers and families looking for entertainment, toys, clothes and produce, along with snacks like churros, hot dogs or tacos, and games for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hernandez and other vendors said the market’s attendance has dropped significantly since Trump began his second term, as its biggest customer base, the large Latino community in the South Bay, has tried to navigate daily life while on the receiving end of an immigration campaign built on fear and intimidation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are just trying to scare people more than anything and show their dominance. It’s just terrible to see what it’s done to the community, people’s spirits overall, the way that people are being attacked,” Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071632\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers shop at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. Vendors from the Berryessa Flea Market share their thoughts on balancing the economic opportunity the Super Bowl presents with fears about immigration enforcement. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there was initially some hope the Super Bowl would bring a boom in business to the market, and to other diverse local business corridors in East San José, like Alum Rock, where her family also owns a brick-and-mortar store, Red Rock Western Wear, she said that optimism has faded in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think the local community is going to show out,” Hernandez said, standing in front of stacks of boxed leather cowboy boots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as NFL officials said at a press conference this week that there are no planned immigration enforcement actions at the game or during any related events, the threats from Trump to send a surge of federal agents into the Bay Area months ago, and vague statements from Department of Homeland Security officials more recently, have loomed over the festivities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimmy Hernandez, a flea market vendor selling records, fashion accessories and art for 35 years, who is not related to Liz Hernandez, said he doesn’t oppose Trump’s stated goal of removing violent criminals, but that hasn’t been the reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071635\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Business owner of Time Warp, Jimmy Hernandez, poses for a portrait at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. Vendors from the Berryessa Flea Market share their thoughts on balancing the economic opportunity the Super Bowl presents with fears about immigration enforcement. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’re going after the working people that built this place. And ironically, that’s probably some of the people that shop here, too. Because this is a family tradition, coming to the flea market,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto González, head of the San José Flea Market Vendors Association, said he’s disappointed San José, the NFL and the Bay Area Host Committee haven’t done more to creatively promote the market and its vendors to Super Bowl visitors from near and far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said a small number of vendors from the market were recruited by local influencer group Sanjosefoos, as they are known on Instagram, to take part in larger city events near downtown, but otherwise, there has been little outreach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How great would it be that the city and the Super Bowl work together to have vendors out there at the event?” he said.[aside postID=news_12038600 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250424-DANGERDOGS-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']With the NFL enacting a four-mile “clean zone” around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the game and in the week leading up to it, many vendors who might have wanted to get close to the stadium to sell their wares will be unable to do so, with the restrictions even booting out longtime vendors who regularly sell there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a class war, where billionaires and these large corporations are able to set whatever they want to set up,” González said. “They have the golden road laid out for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then it’s just dribbles for the rest of the folks. Or you have to put yourself, maybe in a compromising position, to even be able to try and make an extra buck,” he added, noting that some immigrants may choose to brave the area around the clean zone to sell merchandise or crafts even if they are worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José has perhaps done more than any other South Bay city to ensure it is not shortchanged, as much of the money flowing through the region went to San Francisco when Levi’s hosted the big game a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city, with promotional help from Mayor Matt Mahan, has raised about $5 million from companies and sponsors to help put on a series of events the week of the game, including a concert series in front of City Hall and events at other popular outposts, like San Pedro Square and tony Santana Row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González thinks there should be more of a balance, with the city promoting immigrant-rich shopping and cultural hubs that make San José special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the flea market, González noted the Willow Street corridor, known as Calle Willow, a hub of Latino businesses south of downtown, as well as Little Saigon, along Story Road, where many of the city’s most well-known and internet-famous Vietnamese American restaurants and cafes are located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen Baker, the director of economic development for the city of San José, speaks during the SJ2026 Eastside Small Business Town Hall at Mexican Heritage Plaza on Dec. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jen Baker, the director of economic development for San José, said the city has been using its social media channels to promote businesses around the city, including those planning Super Bowl-centric special menus and parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also held an information and panel discussion meeting for small businesses at Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San José in early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Creating those avenues, building relationships for smaller businesses to get technical assistance with marketing and finance so that they can position themselves to be responsive to some of the vendor opportunities,” Baker said.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaileen Janmohamed, president and CEO of the Bay Area Host Committee, said the organization, in partnership with the NFL, launched a program called “Source LX,” that “ensures that contracts around this event go to small businesses and businesses that are based locally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called the program, with over 1,000 applicants, a success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businesses remain mostly empty on a Wednesday at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, applications were only accepted for a short time, and the program closed its application portal about a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business owners and vendors interviewed for this story had not heard of Source LX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Israel García and Alma González, who run Antojitos y Birria Estilo Jalisco food truck in the Spartan Keyes neighborhood of San José, strict restrictions on where and how they can operate deterred them from trying to get involved with the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple consulted a city councilmember about requirements and considered relocating their truck to Santa Clara for game day. But ultimately, the wide reach of the clean zone meant it wouldn’t be worth it to leave their normal spot, where regular customers come each week or even daily for lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple gets up in the middle of the night six days a week to go to a commissary kitchen and prepare about 20 pounds of beef for their truck’s birria tacos and quesadillas, as well as a large quantity of their rich consomé, redolent of warm spices and topped with fresh cilantro and onion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12071629 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The couple Alma González (left) and Israel García (right) operate their food truck Antojitos Y Birria Estilo Jalisco in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alma’s father started the business 15 years ago, and now he does the grocery shopping for the business. The couple also runs a stand at the flea market, selling handmade and custom crafts, such as papier mache and crocheted items, often imprinted with pictures of customers’ family members or pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>García, speaking Spanish translated by his wife, said the items they sell are all handcrafted, often made by his sister or mother, and they are proud to share pieces of their Mexican heritage with customers, who often become their friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González said business has slowed in recent weeks, as aggressive immigration agents wreak havoc in other parts of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody right now is kind of nervous. Because of what they are doing in the other states, everybody is scared. Even if you are a citizen or a non-citizen, it doesn’t matter. I think everyone is nervous about it, and I think we are anxious,” she said. “Maybe they will come, maybe they won’t, but right now … everybody is like, what’s going on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite those fears, some advocates say the harshly expensive realities of the region mean the chance to boost business or sales during a major event is a necessity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businesses remain mostly empty on a Wednesday at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The economic disparities between folks who can afford a home and folks who are stuck renting and barely able to afford rent, those disparities are really high,” said Socorro Montaño, the co-director and organizing coordinator for nonprofit Latinos United for a New America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yet our immigrant community is so strong here, and part of that is a really, really strong work ethic and commitment to making their lives better for their families and future generations,” Montaño said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>California is an expensive place to live. Are you feeling the pinch? \u003ca href=\"#Shareyourstory\">Share your story\u003c/a> with KQED by leaving us a voicemail at \u003ca href=\"tel:4155532115\">415-553-2115\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5v6Atf-zIWjJr8ZXgyOmDSRVu2kSdv4_RdPTIWLdBmnVoXg/viewform?usp=header\">clicking here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Montaño hopes vendors are aware of the tools and groups working to protect immigrants, such as the Rapid Response Network of Santa Clara County, and other nonprofits like LUNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Community Service Organization is working to put together an “Adopt a Vendor” program, in which volunteers trained by the Rapid Response Network would accompany vendors who are selling food, crafts or other items around the South Bay, as an extra layer of support and another pair of eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers order from Antojitos Y Birria Estilo Jalisco, a food truck, in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At these entertainment events, nobody, regardless of their immigration status, should have any fear … during this time, which shouldn’t have anything to do with discrimination or racist profiling,” said Uriel Magdaleno, a leader with CSO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magdaleno said the program is a necessary step as part of a broader resistance effort to what he described as “ICE brutalization” of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Hernandez, the flea market vendor, said even after the Super Bowl is long gone, the crackdown from federal agencies could continue to hurt immigrants and the San José community as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re such a value to the community and just seeing everything that’s happening is so heartbreaking because they’re such an asset and they don’t deserve to be hindered this way or accused of being terrible people,” she said. They’ve shown up in ways that other people haven’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Shareyourstory\">\u003c/a>California is expensive. Share your story of how you get by\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5v6Atf-zIWjJr8ZXgyOmDSRVu2kSdv4_RdPTIWLdBmnVoXg/viewform?usp=header\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The huge East San José marketplace, home to hundreds of vendor stalls that have served locals and tourists alike for 65 years, is known affectionately as “La Pulga.” It’s long been a popular destination for shoppers and families looking for entertainment, toys, clothes and produce, along with snacks like churros, hot dogs or tacos, and games for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hernandez and other vendors said the market’s attendance has dropped significantly since Trump began his second term, as its biggest customer base, the large Latino community in the South Bay, has tried to navigate daily life while on the receiving end of an immigration campaign built on fear and intimidation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are just trying to scare people more than anything and show their dominance. It’s just terrible to see what it’s done to the community, people’s spirits overall, the way that people are being attacked,” Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071632\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00378_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers shop at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. Vendors from the Berryessa Flea Market share their thoughts on balancing the economic opportunity the Super Bowl presents with fears about immigration enforcement. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there was initially some hope the Super Bowl would bring a boom in business to the market, and to other diverse local business corridors in East San José, like Alum Rock, where her family also owns a brick-and-mortar store, Red Rock Western Wear, she said that optimism has faded in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think the local community is going to show out,” Hernandez said, standing in front of stacks of boxed leather cowboy boots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as NFL officials said at a press conference this week that there are no planned immigration enforcement actions at the game or during any related events, the threats from Trump to send a surge of federal agents into the Bay Area months ago, and vague statements from Department of Homeland Security officials more recently, have loomed over the festivities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimmy Hernandez, a flea market vendor selling records, fashion accessories and art for 35 years, who is not related to Liz Hernandez, said he doesn’t oppose Trump’s stated goal of removing violent criminals, but that hasn’t been the reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071635\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00438_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Business owner of Time Warp, Jimmy Hernandez, poses for a portrait at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>With the NFL enacting a four-mile “clean zone” around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the game and in the week leading up to it, many vendors who might have wanted to get close to the stadium to sell their wares will be unable to do so, with the restrictions even booting out longtime vendors who regularly sell there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a class war, where billionaires and these large corporations are able to set whatever they want to set up,” González said. “They have the golden road laid out for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then it’s just dribbles for the rest of the folks. Or you have to put yourself, maybe in a compromising position, to even be able to try and make an extra buck,” he added, noting that some immigrants may choose to brave the area around the clean zone to sell merchandise or crafts even if they are worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José has perhaps done more than any other South Bay city to ensure it is not shortchanged, as much of the money flowing through the region went to San Francisco when Levi’s hosted the big game a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city, with promotional help from Mayor Matt Mahan, has raised about $5 million from companies and sponsors to help put on a series of events the week of the game, including a concert series in front of City Hall and events at other popular outposts, like San Pedro Square and tony Santana Row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González thinks there should be more of a balance, with the city promoting immigrant-rich shopping and cultural hubs that make San José special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the flea market, González noted the Willow Street corridor, known as Calle Willow, a hub of Latino businesses south of downtown, as well as Little Saigon, along Story Road, where many of the city’s most well-known and internet-famous Vietnamese American restaurants and cafes are located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251208-SJ2026BIZ-JG-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen Baker, the director of economic development for the city of San José, speaks during the SJ2026 Eastside Small Business Town Hall at Mexican Heritage Plaza on Dec. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jen Baker, the director of economic development for San José, said the city has been using its social media channels to promote businesses around the city, including those planning Super Bowl-centric special menus and parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also held an information and panel discussion meeting for small businesses at Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San José in early December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Creating those avenues, building relationships for smaller businesses to get technical assistance with marketing and finance so that they can position themselves to be responsive to some of the vendor opportunities,” Baker said.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaileen Janmohamed, president and CEO of the Bay Area Host Committee, said the organization, in partnership with the NFL, launched a program called “Source LX,” that “ensures that contracts around this event go to small businesses and businesses that are based locally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called the program, with over 1,000 applicants, a success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00415_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businesses remain mostly empty on a Wednesday at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, applications were only accepted for a short time, and the program closed its application portal about a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business owners and vendors interviewed for this story had not heard of Source LX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Israel García and Alma González, who run Antojitos y Birria Estilo Jalisco food truck in the Spartan Keyes neighborhood of San José, strict restrictions on where and how they can operate deterred them from trying to get involved with the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple consulted a city councilmember about requirements and considered relocating their truck to Santa Clara for game day. But ultimately, the wide reach of the clean zone meant it wouldn’t be worth it to leave their normal spot, where regular customers come each week or even daily for lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple gets up in the middle of the night six days a week to go to a commissary kitchen and prepare about 20 pounds of beef for their truck’s birria tacos and quesadillas, as well as a large quantity of their rich consomé, redolent of warm spices and topped with fresh cilantro and onion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12071629 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00214_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The couple Alma González (left) and Israel García (right) operate their food truck Antojitos Y Birria Estilo Jalisco in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alma’s father started the business 15 years ago, and now he does the grocery shopping for the business. The couple also runs a stand at the flea market, selling handmade and custom crafts, such as papier mache and crocheted items, often imprinted with pictures of customers’ family members or pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>García, speaking Spanish translated by his wife, said the items they sell are all handcrafted, often made by his sister or mother, and they are proud to share pieces of their Mexican heritage with customers, who often become their friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González said business has slowed in recent weeks, as aggressive immigration agents wreak havoc in other parts of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody right now is kind of nervous. Because of what they are doing in the other states, everybody is scared. Even if you are a citizen or a non-citizen, it doesn’t matter. I think everyone is nervous about it, and I think we are anxious,” she said. “Maybe they will come, maybe they won’t, but right now … everybody is like, what’s going on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite those fears, some advocates say the harshly expensive realities of the region mean the chance to boost business or sales during a major event is a necessity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00475_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businesses remain mostly empty on a Wednesday at the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The economic disparities between folks who can afford a home and folks who are stuck renting and barely able to afford rent, those disparities are really high,” said Socorro Montaño, the co-director and organizing coordinator for nonprofit Latinos United for a New America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yet our immigrant community is so strong here, and part of that is a really, really strong work ethic and commitment to making their lives better for their families and future generations,” Montaño said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>California is an expensive place to live. Are you feeling the pinch? \u003ca href=\"#Shareyourstory\">Share your story\u003c/a> with KQED by leaving us a voicemail at \u003ca href=\"tel:4155532115\">415-553-2115\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5v6Atf-zIWjJr8ZXgyOmDSRVu2kSdv4_RdPTIWLdBmnVoXg/viewform?usp=header\">clicking here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Montaño hopes vendors are aware of the tools and groups working to protect immigrants, such as the Rapid Response Network of Santa Clara County, and other nonprofits like LUNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Community Service Organization is working to put together an “Adopt a Vendor” program, in which volunteers trained by the Rapid Response Network would accompany vendors who are selling food, crafts or other items around the South Bay, as an extra layer of support and another pair of eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-SUPERBOWLVENDORS00050_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers order from Antojitos Y Birria Estilo Jalisco, a food truck, in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At these entertainment events, nobody, regardless of their immigration status, should have any fear … during this time, which shouldn’t have anything to do with discrimination or racist profiling,” said Uriel Magdaleno, a leader with CSO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magdaleno said the program is a necessary step as part of a broader resistance effort to what he described as “ICE brutalization” of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Hernandez, the flea market vendor, said even after the Super Bowl is long gone, the crackdown from federal agencies could continue to hurt immigrants and the San José community as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re such a value to the community and just seeing everything that’s happening is so heartbreaking because they’re such an asset and they don’t deserve to be hindered this way or accused of being terrible people,” she said. 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Super Bowl security will entail a whole-of-government response conducted in line with the U.S. Constitution,” McLaughlin said. “Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13986280/bad-bunny-bay-area-imoact-sol-food-mural-pinatas-super-bowl-mission-district\">Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny\u003c/a> was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show’s headline entertainment, Noem said ICE would be “all over” the Super Bowl, advising that the only people who should attend the game are “law-abiding Americans who love this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upping the ante Sunday, Bad Bunny \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072216/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show-comes-at-politically-charged-time\">said “ICE out”\u003c/a> during his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. “We’re not aliens,” he said before a live television audience upon accepting the Best Música Urbana award for his album \u003cem>Debí Tirar Más Fotos.\u003c/em> “We are humans, and we are Americans,” he added.[aside postID=news_12071704 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ICEAgentsMinnesotaGetty.jpg']In response, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the singer for “trying to demonize law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at its annual pre-Super Bowl public safety press conference on Tuesday, NFL chief security officer Cathy Lanier said, “There are no planned ICE enforcement activities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Khanna said, “We’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071704/ice-super-bowl-immigration-enforcement-santa-clara-san-francisco-bay-area-2026\">heard rumors\u003c/a> that ICE was thinking of doing something at the Super Bowl, but nothing alarming or confirmed, but I wanted to be proactive in making sure that we keep ICE out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A memo this week from the Bay Area Host Committee, which works to bring major sporting events to the region, stated, “There are no planned ICE immigration enforcement operations associated with [the Super Bowl]. In coordination with NFL security and local law enforcement, DHS will have federal agents at the Super Bowl to keep fans safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message goes on to say the federal presence “is consistent with past Super Bowls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, this is a national event,” Khanna told KQED. “We have the world’s attention. The last thing we need is ICE raids, harassing people or creating conflict that will disrupt one of the great American traditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Super Bowl comes amid rising tension between Democrats and the White House over ICE tactics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070880\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2255009703-scaled-e1769191193398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Levi’s Stadium on Dec.3, 2025, in Santa Clara, California. \u003ccite>(Kirby Lee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bill to fund DHS has been held up while changes to ICE tactics are negotiated. Among the things Democrats are demanding: a ban on face masks for ICE officers; a requirement to obtain judicial warrants before taking people out of their homes, cars or workplaces; an explicit prohibition on ICE detaining or deporting U.S. citizens; and guarantees of independent, transparent investigations into excessive use of force by ICE agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noem already announced this week that DHS field officers, including ICE, would have body cameras, starting with those in Minnesota, another demand by Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And earlier Wednesday, Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar,” who was sent to Minnesota after the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents, said 700 immigration agents would be pulled from Minnesota, leaving about 2,000 federal officers in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversy comes as the NFL is expanding its footprint internationally, with nine games planned for outside the U.S next season. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In response, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the singer for “trying to demonize law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at its annual pre-Super Bowl public safety press conference on Tuesday, NFL chief security officer Cathy Lanier said, “There are no planned ICE enforcement activities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Khanna said, “We’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071704/ice-super-bowl-immigration-enforcement-santa-clara-san-francisco-bay-area-2026\">heard rumors\u003c/a> that ICE was thinking of doing something at the Super Bowl, but nothing alarming or confirmed, but I wanted to be proactive in making sure that we keep ICE out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A memo this week from the Bay Area Host Committee, which works to bring major sporting events to the region, stated, “There are no planned ICE immigration enforcement operations associated with [the Super Bowl]. In coordination with NFL security and local law enforcement, DHS will have federal agents at the Super Bowl to keep fans safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message goes on to say the federal presence “is consistent with past Super Bowls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, this is a national event,” Khanna told KQED. “We have the world’s attention. The last thing we need is ICE raids, harassing people or creating conflict that will disrupt one of the great American traditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Super Bowl comes amid rising tension between Democrats and the White House over ICE tactics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070880\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2255009703-scaled-e1769191193398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Levi’s Stadium on Dec.3, 2025, in Santa Clara, California. \u003ccite>(Kirby Lee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bill to fund DHS has been held up while changes to ICE tactics are negotiated. Among the things Democrats are demanding: a ban on face masks for ICE officers; a requirement to obtain judicial warrants before taking people out of their homes, cars or workplaces; an explicit prohibition on ICE detaining or deporting U.S. citizens; and guarantees of independent, transparent investigations into excessive use of force by ICE agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noem already announced this week that DHS field officers, including ICE, would have body cameras, starting with those in Minnesota, another demand by Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And earlier Wednesday, Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar,” who was sent to Minnesota after the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents, said 700 immigration agents would be pulled from Minnesota, leaving about 2,000 federal officers in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversy comes as the NFL is expanding its footprint internationally, with nine games planned for outside the U.S next season. At a press event this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, “We have a really big announcement from my standpoint, [which] is we’re heading back to Mexico City in December, which I think is wonderful for our fans in Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goodell, known as a shrewd marketer of football, must know that a controversial immigration enforcement action by ICE agents at the Super Bowl would not go over well south of the border — or in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When commercial truck drivers are speeding down \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California’s\u003c/a> highways and interstates with thousands of pounds of cargo in tow, a single mistake can be catastrophic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet California fails to regulate most of the schools that train truck drivers, allowing nearly 200 unlicensed schools to operate with effectively no oversight, according to a CalMatters analysis of state and federal records. And when the state has tried to use its limited authority to discipline schools for shortchanging students or flouting the law, its regulators are often powerless, according to the analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without regulatory oversight, industry experts say there is no way to know whether students coming out of those schools are prepared to operate a big rig safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All aspiring truckers are required to attend specialized driving schools, where they study a dense curriculum — learning what to do, for instance, in the event of a skid or when the trailer swings out uncontrollably from the cab. Only then can they take the necessary exams at the California Department of Motor Vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the federal government and the state of California have systems for regulating trucking schools, making sure that they adhere to the curriculum, that the tuition costs are fair and that students are ultimately prepared to get behind the wheel of a truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from inside Amarjit Singh’s truck in Livermore, on Dec. 16, 2025. Advocates are calling on California officials to halt the planned license revocations. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in California there is a loophole: Private trucking schools that charge students $2,500 or less don’t need state licenses, effectively exempting them from oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the state has tried to discipline schools, some reduced their tuition to $2,500 or less, at which point they no longer needed to heed the state’s orders. Other schools just disregarded the state’s orders altogether, the analysis shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has “more limited” tools for pursuing disciplinary action against trucking schools once they claim an exemption, said Monica Vargas, a spokesperson for California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, which is in charge of monitoring most private trade schools. She said the bureau can fine schools for violations, but if they refuse to pay, the state has no additional leverage beyond sending the fine to a collections agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureau told the Legislature in a report last year that it gave licenses to 42 trucking schools. The total number of trucking schools could be roughly three times that, the bureau said, and Vargas later clarified that “exact numbers could not be known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To determine a more accurate estimate of schools, CalMatters used a \u003ca href=\"https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/\">federal database\u003c/a> that lists all trucking schools, regardless of their tuition rate. But it’s not clear how accurate or comprehensive that list is. The federal government asks schools to self-register, and it doesn’t “approve or certify” the information that schools provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using the federal list, CalMatters found at least 184 California trucking schools that are not regulated by the state, including at least nine schools the bureau has tried — and failed — to regulate or shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/100124-Floor-Session-FG-63-CM-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up view of a lawmaker wearing a black suit and red tie as he smiles and looks towards another person off-frame.\">\u003cfigcaption>Lawmaker Mike Fong before the start of an Assembly floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mike-fong-165455\">Assemblymember Mike Fong\u003c/a>, an Alhambra Democrat, proposed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab714\">a bill\u003c/a> to close the state’s tuition loophole for trucking schools. In his testimony for the bill, Fong said increased regulation of exempt trucking schools could make California’s highways safer for everyone. He cited federal data showing \u003ca href=\"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813588.pdf\">more than 400 people died\u003c/a> on California’s roads in truck-related crashes in 2022 but in an interview, he acknowledged that there’s “no data to directly correlate” any of those crashes with the volume of unlicensed schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exemptions to licensing laws were intended for companies offering SAT or LSAT test prep courses, Fong said in an interview — those that “do not affect public safety,” he added. “This bill is really to close a loophole in current law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Gold, the founder and CEO of 160 Driving Academy, a chain of trucking schools, was a leader behind the development of the bill. “Because I’m (bureau) certified, my curriculum is on file. I have a surety bond in the state of California. I can’t rip you off as a student. I have insurance. The state of California has approved and walked my site,” he said in an interview with CalMatters, noting that approval took 18 months. Gold said his commercial trucking programs charge $6,000 and require about four weeks or 160 hours of training, a far cry from unlicensed programs that tell students they can finish in as little as 15 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unsuspecting everyday drivers have no idea the 80,000 pound truck on the highway is operated by an individual who’s not properly trained,” said Gold during his testimony for the bill last year. The California Association of Highway Patrolmen, a labor union representing CHP officers, also spoke in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill failed, though no one publicly opposed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Fly-by-night’ schools\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of the unlicensed trucking schools consist of just a parking lot, a few trucks that students can practice on and a room or two for self-study. Some trucking school owners call these unlicensed programs “fly-by-night” schools — because they are small and unlicensed they can open anywhere or suddenly close and change owners or names with little notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what happened with the Truck Nation School in Modesto. On Aug. 19, Ricardo Chavez, who was enrolled at the school, was headed there to prepare for his DMV exam, scheduled just two days later. He showed up to find the gates to the parking lot locked and a sign that simply said the school had shut down.[aside postID=news_12069236 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/SoCalHwyAP.jpg']The sudden closure derailed his career plans. A trucking job was a path forward, he said, a way to earn a better living than his current rotation of gig jobs, such as putting up blinds and detailing cars. He had quit working, paid about $2,000 in tuition and fees to attend the trucking school and was hiring a babysitter to take care of his two kids so he could attend class for a few hours each day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days after the school closed, he failed the DMV exam and failed it again on the second try. He finally passed on the third attempt, almost three weeks later and after paying about $300 to a different school, but he still doesn’t have a trucking job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has a special program designed to refund students who lose their money when a school abruptly closes, but to qualify the student must attend a school licensed by the bureau. Since it charged $2,500 or less, the Truck Nation School was exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been horrible,” said Chavez, who was planning to work as an agricultural truck driver. Because it took him so long to get the license, he said he missed the window to work during the peak of harvest season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated attempts to reach representatives of Truck Nation for comment were unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vargas, the state spokesperson, said the bureau investigates an exempt school if someone files a complaint about it or if there’s an “internal tip.” Citations are rare. In the 2024-25 academic year, Vargas said the bureau issued citations to 15 unlicensed trucking schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How trucking schools avoid discipline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even when schools are licensed, state enforcement is limited. A 2024 CalMatters investigation found that state employees and contractors were referring students to Dolphin Trucking School, which received tuition subsidies through a federal job training program. While the Los Angeles school was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/08/job-training-california-for-profit-schools/\">pocketing thousands of dollars in subsidies \u003c/a>for many of its students, it was in the midst of a state investigation that included accusations of unqualified teachers and hazardous learning conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureau stripped the school of its license in August 2024 following inquiries from CalMatters, but now the family that owned it is operating a new school, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dtstechnicalcollege.com/\">“DTS Technical, Inc.,”\u003c/a> with the same office location. The logo even has a dolphin on it, a nod to its former name. On its website, DTS Technical, Inc. lists tuition at $2,500, plus a required $500 fee, for its comprehensive commercial driver’s license course and says that students can use public subsidies from the state’s Department of Rehabilitation to pay tuition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/031124-Dolphin-Trucking-School-ZS-CM-30-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"From behind a driver and passenger seat, the driver's hand is on the vehicle's gear stick while another arm in a yellow safety jacket extends out to guide the gear stick.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/031124-Dolphin-Trucking-School-ZS-CM-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing black pants and a yellow sweater looks towards a yellow and black semi-trailer pulling a white cargo trailer.\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First:\u003c/strong> A Dolphin Trucking School instructor guides a student through a gear shift. \u003cstrong>Last: \u003c/strong>Orange cones divide the yard at Dolphin Trucking School in Vernon, where students practice driving trucks on March 11, 2024. Photos by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/031124-Dolphin-Trucking-School-ZS-CM-11-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in a green and orange safety vest stands next to the engine compartment of a semi-trailer while addressing students as they look-on.\">\u003cfigcaption>Students at Dolphin Trucking School listen attentively as their instructor reviews the truck’s engine parts in Vernon on March 11, 2024. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carla Galvez, the owner of the now-closed Dolphin Trucking School, said she has no affiliation with DTS Technical, Inc. and refused to answer any questions on behalf of the family members who are listed as the owners of the new school. CalMatters called and emailed DTS, Technical Inc. but received no response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another instance, the state issued a letter to El Monte Truck Driving School in the San Gabriel Valley in April 2021, telling it to cease operations for failing to document tuition costs and keep appropriate records, among other violations. The school kept operating anyway. More than three years later, the state issued another order to close and fined the school $100,000 for disregarding the previous order. The only way it can stay open and continue operating, the state wrote, is if it qualifies for an exemption, such as charging $2,500 or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school is still operating as of this month and charges students $4,000, according to the school’s secretary, who spoke to CalMatters on the phone. She refused to answer other questions, such as whether the school qualifies for another exemption. Certain religious schools, nonprofit organizations and apprenticeship programs are exempt from state oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vargas, the state spokesperson, said El Monte Truck Driving School is making payments on a payment plan for the $100,000 fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases federal officials have gone after trucking schools for criminal activity. In a series of cases dating back to 2011, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office prosecuted 20 trucking school owners, California DMV employees, and intermediaries who conspired to give trucking licenses to unqualified drivers, many of whom never took a DMV exam. In an announcement in 2022, the attorney general stated the school owners bribed DMV employees to help “failing or unqualified students” get their licenses. “In total, hundreds of fraudulent commercial driver license permits and licenses were issued as a part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/eastern-district-california-completes-prosecution-20-defendants-dmv-corruption-cases\">these schemes\u003c/a>, jeopardizing public safety,” the office wrote in its statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are schools properly training tomorrow’s truck drivers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state exemptions and the lack of federal vetting mean there are few records on whether schools are adequately preparing drivers. Along with DMV exams, California state law says that trucking students need to spend \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-veh/division-6/chapter-7/article-5/section-15250-1/\">at least 15 hours\u003c/a> behind the wheel of a truck before they can receive a license. Since 2022, federal law also \u003ca href=\"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-380#se49.5.380_1703\">requires\u003c/a> trucking schools to teach a specific curriculum that involves learning the parts of a truck and ways to operate it safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students at some exempt schools interviewed by CalMatters said they struggled to get time behind the wheel and that they often had to teach themselves.[aside postID=news_12071380 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-450371215-1020x680.jpg']Aramis Andrews told CalMatters he paid more than $3,000 to attend Premier Trucking School in Red Bluff, which is unlicensed. Andrews said the instructor expected him to teach himself online before attending class, after which he was promised 20 hours of behind-the-wheel practice. But when he showed up to the school, the instructor was upset that Andrews wasn’t more prepared and kicked him out of the program on the second day. “He (the instructor) wanted me to go to the school and already know everything and just drive around some and make sure I was good at it,” Andrews said. “I feel like it was just a scam to be honest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe German, the school’s owner, said he kicked Andrews out because he “didn’t take the course seriously.” German said he gave Andrews a refund for the remainder of the program, which Andrews disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, the bureau fined Premier Trucking School $12,500 for \u003ca href=\"https://www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/actions/settl_of_affir_cit_premier_trucking_school_20251229.pdf\">operating without a license\u003c/a> or a valid exemption. German said he paid the fine, though he denied any intentional wrongdoing. He said he was unaware of the bureau’s rules and that the full licensing process “would bankrupt us.” The bureau “is set up for universities or big, big schools,” he said, “not a school that’s one or two trucks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Gold, the CEO of 160 Driving Academy, the lack of regulation is the main reason for the poor training some students receive. “These schools do not have a comprehensive approved training curriculum and there’s no way they are compliant with the federal rules. Who knows the level of training they are conducting?” he said during his testimony for Fong’s bill last year. “The unsuspecting consumer has no idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fong said he would not comment on why his bill did not pass, but he noted the state had a “tough budget last year.” The bill died in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, where fiscal matters are addressed. One estimate by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education said it would cost more than $800,000 a year to hire five new staff members to regulate all trucking schools, though registration fees paid by the schools could recoup roughly half of those costs. The Legislature is considering the bill again this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The trucking school ‘mill’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, appointed by President Donald Trump, has made cracking down on trucking schools a central piece of his agenda. He argues — with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/11/immigrant-drivers/\">only anecdotal evidence\u003c/a> — that many schools, especially those in California, are graduating immigrants who don’t speak English and who drive more dangerously than other truckers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Duffy said the department \u003ca href=\"https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-cracks-down-illegal-providers-commercial\">had removed\u003c/a> nearly 3,000 trucking schools from its national registry for falsifying data, neglecting the federally required curriculum or refusing to provide certain records. The department also notified an additional 4,500 schools about “potential noncompliance,” though it did not respond to CalMatters questions about the specifics of those violations. Duffy has said repeatedly that some trucking schools are “mills,” helping students receive driver’s licenses even when they \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2u4mDnH6E\">lack the qualifications\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/011526-Trucking-School-Modesto-LV-15-CM-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A semi-truck with a trailer reading “The Truck Master School” drives out the gated driveway of a parking lot to a trucking school with a giant banner on the gate.\">\u003cfigcaption>A truck drives out of the practice lot of The Truck Master School in Modesto on Jan. 15, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite Duffy’s efforts, institutions with repeated violations still appear on the national registry. The Fresno Truck Driving School Inc. was inspected six times in the last two years, with the U.S. Transportation Department repeatedly finding that the emergency brakes on its trucks weren’t properly operating. It also reported that the school had a driver who could not “read or speak the English language sufficiently to respond to official inquiries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re getting an inspection (from the federal government), that means something has gone terribly wrong,” said Zach Cahalan, the executive director of the Truck Safety Coalition, which advocates for truck safety and the victims of truck-related crashes. Still, he said trucks often are cited for multiple violations before the federal government tries to shut down the carrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transportation department proposed removing Premier Trucking School from its registry, and the school is now closed. DTS Technical, Inc. is still on the federal list. So is the Truck Nation School in Modesto, even though it’s been closed for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A different school, the Truck Master School, took over the lease of Truck Nation, where Chavez used to practice. Truck Master charges just under $2,500, and like its predecessor, it’s exempt from state oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>About the data\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To estimate the number of trucking schools that are not regulated by California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, CalMatters cross-checked state and federal datasets. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration maintains the \u003ca href=\"https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/Search\">Training Provider Registry\u003c/a>, which allows providers to self-certify they meet federal and state requirements. The registry also allows students to find commercial driver’s license training. But the department \u003ca href=\"https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/Provider\">specifies\u003c/a> it does not “approve or certify” those providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to compile a comparable list of providers that may also be under the purview of the state bureau, CalMatters cleaned a list of 2,676 locations found in the federal database where providers conducted training in California as of Jan. 8, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters first filtered out providers registered as “private enrollment only” (such as employer-based training programs). We then manually filtered out providers whose names and online presence indicated they were likely one of the following and not primarily a commercial driver training school that charges tuition:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Public school district;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Community college;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Municipal, utility, state or federal agency;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Individual instructor;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chauffeur, logistics or similar company.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Because the federal database lists all locations separately, CalMatters consolidated branch locations of the same school based on name and contact information. We then matched schools to the state bureau’s list of approved private postsecondary educational institutions based on name, location and contact information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After compiling a comparable list, our analysis found at least 184 training providers listed on the federal registry that appear to be primarily operating as private trucking schools but were not approved by California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to operate as of Jan. 8, 2026. To confirm whether a school is still operating, we used recent reviews and online listings, though some listings may be outdated, or we contacted the school directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/CalMatters/data-trucking-schools\">\u003cem>See the list of schools\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2026/02/child-care-california-2/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All aspiring truckers are required to attend specialized driving schools, where they study a dense curriculum — learning what to do, for instance, in the event of a skid or when the trailer swings out uncontrollably from the cab. Only then can they take the necessary exams at the California Department of Motor Vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the federal government and the state of California have systems for regulating trucking schools, making sure that they adhere to the curriculum, that the tuition costs are fair and that students are ultimately prepared to get behind the wheel of a truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from inside Amarjit Singh’s truck in Livermore, on Dec. 16, 2025. Advocates are calling on California officials to halt the planned license revocations. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in California there is a loophole: Private trucking schools that charge students $2,500 or less don’t need state licenses, effectively exempting them from oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the state has tried to discipline schools, some reduced their tuition to $2,500 or less, at which point they no longer needed to heed the state’s orders. Other schools just disregarded the state’s orders altogether, the analysis shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has “more limited” tools for pursuing disciplinary action against trucking schools once they claim an exemption, said Monica Vargas, a spokesperson for California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, which is in charge of monitoring most private trade schools. She said the bureau can fine schools for violations, but if they refuse to pay, the state has no additional leverage beyond sending the fine to a collections agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureau told the Legislature in a report last year that it gave licenses to 42 trucking schools. The total number of trucking schools could be roughly three times that, the bureau said, and Vargas later clarified that “exact numbers could not be known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To determine a more accurate estimate of schools, CalMatters used a \u003ca href=\"https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/\">federal database\u003c/a> that lists all trucking schools, regardless of their tuition rate. But it’s not clear how accurate or comprehensive that list is. The federal government asks schools to self-register, and it doesn’t “approve or certify” the information that schools provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using the federal list, CalMatters found at least 184 California trucking schools that are not regulated by the state, including at least nine schools the bureau has tried — and failed — to regulate or shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/100124-Floor-Session-FG-63-CM-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up view of a lawmaker wearing a black suit and red tie as he smiles and looks towards another person off-frame.\">\u003cfigcaption>Lawmaker Mike Fong before the start of an Assembly floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mike-fong-165455\">Assemblymember Mike Fong\u003c/a>, an Alhambra Democrat, proposed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab714\">a bill\u003c/a> to close the state’s tuition loophole for trucking schools. In his testimony for the bill, Fong said increased regulation of exempt trucking schools could make California’s highways safer for everyone. He cited federal data showing \u003ca href=\"https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813588.pdf\">more than 400 people died\u003c/a> on California’s roads in truck-related crashes in 2022 but in an interview, he acknowledged that there’s “no data to directly correlate” any of those crashes with the volume of unlicensed schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exemptions to licensing laws were intended for companies offering SAT or LSAT test prep courses, Fong said in an interview — those that “do not affect public safety,” he added. “This bill is really to close a loophole in current law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Gold, the founder and CEO of 160 Driving Academy, a chain of trucking schools, was a leader behind the development of the bill. “Because I’m (bureau) certified, my curriculum is on file. I have a surety bond in the state of California. I can’t rip you off as a student. I have insurance. The state of California has approved and walked my site,” he said in an interview with CalMatters, noting that approval took 18 months. Gold said his commercial trucking programs charge $6,000 and require about four weeks or 160 hours of training, a far cry from unlicensed programs that tell students they can finish in as little as 15 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unsuspecting everyday drivers have no idea the 80,000 pound truck on the highway is operated by an individual who’s not properly trained,” said Gold during his testimony for the bill last year. The California Association of Highway Patrolmen, a labor union representing CHP officers, also spoke in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill failed, though no one publicly opposed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Fly-by-night’ schools\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of the unlicensed trucking schools consist of just a parking lot, a few trucks that students can practice on and a room or two for self-study. Some trucking school owners call these unlicensed programs “fly-by-night” schools — because they are small and unlicensed they can open anywhere or suddenly close and change owners or names with little notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what happened with the Truck Nation School in Modesto. On Aug. 19, Ricardo Chavez, who was enrolled at the school, was headed there to prepare for his DMV exam, scheduled just two days later. He showed up to find the gates to the parking lot locked and a sign that simply said the school had shut down.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The sudden closure derailed his career plans. A trucking job was a path forward, he said, a way to earn a better living than his current rotation of gig jobs, such as putting up blinds and detailing cars. He had quit working, paid about $2,000 in tuition and fees to attend the trucking school and was hiring a babysitter to take care of his two kids so he could attend class for a few hours each day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days after the school closed, he failed the DMV exam and failed it again on the second try. He finally passed on the third attempt, almost three weeks later and after paying about $300 to a different school, but he still doesn’t have a trucking job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has a special program designed to refund students who lose their money when a school abruptly closes, but to qualify the student must attend a school licensed by the bureau. Since it charged $2,500 or less, the Truck Nation School was exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been horrible,” said Chavez, who was planning to work as an agricultural truck driver. Because it took him so long to get the license, he said he missed the window to work during the peak of harvest season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated attempts to reach representatives of Truck Nation for comment were unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vargas, the state spokesperson, said the bureau investigates an exempt school if someone files a complaint about it or if there’s an “internal tip.” Citations are rare. In the 2024-25 academic year, Vargas said the bureau issued citations to 15 unlicensed trucking schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How trucking schools avoid discipline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even when schools are licensed, state enforcement is limited. A 2024 CalMatters investigation found that state employees and contractors were referring students to Dolphin Trucking School, which received tuition subsidies through a federal job training program. While the Los Angeles school was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/08/job-training-california-for-profit-schools/\">pocketing thousands of dollars in subsidies \u003c/a>for many of its students, it was in the midst of a state investigation that included accusations of unqualified teachers and hazardous learning conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureau stripped the school of its license in August 2024 following inquiries from CalMatters, but now the family that owned it is operating a new school, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dtstechnicalcollege.com/\">“DTS Technical, Inc.,”\u003c/a> with the same office location. The logo even has a dolphin on it, a nod to its former name. On its website, DTS Technical, Inc. lists tuition at $2,500, plus a required $500 fee, for its comprehensive commercial driver’s license course and says that students can use public subsidies from the state’s Department of Rehabilitation to pay tuition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/031124-Dolphin-Trucking-School-ZS-CM-30-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"From behind a driver and passenger seat, the driver's hand is on the vehicle's gear stick while another arm in a yellow safety jacket extends out to guide the gear stick.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/031124-Dolphin-Trucking-School-ZS-CM-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing black pants and a yellow sweater looks towards a yellow and black semi-trailer pulling a white cargo trailer.\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First:\u003c/strong> A Dolphin Trucking School instructor guides a student through a gear shift. \u003cstrong>Last: \u003c/strong>Orange cones divide the yard at Dolphin Trucking School in Vernon, where students practice driving trucks on March 11, 2024. Photos by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/031124-Dolphin-Trucking-School-ZS-CM-11-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person dressed in a green and orange safety vest stands next to the engine compartment of a semi-trailer while addressing students as they look-on.\">\u003cfigcaption>Students at Dolphin Trucking School listen attentively as their instructor reviews the truck’s engine parts in Vernon on March 11, 2024. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carla Galvez, the owner of the now-closed Dolphin Trucking School, said she has no affiliation with DTS Technical, Inc. and refused to answer any questions on behalf of the family members who are listed as the owners of the new school. CalMatters called and emailed DTS, Technical Inc. but received no response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another instance, the state issued a letter to El Monte Truck Driving School in the San Gabriel Valley in April 2021, telling it to cease operations for failing to document tuition costs and keep appropriate records, among other violations. The school kept operating anyway. More than three years later, the state issued another order to close and fined the school $100,000 for disregarding the previous order. The only way it can stay open and continue operating, the state wrote, is if it qualifies for an exemption, such as charging $2,500 or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school is still operating as of this month and charges students $4,000, according to the school’s secretary, who spoke to CalMatters on the phone. She refused to answer other questions, such as whether the school qualifies for another exemption. Certain religious schools, nonprofit organizations and apprenticeship programs are exempt from state oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vargas, the state spokesperson, said El Monte Truck Driving School is making payments on a payment plan for the $100,000 fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases federal officials have gone after trucking schools for criminal activity. In a series of cases dating back to 2011, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office prosecuted 20 trucking school owners, California DMV employees, and intermediaries who conspired to give trucking licenses to unqualified drivers, many of whom never took a DMV exam. In an announcement in 2022, the attorney general stated the school owners bribed DMV employees to help “failing or unqualified students” get their licenses. “In total, hundreds of fraudulent commercial driver license permits and licenses were issued as a part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/eastern-district-california-completes-prosecution-20-defendants-dmv-corruption-cases\">these schemes\u003c/a>, jeopardizing public safety,” the office wrote in its statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are schools properly training tomorrow’s truck drivers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state exemptions and the lack of federal vetting mean there are few records on whether schools are adequately preparing drivers. Along with DMV exams, California state law says that trucking students need to spend \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-veh/division-6/chapter-7/article-5/section-15250-1/\">at least 15 hours\u003c/a> behind the wheel of a truck before they can receive a license. Since 2022, federal law also \u003ca href=\"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-380#se49.5.380_1703\">requires\u003c/a> trucking schools to teach a specific curriculum that involves learning the parts of a truck and ways to operate it safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students at some exempt schools interviewed by CalMatters said they struggled to get time behind the wheel and that they often had to teach themselves.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Aramis Andrews told CalMatters he paid more than $3,000 to attend Premier Trucking School in Red Bluff, which is unlicensed. Andrews said the instructor expected him to teach himself online before attending class, after which he was promised 20 hours of behind-the-wheel practice. But when he showed up to the school, the instructor was upset that Andrews wasn’t more prepared and kicked him out of the program on the second day. “He (the instructor) wanted me to go to the school and already know everything and just drive around some and make sure I was good at it,” Andrews said. “I feel like it was just a scam to be honest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe German, the school’s owner, said he kicked Andrews out because he “didn’t take the course seriously.” German said he gave Andrews a refund for the remainder of the program, which Andrews disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, the bureau fined Premier Trucking School $12,500 for \u003ca href=\"https://www.bppe.ca.gov/enforcement/actions/settl_of_affir_cit_premier_trucking_school_20251229.pdf\">operating without a license\u003c/a> or a valid exemption. German said he paid the fine, though he denied any intentional wrongdoing. He said he was unaware of the bureau’s rules and that the full licensing process “would bankrupt us.” The bureau “is set up for universities or big, big schools,” he said, “not a school that’s one or two trucks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Gold, the CEO of 160 Driving Academy, the lack of regulation is the main reason for the poor training some students receive. “These schools do not have a comprehensive approved training curriculum and there’s no way they are compliant with the federal rules. Who knows the level of training they are conducting?” he said during his testimony for Fong’s bill last year. “The unsuspecting consumer has no idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fong said he would not comment on why his bill did not pass, but he noted the state had a “tough budget last year.” The bill died in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, where fiscal matters are addressed. One estimate by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education said it would cost more than $800,000 a year to hire five new staff members to regulate all trucking schools, though registration fees paid by the schools could recoup roughly half of those costs. The Legislature is considering the bill again this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The trucking school ‘mill’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, appointed by President Donald Trump, has made cracking down on trucking schools a central piece of his agenda. He argues — with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/11/immigrant-drivers/\">only anecdotal evidence\u003c/a> — that many schools, especially those in California, are graduating immigrants who don’t speak English and who drive more dangerously than other truckers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Duffy said the department \u003ca href=\"https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-cracks-down-illegal-providers-commercial\">had removed\u003c/a> nearly 3,000 trucking schools from its national registry for falsifying data, neglecting the federally required curriculum or refusing to provide certain records. The department also notified an additional 4,500 schools about “potential noncompliance,” though it did not respond to CalMatters questions about the specifics of those violations. Duffy has said repeatedly that some trucking schools are “mills,” helping students receive driver’s licenses even when they \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2u4mDnH6E\">lack the qualifications\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/011526-Trucking-School-Modesto-LV-15-CM-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A semi-truck with a trailer reading “The Truck Master School” drives out the gated driveway of a parking lot to a trucking school with a giant banner on the gate.\">\u003cfigcaption>A truck drives out of the practice lot of The Truck Master School in Modesto on Jan. 15, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite Duffy’s efforts, institutions with repeated violations still appear on the national registry. The Fresno Truck Driving School Inc. was inspected six times in the last two years, with the U.S. Transportation Department repeatedly finding that the emergency brakes on its trucks weren’t properly operating. It also reported that the school had a driver who could not “read or speak the English language sufficiently to respond to official inquiries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re getting an inspection (from the federal government), that means something has gone terribly wrong,” said Zach Cahalan, the executive director of the Truck Safety Coalition, which advocates for truck safety and the victims of truck-related crashes. Still, he said trucks often are cited for multiple violations before the federal government tries to shut down the carrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transportation department proposed removing Premier Trucking School from its registry, and the school is now closed. DTS Technical, Inc. is still on the federal list. So is the Truck Nation School in Modesto, even though it’s been closed for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A different school, the Truck Master School, took over the lease of Truck Nation, where Chavez used to practice. Truck Master charges just under $2,500, and like its predecessor, it’s exempt from state oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>About the data\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To estimate the number of trucking schools that are not regulated by California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, CalMatters cross-checked state and federal datasets. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration maintains the \u003ca href=\"https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/Search\">Training Provider Registry\u003c/a>, which allows providers to self-certify they meet federal and state requirements. The registry also allows students to find commercial driver’s license training. But the department \u003ca href=\"https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/Provider\">specifies\u003c/a> it does not “approve or certify” those providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to compile a comparable list of providers that may also be under the purview of the state bureau, CalMatters cleaned a list of 2,676 locations found in the federal database where providers conducted training in California as of Jan. 8, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters first filtered out providers registered as “private enrollment only” (such as employer-based training programs). We then manually filtered out providers whose names and online presence indicated they were likely one of the following and not primarily a commercial driver training school that charges tuition:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Public school district;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Community college;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Municipal, utility, state or federal agency;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Individual instructor;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chauffeur, logistics or similar company.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Because the federal database lists all locations separately, CalMatters consolidated branch locations of the same school based on name and contact information. We then matched schools to the state bureau’s list of approved private postsecondary educational institutions based on name, location and contact information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After compiling a comparable list, our analysis found at least 184 training providers listed on the federal registry that appear to be primarily operating as private trucking schools but were not approved by California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to operate as of Jan. 8, 2026. To confirm whether a school is still operating, we used recent reviews and online listings, though some listings may be outdated, or we contacted the school directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/CalMatters/data-trucking-schools\">\u003cem>See the list of schools\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2026/02/child-care-california-2/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071704/ice-super-bowl-immigration-enforcement-santa-clara-san-francisco-bay-area-2026\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El domingo 8 de febrero, el Área de la Bahía será la sede \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071370/as-bay-area-gears-up-to-host-super-bowl-lx-and-bad-bunny-halftime-show-fears-of-ice-loom\">del Super Bowl LX\u003c/a> en el estadio Levi’s de Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y tras los actos de violencia por parte de los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (o ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) contra los residentes de Minnesota, incluidos \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-look-at-shootings-by-federal-immigration-officers\">dos tiroteos mortales\u003c/a> en las últimas semanas, se siente una gran inquietud en la región sobre la posible presencia de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero a pocos días del Super Bowl, qué exactamente se sabe sobre cualquier posible operativo de ICE en el Área de la Bahía?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ahorita lo más importante:\u003c/strong> En una \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/JWSMxTeFLkk\">rueda de prensa\u003c/a> el martes, la directora de seguridad de la NFL dijo que no se tiene planeado un operativo de ICE u otra agencia migratoria durante el domingo del partido o en otros eventos en la zona relacionados con el Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siga leyendo para saber lo que sabemos hasta ahora sobre ICE y el Super Bowl, y también cómo se puede evitar difundir información errónea sobre operativos migratorios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Ir directamente a:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#Trump\">\u003cstrong>¿Estará el presidente Donald Trump en el Super Bowl?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#ICE\">\u003cstrong>¿Cómo puedo saber si los rumores sobre la presencia del ICE en el Área de la Bahía son verídicos?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#grabarlos\">\u003cstrong>Si veo a agentes de ICE, ¿puedo grabarlos?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Qué sabemos sobre una posible presencia de ICE en el Super Bowl?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>La administración Trump ha enviado mensajes contradictorios sobre si agentes de ICE formarán parte de la estrategia de seguridad del Super Bowl este año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando el podcaster Benny Johnson le preguntó en octubre si habría operativos de ICE en el partido, la secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (o DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), Kristi Noem, respondió: “Los habrá, porque el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional es responsable de mantenerlo seguro”. Agregó en la misma entrevista que “la gente no debería venir al Super Bowl a menos que sean estadounidenses que respeten la ley y amen este país”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/KRISTY-NOEM-PODIUM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/KRISTY-NOEM-PODIUM.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/KRISTY-NOEM-PODIUM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, habla en una rueda de prensa el 7 de enero de 2026 en Brownsville, Texas. Noem anunció que el Gobierno federal instalaría 500 millas de barreras acuáticas en el río Grande. \u003ccite>(Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En otro episodio del podcast de Johnson a finales de ese mismo mes, el asesor del DHS, Corey Lewandowski, reiteró el plan de la administración de enviar agentes de ICE al evento, calificando la medida como una “directiva del presidente”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero cuando KQED solicitó confirmación al DHS a principios de esta semana, los funcionarios de la agencia se mostraron mucho más vagos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No revelaremos operaciones futuras ni hablaremos del personaL”, dijo la subsecretaria Tricia McLaughlin en un correo electrónico a KQED. “La seguridad de la Super Bowl implicará una respuesta de todo el Gobierno llevada a cabo de acuerdo con la Constitución de los Estados Unidos. Aquellos que están aquí legalmente y no infringen otras leyes no tienen nada que temer”. El miércoles, KQED solicitó a esa agencia nueva información pero no recibió una respuesta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En una rueda de prensa el martes, la directora de seguridad de la NFL Cathy Lanier dijo: “No se tiene planeado un operativo de ICE u otra agencia migratoria en la zona del Super Bowl o en otros eventos en la relacionados con el Super Bowl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanier no se vio preocupada por la posibilidad de que el gobierno de Trump despliegue agentes de ICE al Super Bowl sin dar previo aviso a la NFL, y dijo a la prensa que la NFL tiene “una excelente relación con nuestros socios federales” y que se reunió con líderes del DHS la semana pasada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estoy segura que nuestra relación es fuerte y que estamos aquí por motivos de seguridad pública, y en eso es en lo que se centran todos los que están aquí,” dijo Lanier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La oficina del gobernador Gavin Newsom declaró a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/super-bowl-ice-trump-21321255.php\">SFGATE\u003c/a> que “no prevemos ninguna actividad inusual por parte de ICE” en el Super Bowl, y que el estado “colaborará con las autoridades estatales y locales para garantizar la seguridad de todos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Esperamos que nuestros socios federales mantengan la seguridad, transparencia y confianza”, dijo la portavoz de Newsom, Diana Crofts-Pelayo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Qué opinan los líderes locales sobre la posible presencia de ICE en el Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>En el Área de la Bahía, los líderes locales han tomado en cuentra el pánico entre los residentes causado por la falta de información clara sobre si ICE o CBP estarán en la región.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El martes, la alcalde de Santa Clara Lisa Gillmor publicó un comunicado escrito en el cual casi repite lo que han dicho representantes de la NFL esta semana. “No se tiene planeado un operativo de ICE u otra agencia migratoria en los eventos del Super Bowl en Santa Clara,” dijo, y luego agregó: “Cualquier actividad federal que los visitantes o residentes vean en esta semana del Super Bowl son procedimientos de seguridad estándar”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El viernes, el alcalde de San José, Matt Mahan, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2017329892707447136\">publicó en las redes sociales\u003c/a> que habló con la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (o NFL, por sus siglas en inglés), y que, según él, “nos dijo que todas las fuerzas del orden que vendrán al Área de la Bahía para el Super Bowl se centrarán en un solo objetivo: nuestra seguridad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan reconoció los “rumores que circulan desde hace meses sobre un aumento de las medidas de control inmigratorio” y afirmó: “Nos han dicho que esos rumores son falsos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En una \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2015642306540609688\">declaración anterior del 25 de enero\u003c/a>, Mahan afirmó que los agentes de policía de su ciudad “no pueden ni van a interrumpir ni colaborar con las medidas legales de control inmigratorio, pero protegerán a los ciudadanos, sus libertades y nuestra ciudad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, las autoridades también reconocen que, para que el Área de la Bahía pueda acoger grandes eventos deportivos, como el Super Bowl y la Copa Mundial de la FIFA a lo largo de este año, deben cooperar en cierta medida con la administración Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/levis-stadium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/levis-stadium.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/levis-stadium-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una pancarta del Super Bowl decora el exterior del Levi’s Stadium en San José el 28 de enero de 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eso no significa que no haya límites a las acciones de los agentes federales, afirmó el martes Otto Lee, supervisor del condado de Santa Clara. “Nadie está por encima de la ley. No existe la inmunidad absoluta ni la autorización para matar” afirmó en referencia a los agentes de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si alguien entra en nuestro condado enmascarado, sembrando el terror, infringiendo las leyes y amenazando a nuestros residentes”, dijo, “será detenido por los agentes del alguacil y los agentes de policía y se le hará rendir cuentas con todo el peso de la ley federal y estatal”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y el jueves, el alguacil del condado de Santa Clara, Robert Jonsen, les recordó a los residentes que los agentes de su propio departamento no se cubren el rostro mientras están cumpliendo con su deber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si están enmascarados y tratan de ocultar su identidad, entonces alguien ha dejado de comunicarse con nosotros”, dijo, “porque hemos dejado muy claro a nuestros oficiales que nuestra fuerza laboral debe ser abierta, transparente y comprometida con esta comunidad””.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Qué dicen los defensores de inmigrantes del Área de la Bahía?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>En medio de esta incertidumbre sobre el verdadero papel de ICE en el Súper Bowl, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/scc_rapidresponsenetwork/\">la Red de Respuesta Rápida del condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>, una coalición de cientos de voluntarios que trabajan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051668/la-red-de-respuesta-rapida-en-el-condado-de-santa-clara\">las 24 horas del día\u003c/a> para verificar posibles avistamientos de ICE, recomienda a las familias vulnerables que no bajen la guardia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No estamos seguros de si ICE vendrá, cuándo lo hará ni cuántos agentes enviará”, dijo Socorro Montaño, quien forma parte de la red. “Lo que sí sabemos es que ICE siempre está presente en nuestra comunidad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/yellow-card-RRN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/yellow-card-RRN.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/yellow-card-RRN-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, coordinadora principal de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, habla con el propietario de un negocio sobre cómo informar de las actividades de ICE y los esfuerzos de la red para verificar los avistamientos en San José el 21 de julio de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Esta amenaza no es nada nuevo, así que no hace falta volver a empezar desde cero”, dijo. “Lo que sabemos es que tenemos que estar preparados para no tener que volver a prepararnos para proteger a nuestra comunidad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El domingo del Super Bowl, la coalición va a reunir cerca del estadio Levi’s a un grupo de observadores legales entrenados para identificar a oficiales federales de inmigración. Montaño también confirmó que la red ha estado en comunicación con los sindicatos que representan a los trabajadores del estadio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores también recomiendan que los residentes \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/redcards\">se informen\u003c/a> sobre sus derechos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026143/que-hacer-si-se-topa-con-ice\">cuando se crucen con un agente federal\u003c/a> y que guarden en su teléfono la información de contacto de \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/es/carrn\">la red de respuesta rápida de su condado\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obtenga más información sobre cómo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071704/ice-super-bowl-immigration-enforcement-santa-clara-san-francisco-bay-area-2026#HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">verificar los rumores sobre ICE en el Área de la Bahía\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Trump\">\u003c/a>¿Asistirá el presidente Donald Trump al Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Según las propias declaraciones del presidente, no. En una entrevista el sábado con la publicación de \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-tells-the-post-hes-skipping-the-super-bowl-slams-halftime-performers-bad-bunny-and-green-day/\">\u003cem>el New York Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Trump dijo que el partido de Santa Clara estaba “demasiado lejos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También criticó la contratación de Bad Bunny y Green Day como artistas musicales del evento, calificándola de “una pésima elección”. Ambos artistas han criticado a Trump y a su administración.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Cómo ha sido la presencia de ICE en los Super Bowl de años anteriores?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>La presencia de ICE en el Super Bowl no es algo nuevo ni sin precedentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el Super Bowl del año pasado, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/es\">se enviaron agentes de ICE a Nueva Orleans\u003c/a>, una decisión que el gobierno federal describió como una colaboración “con la NFL y las agencias policiales federales, estatales y locales para garantizar la seguridad del estadio, los trabajadores, los voluntarios, los atletas y los espectadores”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tanto en las anteriores administraciones demócratas como en las republicanas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2023/02/07/dhs-teams-state-and-local-officials-secure-super-bowl-lvii\">la DHS ha participado\u003c/a> de alguna manera en la seguridad del Super Bowl, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2024/02/07/dhs-works-nfl-nevada-and-las-vegas-partners-secure-super-bowl-lviii\">afirmando anteriormente\u003c/a> que el partido tiene “una importancia nacional y/o internacional significativa”. Sin embargo, la inclusión de agentes de inmigración como parte de la estrategia de seguridad del evento es una medida exclusiva de la administración Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ICE\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo saber si los rumores sobre la presencia de ICE en el Área de la Bahía son ciertos?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Es normal sentir miedo ante la posibilidad de que ICE aparezca en su comunidad, dijo Huy Tran, director ejecutivo de Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (o SIREN, por sus siglas en inglés), a KQED en 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entiendo el deseo de querer hacer algo, de compartir información de inmediato”, dijo Tran, cuya organización ofrece asistencia legal, capacitación y desarrollo de liderazgo a las comunidades de inmigrantes en sus oficinas de San José y Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero el miedo también dificulta que las personas distingan la información veraz de la falsa, y el pánico puede llevar a la gente a compartir rápidamente publicaciones en línea sin verificarlas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La ansiedad y el miedo se propagan con increíble rapidez”, dijo Tran. “Cuando la gente envía información a estas enormes redes, se difunde por todas partes, de forma extensa y rápida”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por lo tanto, si cree que ha visto a ICE en su vecindario o ve que se ha informado de la presencia de ICE en las redes sociales, los defensores aconsejan llamarlos en lugar de difundir cualquier cosa en línea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran recomienda que primero se ponga en contacto con \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/es/carrn\">su red local de respuesta rápida\u003c/a>, una coalición de voluntarios, organizaciones y abogados que trabajan juntos para confirmar los avistamientos de ICE y poner en contacto a las personas que ICE ha detenido con representación legal. Puede ponerse en contacto con \u003ca href=\"https://pactsj.org/\">la línea directa de la Red de Respuesta Rápida del condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a> llamando al (408) 290-1144.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025026/ice-redadas-desinformacion\">Lea más sobre cómo verificar los rumores sobre ICE en Internet y cómo no difundir accidentalmente información errónea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"grabarlos\">\u003c/a>Si veo a agentes de ICE, ¿puedo grabarlos?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Tomar fotografías y grabar vídeos de cosas que son claramente visibles en espacios públicos \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">es un derecho constitucional\u003c/a>, y eso incluye a la policía y otros funcionarios del gobierno que desempeñan sus funciones”, afirma la Unión Estadounidense por las Libertades Civiles (o ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y aunque no existe una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo sobre el derecho inequívoco de la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución a grabar a los agentes del orden, “los siete tribunales federales de circuito de EE.UU. que han examinado la cuestión han \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">dicho prácticamente que existe el derecho de la Primera Enmienda\u003c/a> a grabar y observar a la policía”, declaró este mes el reportero de justicia penal \u003ca href=\"https://reason.com/people/cj-ciaramella/\">C.J. Ciaramella\u003c/a>, de Reason, en el podcast Close All Tabs de KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU. montan guardia en el edificio federal Bishop Henry Whipple en Minneapolis, Minnesota, el 8 de enero de 2026. Un agente del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE) disparó y mató a una mujer estadounidense, Renée Nicole Good, en las calles de Minneapolis el 7 de enero. \u003ccite>(Charly Triballeau/AFP a través de Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Los vídeos grabados por testigos también \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\">proporcionan importantes contraargumentos\u003c/a> a las versiones oficiales de las fuerzas del orden. Tras el fatal tiroteo de Alex Pretti por parte de agentes de ICE, los funcionarios de la administración Trump afirmaron inmediatamente que Pretti era un “terrorista nacional” que pretendía “masacrar” a los agentes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/25/nx-s1-5687875/minneapolis-shooting-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-dhs-investigation\">afirmaciones que contradicen los múltiples vídeos de testigos presenciales\u003c/a> que grabaron el asesinato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, los funcionarios de la administración Trump \u003ca href=\"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/secretary-kristi-noem-addresses-surge-in-attacks-on-ice-agents-in-tampa-dhs-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agents-florida-department-of-homeland-security-july-13-2025\">han calificado la filmación de ICE como “violencia”\u003c/a> y \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/2025/09/09/2025-09-09-dhs-claims-videotaping-ice-raids-is-violence/\">“doxing”\u003c/a>, y los estadounidenses \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">se han enfrentado a detenciones\u003c/a> por parte de ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-detains-woodbury-man-filming-agents\">después de grabarlos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por lo tanto, aunque grabar a ICE puede ser un derecho constitucional, también conlleva riesgos cada vez mayores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\">Lea más sobre la logística y los riesgos de grabar a agentes de las fuerzas del orden como los agentes de ICE\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y esa traducción fue editada por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"excerpt": "Faltan pocos días para que el Super Bowl llegue al Área de la Bahía y sigue la incertidumbre sobre el posible papel de ICE en la seguridad del evento. Hemos cuestionado a funcionarios locales y federales para saber más.",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Qué sabemos sobre una posible presencia de ICE en el Super Bowl?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>La administración Trump ha enviado mensajes contradictorios sobre si agentes de ICE formarán parte de la estrategia de seguridad del Super Bowl este año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando el podcaster Benny Johnson le preguntó en octubre si habría operativos de ICE en el partido, la secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos (o DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), Kristi Noem, respondió: “Los habrá, porque el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional es responsable de mantenerlo seguro”. Agregó en la misma entrevista que “la gente no debería venir al Super Bowl a menos que sean estadounidenses que respeten la ley y amen este país”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/KRISTY-NOEM-PODIUM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/KRISTY-NOEM-PODIUM.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/KRISTY-NOEM-PODIUM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, habla en una rueda de prensa el 7 de enero de 2026 en Brownsville, Texas. Noem anunció que el Gobierno federal instalaría 500 millas de barreras acuáticas en el río Grande. \u003ccite>(Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En otro episodio del podcast de Johnson a finales de ese mismo mes, el asesor del DHS, Corey Lewandowski, reiteró el plan de la administración de enviar agentes de ICE al evento, calificando la medida como una “directiva del presidente”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero cuando KQED solicitó confirmación al DHS a principios de esta semana, los funcionarios de la agencia se mostraron mucho más vagos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No revelaremos operaciones futuras ni hablaremos del personaL”, dijo la subsecretaria Tricia McLaughlin en un correo electrónico a KQED. “La seguridad de la Super Bowl implicará una respuesta de todo el Gobierno llevada a cabo de acuerdo con la Constitución de los Estados Unidos. Aquellos que están aquí legalmente y no infringen otras leyes no tienen nada que temer”. El miércoles, KQED solicitó a esa agencia nueva información pero no recibió una respuesta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En una rueda de prensa el martes, la directora de seguridad de la NFL Cathy Lanier dijo: “No se tiene planeado un operativo de ICE u otra agencia migratoria en la zona del Super Bowl o en otros eventos en la relacionados con el Super Bowl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanier no se vio preocupada por la posibilidad de que el gobierno de Trump despliegue agentes de ICE al Super Bowl sin dar previo aviso a la NFL, y dijo a la prensa que la NFL tiene “una excelente relación con nuestros socios federales” y que se reunió con líderes del DHS la semana pasada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estoy segura que nuestra relación es fuerte y que estamos aquí por motivos de seguridad pública, y en eso es en lo que se centran todos los que están aquí,” dijo Lanier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La oficina del gobernador Gavin Newsom declaró a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/super-bowl-ice-trump-21321255.php\">SFGATE\u003c/a> que “no prevemos ninguna actividad inusual por parte de ICE” en el Super Bowl, y que el estado “colaborará con las autoridades estatales y locales para garantizar la seguridad de todos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Esperamos que nuestros socios federales mantengan la seguridad, transparencia y confianza”, dijo la portavoz de Newsom, Diana Crofts-Pelayo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Qué opinan los líderes locales sobre la posible presencia de ICE en el Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>En el Área de la Bahía, los líderes locales han tomado en cuentra el pánico entre los residentes causado por la falta de información clara sobre si ICE o CBP estarán en la región.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El martes, la alcalde de Santa Clara Lisa Gillmor publicó un comunicado escrito en el cual casi repite lo que han dicho representantes de la NFL esta semana. “No se tiene planeado un operativo de ICE u otra agencia migratoria en los eventos del Super Bowl en Santa Clara,” dijo, y luego agregó: “Cualquier actividad federal que los visitantes o residentes vean en esta semana del Super Bowl son procedimientos de seguridad estándar”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El viernes, el alcalde de San José, Matt Mahan, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2017329892707447136\">publicó en las redes sociales\u003c/a> que habló con la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (o NFL, por sus siglas en inglés), y que, según él, “nos dijo que todas las fuerzas del orden que vendrán al Área de la Bahía para el Super Bowl se centrarán en un solo objetivo: nuestra seguridad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan reconoció los “rumores que circulan desde hace meses sobre un aumento de las medidas de control inmigratorio” y afirmó: “Nos han dicho que esos rumores son falsos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En una \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2015642306540609688\">declaración anterior del 25 de enero\u003c/a>, Mahan afirmó que los agentes de policía de su ciudad “no pueden ni van a interrumpir ni colaborar con las medidas legales de control inmigratorio, pero protegerán a los ciudadanos, sus libertades y nuestra ciudad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, las autoridades también reconocen que, para que el Área de la Bahía pueda acoger grandes eventos deportivos, como el Super Bowl y la Copa Mundial de la FIFA a lo largo de este año, deben cooperar en cierta medida con la administración Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/levis-stadium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/levis-stadium.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/levis-stadium-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una pancarta del Super Bowl decora el exterior del Levi’s Stadium en San José el 28 de enero de 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eso no significa que no haya límites a las acciones de los agentes federales, afirmó el martes Otto Lee, supervisor del condado de Santa Clara. “Nadie está por encima de la ley. No existe la inmunidad absoluta ni la autorización para matar” afirmó en referencia a los agentes de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si alguien entra en nuestro condado enmascarado, sembrando el terror, infringiendo las leyes y amenazando a nuestros residentes”, dijo, “será detenido por los agentes del alguacil y los agentes de policía y se le hará rendir cuentas con todo el peso de la ley federal y estatal”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y el jueves, el alguacil del condado de Santa Clara, Robert Jonsen, les recordó a los residentes que los agentes de su propio departamento no se cubren el rostro mientras están cumpliendo con su deber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si están enmascarados y tratan de ocultar su identidad, entonces alguien ha dejado de comunicarse con nosotros”, dijo, “porque hemos dejado muy claro a nuestros oficiales que nuestra fuerza laboral debe ser abierta, transparente y comprometida con esta comunidad””.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Qué dicen los defensores de inmigrantes del Área de la Bahía?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>En medio de esta incertidumbre sobre el verdadero papel de ICE en el Súper Bowl, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/scc_rapidresponsenetwork/\">la Red de Respuesta Rápida del condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>, una coalición de cientos de voluntarios que trabajan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051668/la-red-de-respuesta-rapida-en-el-condado-de-santa-clara\">las 24 horas del día\u003c/a> para verificar posibles avistamientos de ICE, recomienda a las familias vulnerables que no bajen la guardia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No estamos seguros de si ICE vendrá, cuándo lo hará ni cuántos agentes enviará”, dijo Socorro Montaño, quien forma parte de la red. “Lo que sí sabemos es que ICE siempre está presente en nuestra comunidad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/yellow-card-RRN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/yellow-card-RRN.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/yellow-card-RRN-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, coordinadora principal de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, habla con el propietario de un negocio sobre cómo informar de las actividades de ICE y los esfuerzos de la red para verificar los avistamientos en San José el 21 de julio de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Esta amenaza no es nada nuevo, así que no hace falta volver a empezar desde cero”, dijo. “Lo que sabemos es que tenemos que estar preparados para no tener que volver a prepararnos para proteger a nuestra comunidad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El domingo del Super Bowl, la coalición va a reunir cerca del estadio Levi’s a un grupo de observadores legales entrenados para identificar a oficiales federales de inmigración. Montaño también confirmó que la red ha estado en comunicación con los sindicatos que representan a los trabajadores del estadio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores también recomiendan que los residentes \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/redcards\">se informen\u003c/a> sobre sus derechos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026143/que-hacer-si-se-topa-con-ice\">cuando se crucen con un agente federal\u003c/a> y que guarden en su teléfono la información de contacto de \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/es/carrn\">la red de respuesta rápida de su condado\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obtenga más información sobre cómo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071704/ice-super-bowl-immigration-enforcement-santa-clara-san-francisco-bay-area-2026#HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">verificar los rumores sobre ICE en el Área de la Bahía\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Trump\">\u003c/a>¿Asistirá el presidente Donald Trump al Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Según las propias declaraciones del presidente, no. En una entrevista el sábado con la publicación de \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-tells-the-post-hes-skipping-the-super-bowl-slams-halftime-performers-bad-bunny-and-green-day/\">\u003cem>el New York Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Trump dijo que el partido de Santa Clara estaba “demasiado lejos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También criticó la contratación de Bad Bunny y Green Day como artistas musicales del evento, calificándola de “una pésima elección”. Ambos artistas han criticado a Trump y a su administración.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>¿Cómo ha sido la presencia de ICE en los Super Bowl de años anteriores?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>La presencia de ICE en el Super Bowl no es algo nuevo ni sin precedentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el Super Bowl del año pasado, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/es\">se enviaron agentes de ICE a Nueva Orleans\u003c/a>, una decisión que el gobierno federal describió como una colaboración “con la NFL y las agencias policiales federales, estatales y locales para garantizar la seguridad del estadio, los trabajadores, los voluntarios, los atletas y los espectadores”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tanto en las anteriores administraciones demócratas como en las republicanas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2023/02/07/dhs-teams-state-and-local-officials-secure-super-bowl-lvii\">la DHS ha participado\u003c/a> de alguna manera en la seguridad del Super Bowl, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2024/02/07/dhs-works-nfl-nevada-and-las-vegas-partners-secure-super-bowl-lviii\">afirmando anteriormente\u003c/a> que el partido tiene “una importancia nacional y/o internacional significativa”. Sin embargo, la inclusión de agentes de inmigración como parte de la estrategia de seguridad del evento es una medida exclusiva de la administración Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ICE\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo saber si los rumores sobre la presencia de ICE en el Área de la Bahía son ciertos?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Es normal sentir miedo ante la posibilidad de que ICE aparezca en su comunidad, dijo Huy Tran, director ejecutivo de Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (o SIREN, por sus siglas en inglés), a KQED en 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entiendo el deseo de querer hacer algo, de compartir información de inmediato”, dijo Tran, cuya organización ofrece asistencia legal, capacitación y desarrollo de liderazgo a las comunidades de inmigrantes en sus oficinas de San José y Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero el miedo también dificulta que las personas distingan la información veraz de la falsa, y el pánico puede llevar a la gente a compartir rápidamente publicaciones en línea sin verificarlas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La ansiedad y el miedo se propagan con increíble rapidez”, dijo Tran. “Cuando la gente envía información a estas enormes redes, se difunde por todas partes, de forma extensa y rápida”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por lo tanto, si cree que ha visto a ICE en su vecindario o ve que se ha informado de la presencia de ICE en las redes sociales, los defensores aconsejan llamarlos en lugar de difundir cualquier cosa en línea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran recomienda que primero se ponga en contacto con \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/es/carrn\">su red local de respuesta rápida\u003c/a>, una coalición de voluntarios, organizaciones y abogados que trabajan juntos para confirmar los avistamientos de ICE y poner en contacto a las personas que ICE ha detenido con representación legal. Puede ponerse en contacto con \u003ca href=\"https://pactsj.org/\">la línea directa de la Red de Respuesta Rápida del condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a> llamando al (408) 290-1144.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025026/ice-redadas-desinformacion\">Lea más sobre cómo verificar los rumores sobre ICE en Internet y cómo no difundir accidentalmente información errónea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"grabarlos\">\u003c/a>Si veo a agentes de ICE, ¿puedo grabarlos?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Tomar fotografías y grabar vídeos de cosas que son claramente visibles en espacios públicos \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">es un derecho constitucional\u003c/a>, y eso incluye a la policía y otros funcionarios del gobierno que desempeñan sus funciones”, afirma la Unión Estadounidense por las Libertades Civiles (o ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y aunque no existe una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo sobre el derecho inequívoco de la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución a grabar a los agentes del orden, “los siete tribunales federales de circuito de EE.UU. que han examinado la cuestión han \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">dicho prácticamente que existe el derecho de la Primera Enmienda\u003c/a> a grabar y observar a la policía”, declaró este mes el reportero de justicia penal \u003ca href=\"https://reason.com/people/cj-ciaramella/\">C.J. Ciaramella\u003c/a>, de Reason, en el podcast Close All Tabs de KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-agents-barrier-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU. montan guardia en el edificio federal Bishop Henry Whipple en Minneapolis, Minnesota, el 8 de enero de 2026. Un agente del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE) disparó y mató a una mujer estadounidense, Renée Nicole Good, en las calles de Minneapolis el 7 de enero. \u003ccite>(Charly Triballeau/AFP a través de Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Los vídeos grabados por testigos también \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\">proporcionan importantes contraargumentos\u003c/a> a las versiones oficiales de las fuerzas del orden. 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