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For example, access to doctors, including contraceptive services or prenatal care.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In California, Latino babies account for about half of all babies, compared with a quarter of all babies nationwide. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>More than 90% of Latino children are U.S. citizens, so it’s really future generations that hold the key to population growth, Guzman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1587\" height=\"1588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094642\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman.jpg 1587w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1587px) 100vw, 1587px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lina Guzman, chief strategy officer at research organization Child Trends and director of its Hispanic Institute, said birth rates are going down for all demographic groups, but the rate has fallen fastest among Latinas. 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And how the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration enforcement, which has largely targeted Latinos, and its unsuccessful attempt to strike down birthright citizenship, could worsen the problem. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2197914000-scaled-e1740613370625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12026832\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A protester waves the national flags of Mexico during a demonstration for immigrants’ rights outside of Los Angeles City Hall on Feb. 5, 2025. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I’ve been hearing about a Latino boom that would eventually lead to the entire country where white people were no longer the majority. This happened in \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/\">California in 2014 when Latinos became the largest demographic group\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Demographics are destiny,” experts were often quoted as saying. For years, I thought growth would equate to “strength in numbers” for Latinos, allowing us to achieve socioeconomic parity with white people. That hasn’t happened.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pew Research \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/22/key-facts-about-us-latinos/#latinos-have-played-a-major-role-in-u-s-population-growth\">reported last fall\u003c/a> that Latino immigrants and their children contributed significantly to U.S. population growth and “made up 20% of people in the U.S. in 2024, up from 13% in 2000 and just 5% in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The nation’s population grew by 58.7 million people from 2000 to 2024, and Hispanics accounted for 56% of this increase — a greater share than any other racial or ethnic group,” Pew reported.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And now, with the Trump administration’s crackdown on all immigration, projections for Latine growth could change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hispanics were projected to reach 111.2 million or 27.5% of the total U.S. population by 2060, up from 57.4 million or 17.8% in 2016, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/p25-1144.pdf\">U.S. Census report from 2020\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Trump’s deportation machine, which has largely targeted Latinos, has already led to up to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/20/dhs-sets-stage-another-historic-record-breaking-year-under-president-trump\">estimated 3 million people leaving the country, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s too early to tell” how Trump’s immigration enforcement will alter the Latino population, said Lina Guzman, chief strategy officer at Child Trends and director of its Hispanic Institute.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Part of it’s going to depend on who’s getting deported, the volume or number of people that are being deported,” she said, but impacts are already being felt. “Deportation efforts are impacting access to services. For example, access to doctors, including contraceptive services or prenatal care.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In California, Latino babies account for about half of all babies, compared with a quarter of all babies nationwide. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>More than 90% of Latino children are U.S. citizens, so it’s really future generations that hold the key to population growth, Guzman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1587\" height=\"1588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094642\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman.jpg 1587w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/Lina_Guzman-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1587px) 100vw, 1587px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lina Guzman, chief strategy officer at research organization Child Trends and director of its Hispanic Institute, said birth rates are going down for all demographic groups, but the rate has fallen fastest among Latinas. (Courtesy of Child Trends)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Trump’s deportation campaign is “also having a general chilling effect on Latino communities overall, including among those that are U.S. born citizens,” she told me. “It very much could impact a desire to have children when that time comes for them to have a child or to have another child.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Overall U.S. birth rates have been in decline for decades, Guzman said, but “what’s been different in particular over more recent years and really since the turn of the century is that the decline in the fertility rates has been the steepest among Latina women,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It turns out that Latines are just as susceptible to the conditions that are making parenthood more out of reach for everyone: the high cost of raising a child, financial uncertainty, lack of access to affordable childcare and lack of paid parental leave.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The demographic profile of who gives birth is also changing, Guzman told me. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5777587/teen-birth-rates-hit-another-historical-low-2025-cdc\">Teen pregnancy fell \u003c/a>by about 80% from 1991 to 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Women are choosing to have children later in life, but the data shows that earning degrees and working make women less likely to have children.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That seems like a contradiction given that for many would-be parents, financial stability is a precursor to having children. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Guzman said affordability often hinges on three key expenses: the cost of childcare, housing and healthcare. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These three issues around affordability may be more pronounced among the Latino communities and for Latina women because of where they live, because of the kinds of jobs that they have, the kinds of salaries that they make and the options that they have in their community.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fertility is a delicate subject that I’ve learned requires care when talking about. It might be commonplace for elders to lecture younger generations on having babies, but those conversations can trigger sadness, shame and despair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12024749\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-26-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students and supporters rally in response to the mass deportations ordered by the Trump administration at Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Motherhood seemed like a normal path to take if I were to ever meet my person, but it also seemed hard, scary, expensive, and consuming,” writes Johanna Ferreira, a Latina journalist, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.popsugar.com/health/latinas-egg-freezing-fertility-access-49453001\">an article about freezing her eggs\u003c/a> at age 39 for PopSugar Juntos. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recalled being told repeatedly that “Latinas are naturally fertile” and just being a Latina meant she’d have no issues conceiving a baby if she ever wanted to. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Those myths obscure the reality that Latines experience infertility, and even when people do have children, raising them is increasingly more challenging. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As soon as I finished college and started working, I started heeding lots of pressure from elders to get married — advice I mostly brushed off. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I was 32 when my husband and I got engaged. The conversations turned into, “Congrats! Now, when are you going to have a baby?” And, of course, the demands only intensify as soon as you have one child. “When is the next one coming?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, as a mom of two in my mid-40s, I’m regularly asked about a third one. My response: two is enough.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/KOnda_BlancaTorresyFamilia1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094633\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/KOnda_BlancaTorresyFamilia1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/KOnda_BlancaTorresyFamilia1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/KOnda_BlancaTorresyFamilia1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blanca Torres flanked by her two children in 2024. (Courtesy of Fabiola Sway)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These brief questions and answers belie the complexity of all the decisions and feelings that go into becoming a parent. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Amid all the challenges of having and raising children, I would hope to see that Latine pro-family cultural norms would strengthen families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I would like to see the conversation move forward; not asking when children are coming, but instead asking, “What can I do to support your decision to have or not have children?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Japanese American-led coalition of residents, elected officials and faith leaders is speaking out against the Trump administration’s deadly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083908/6-people-have-died-in-california-ice-detention-centers-as-trump-deportations-soared\">immigration enforcement campaign\u003c/a> and opposing a planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090807/ice-will-pause-construction-on-controversial-south-bay-detention-facility\">detention facility\u003c/a> in Santa Clara County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Members of the group said Wednesday the actions against immigrants and their families playing out in the nation today reflect the racist, white supremacist and unjust policies of the past, including when Japanese Americans were incarcerated based on their race during World War II. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When you see your government begin to sort human beings into categories of who deserves rights and who doesn’t, who gets due process and who doesn’t, you do not stay quiet,” Rev. John Oda of the Wesley United Methodist Church said at a rally in San José’s Japantown.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260729-SJICERALLY-JG-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093195\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260729-SJICERALLY-JG-2_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260729-SJICERALLY-JG-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260729-SJICERALLY-JG-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Advocates hold signs during a rally held in San José’s Japantown opposing a planned ICE facility in Santa Clara County on July 29, 2026. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His uncle fought and died for the United States during the war, while his family was locked away at the Heart Mountain American concentration camp in Wyoming, Oda said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You especially do not stay quiet when you have been taught via painful history exactly where that road leads,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Hayase helped advance the movement for redress and reparations for Japanese Americans in the 1970s and 1980s, and co-founded San José Nikkei Resisters, a social justice organization. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“One of the things that former incarcerees like my parents’ generation and older told us is that they wanted to make sure that it would never happen to anybody else. And we took that as kind of a mission statement, kind of a command that was so important to us,” Hayase said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That history is a driving force behind the group’s demand to stop the ICE office and detention facility being planned and built in South Santa Clara County, just outside Gilroy city limits. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The county and Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office filed a lawsuit against ICE in June aiming to stop the center from advancing, saying it was illegally being developed in secret, skipping over environmental and intergovernmental cooperation laws and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The federal agency has not offered much detail about its facility, saying earlier this year it was planning an office at the location and that it would support its work in the state and country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges the facility at 7240 Holsclaw Road is planned to be nearly 19,000 square feet, and capable of holding roughly 150 people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the rally on Wednesday, Hayase said she feels “righteous anger” at what she views as the cruelty being inflicted at mass scale across the nation. Around 400,000 people have been detained by ICE since President Donald Trump began his second term, with widespread reports of poor conditions in detention facilities, more than 50 in-custody deaths and a growing number of fatal shootings in the street by federal agents, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We hoped that by illuminating our history, we could inspire people to make sure that it never happened again. But today, unfortunately, it’s too late to just say never again. The thing we feared is happening again now,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12060760\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta comments on the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning a federal judge’s limits on “roving patrols,” and enforcement stops by ICE agents in Southern California, during a news conference on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The groups were joined by elected officials from local, county, state and federal offices, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren, State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Patrick Ahrens, Santa Clara County Supervisor Betty Duong and San José City Councilmember Anthony Tordillos. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ICE is out of control. It needs to be rebuilt from top to bottom. We have dangerous, masked, armed men snatching people who’ve lived here for years and disappearing them off the streets,” Lofgren said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And if that detention center is opened…what it’s going to mean is that those masked, armed, dangerous agents can fan out across Northern California and bring their reign of terror to our communities. We cannot allow that to happen,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In recent court filings, ICE agreed to voluntarily hold off on further construction of the facility as part of a scheduling compromise with attorneys for Santa Clara County and the Attorney General’s office. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The county and the state are also asking a judge for a preliminary injunction to halt the project indefinitely while the long-term litigation plays out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/GettyImages-1330932126-scaled-e1643861298742.jpg\" alt=\"A close shot of Zoe Lofgren, a middle-aged white woman with shoulder-length blond hair and glasses, wearing large earrings and a dark blue blazer, speaks into a microphone in front of an American flag.\" class=\"wp-image-11903832\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Rep. 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But I think deep down inside, nobody wants violations of human rights to be happening in the United States,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To make this system work, everybody has to participate,” she said. “You have to stand up for your own rights. But if you see somebody else’s rights being violated, you have to participate. And I think people aren’t used to that, but I think they can get used to it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Now, as the Federal Bureau of Prisons prepares to transfer ownership of the site, a group of residents, faith leaders and community organizations representing formerly incarcerated women and immigrants is speaking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ICE detention system is plagued by the very same kinds of abuses and neglect that folks survived at FCI Dublin,” Susan Beaty, an attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, said during a press conference held by the ICE Out of Dublin Coalition. “Demolishing the facility is the only way to mitigate the really serious environmental dangers that are present and ensure that these unsafe buildings [and this] property isn’t used to incarcerate people in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the Bureau of Prisons issued an environmental assessment of the site, marking the first step in transferring it to the General Services Administration, a federal agency that manages government-owned assets. The GSA will make a final determination on what to do with the Dublin site — including whether to hand it over to another interested federal agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s no firm timeline on when the transfer might happen, Beaty said last week’s report kicked off a minimum 30-day period for public comments. BOP will be required to publish and review that feedback before making its final decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, the ICE Out of Dublin Coalition has expressed concerns that the GSA might transfer the property to the Department of Homeland Security as part of its efforts to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention capacity across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655009\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11655009 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-95655181-e1778022473831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Homeland Security main office is shown Jan. 8, 2010, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An ICE spokesperson told KQED on Tuesday that the agency does not have plans to convert Dublin into a detention facility. Advocates, however, said the Bureau of Prisons has not disavowed the possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The advocates believe the site should not be used for any carceral use, citing unsafe conditions and infrastructure hazards. The environmental assessment cited a range of environmental hazards, including a leaking sewer system, diesel fuel contamination, asbestos and mold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aimee Chavira, who was previously incarcerated at FCI Dublin, said that when she worked in the prison’s safety department, she and other women were told to paint over mold ahead of facility inspections, and that brown water sometimes came out of spigots meant for drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This prison is not livable for anyone, not ICE detention, not immigrants,” she said during Tuesday’s press conference. “Girls started getting sick, I got sick.”[aside postID=news_12082287 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250820-ICEActivity-05_qed.jpg']Dublin’s correctional facility was shut down in April 2024 amid a major \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064817/after-2-mistrials-in-east-bay-prison-abuse-case-federal-prosecutors-wont-try-again\">sexual abuse scandal\u003c/a>, in which at least eight former staffers, including the former warden and chaplain, have been sentenced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the government to say ‘We want another facility or an ICE facility,’ that would mean more issues at hand,” Chavira said. “If our rights were violated under these circumstances, what gives anybody the thought [that] it’s going to change?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office in January 2025, ICE has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/04/new-ice-detention-center-mcfarland/\">opened two detention centers\u003c/a> in California — the Central Valley Annex and California City Detention Facility — both on former state prison sites. The president’s landmark “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” last summer provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5674887/ice-budget-funding-congress-trump\">$45 billion to expand ICE detention\u003c/a>, in order to “help ICE law enforcement carry out the largest deportation effort in American history,” an ICE spokesperson said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beaty said GSA is actively pursuing additional properties for ICE and has created an “ICE Surge Team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the Dublin site is vulnerable because CCIJ believes the agency is specifically targeting Northern California, where there aren’t any active detention centers — the farthest north of California’s eight ICE detention centers is in Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ICE is specifically eyeing Northern California because thanks to many years of successful community organizing, the ICE contracts in the region were ended,” Beaty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020828446819-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020828446819-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020828446819-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020828446819-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by East Bay Assemblymember Mia Bonta, is rolling out a bill on Tuesday that they hope will pave the way to ensuring legal representation for every California resident \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075670/california-officials-demand-ice-return-family-to-us-after-arrest-and-deportation\">facing deportation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If passed, the measure would make California the second state to commit to providing counsel (subject to funding) for everyone in immigration proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes in response to the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which led to a \u003ca href=\"https://deportationdata.org/analysis/immigration-enforcement-first-nine-months-trump.html\">quadrupling\u003c/a> of immigration arrests nationally in the first nine months of last year. In Northern California, arrests more than doubled, even though a planned surge of federal immigration agents \u003ca href=\"http://federal\">was averted\u003c/a> at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are literally being scooped up without due process rights, being separated from their families,” Bonta said. “And we have a record number of people in detention centers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California already has relatively robust legal aid for immigrants, channeling tens of millions of dollars in public funds to legal service providers, including a one-time $25 million approved by the legislature last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has meant that \u003ca href=\"https://tracreports.org/phptools/immigration/addressrep/\">70% of Californians\u003c/a> with pending immigration cases had an attorney as of the end of December, the highest rate of any state except Hawaii (which had 84% representation but just 1,435 cases total). Even so, more than 100,000 California immigrants fighting deportation did not have a lawyer’s help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020826398216-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020826398216-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020826398216-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AP26020826398216-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A guard walks to the entrance of an immigration detention center during a visit by California Democrats Sen. Adam Schiff and Sen. Alex Padilla, on Jan. 20, 2026, in California City, California. \u003ccite>(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bonta’s bill, AB 2600, aims to close that gap. It does not obligate a specific dollar amount to immigrant legal aid, but creates a framework to channel funds when the money is there. It builds off a state law passed last year that provides a right to counsel for children in immigration proceedings, expanding that to people of all ages, with priority for those in immigration detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed language reads: “Subject to the availability of state funding, the state shall provide legal counsel to every covered individual that is not otherwise being provided counsel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pledge to provide counsel should be a prod to put the necessary funding in the budget — not only for California lawmakers, but also for other states, said Liz Kenney, associate director at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York, who advocates for universal representation around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given California’s leadership on funding and supporting legal representation for immigrants, it’s an incredibly significant next step,” she said. “States across the country have always looked to California for leadership on this issue, so passing a right to counsel in California would significantly impact what other states are interested in exploring.”[aside postID=news_12076370 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/HaywardFamilyDeportation1.jpg']For a decade, New York City has invested in \u003ca href=\"https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/economic-benefits-of-immigration-legal-services/\">universal representation\u003c/a> for residents in immigration detention. And several California counties are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/02/city-immigrant-legal-defense/\">putting extra resources\u003c/a> into deportation defense. Lawmakers in both New York state and Congress have tried to pass such laws, but so far without success. In 2022, Illinois passed a law establishing a right to legal representation in immigration proceedings, but it has not yet been implemented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Constitution guarantees legal counsel for every person facing criminal charges, at government expense if necessary. However, for people fighting deportation in immigration court, federal law provides a \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1362&num=0&edition=prelim\">right to counsel\u003c/a>, but only if they can supply their own attorney. In practice, that means more than half — 57% at the end of 2025 — did not have a lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University shows that in nearly 1 million \u003ca href=\"https://tracreports.org/phptools/immigration/asylum/\">asylum cases\u003c/a> decided in the first quarter of this century, immigrants with an attorney won asylum nearly 45% of the time, while those who were unrepresented won less than 15% of the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And immigration enforcement affects not only undocumented immigrants in California, said Bruno Huizar, supervising policy manager with the California Immigrant Policy Center. It has become a broad public safety concern, as legal immigrants and U.S. citizens have been arrested and even shot by immigration agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Legal representation is a lifeline,” Huizar said. “We have seen people based on the color of their skin, the language they speak … federal agents are taking them, no matter their immigration status. So this is an incredibly urgent political issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Huizar, who advised Bonta’s office on the bill, acknowledged that new financial obligations are a heavy lift at a time when California policymakers are contending with a budget shortfall of between $3 billion and $18 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060144 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1403\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters stand outside the James A. Musick Facility, a detention center that houses unauthorized immigrants, to protest President Trump’s immigration policies and demand that children be reunited with their families in Irvine on June 30, 2018. \u003ccite>(Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Given the budget deficit, [this bill] does not mandate funding,” he said. “Our hope is that we can pass this right here in the state of California, and year after year, build the political support we need to continue scaling up investments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some state budget observers say California can’t afford to add additional spending obligations, at least without finding cuts in other areas. Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank, said lawmakers should look at the state budget holistically, rather than pushing individual items in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“\u003c/em>Where my concern comes is not on this project per se, which in my own personal values I probably would prioritize highly,” he said. “But is this going to become another justification to further increase the tax burden here in the state, which is already excessive compared to the rest of the country, and which I think is already having a lot of deleterious impacts on our growth and our prosperity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bonta said expanding legal defense is not only the humane thing to do, but it’s also a way to ensure prosperity in a state where a third of the workforce is foreign-born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our immigrant community is the economic lifeblood of not only the state of California, but the country,” she said. \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>So it’s incredibly important that we preserve that economic engine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who was detained by federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/immigration\">immigration\u003c/a> authorities for three days last summer in Southern California filed a civil rights suit against the federal government on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit, filed in California’s Central District, alleges that the U.S. government and individual federal officers violated George Retes’ constitutional rights as well as numerous state laws during his arrest and detention, which began during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047753/authorities-say-about-200-immigrants-were-arrested-in-raids-on-2-southern-california-farms\">July immigration raid\u003c/a> at the Ventura County cannabis farm where Retes worked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At base, a central promise of our justice system is that innocent people like George are entitled to be free from arbitrary imprisonment, and inhumane conditions at the hands of federal agents,” states the lawsuit, which lawyers from the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law firm, filed. “George brings this case seeking accountability for his unconstitutional and tortious treatment by federal officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s likely to be an uphill battle for Retes, because federal law and court precedent both limit the ability of American citizens to hold federal officials civilly accountable for constitutional violations that have already occurred — and because Retes’ lawyers have not yet been able to identify the individual officers involved in his detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California lawmakers, along with legislators in nine other states, are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071198/california-senate-approves-bill-making-it-easier-to-sue-ice-agents\">considering legislation aimed at making these sorts of lawsuits\u003c/a> easier for plaintiffs like Retes. The California proposal, if enacted, would be retroactive to the spring of 2025 and potentially relevant to Retes’ lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As KQED has previously \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058936/masking-bill-fuels-california-legal-battle-over-federal-immigration-agents\">reported\u003c/a>, Retes said he tried to comply with immigration agents’ orders as he approached the farm in his vehicle last summer. But he said federal agents gave him contradictory commands before using tear gas, smashing his car window, pepper-spraying his face, pulling him out of the car and pinning him to the ground with their knees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073780\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073780\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED-1536x1038.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents at an immigration raid on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“George did not resist. Using his military training to stay calm, he voluntarily placed his arms behind his back to show compliance. Still, officers knelt on his back and neck, zip-tied his hands, and detained him for hours at the farm — without ever telling him what he was accused of,” the lawsuit states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Included in the lawsuit are photos that show Retes lying face down on the ground, surrounded by more than a dozen federal officers as his hands are tied behind his back. The suit goes on to detail his treatment at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, then the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, where he was held for three days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At no time, according to the lawsuit, did authorities obtain a warrant, probable cause, or offer any legitimate explanation for Retes’ treatment or detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was strip-searched, deprived of his belongings, and held incommunicado for three days and three nights. He was never brought before a judge and was never charged with any offense,” the suit states. “Over the three days [approximately 72 hours] he spent in custody, he was deprived of basic rights that even suspected criminals receive. He was not allowed a phone call, access to counsel, or a hearing. He was also subjected to inhumane treatment, not being allowed a shower to wash chemical irritants off his body.”[aside postID=news_12073633 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240408-FCIDublin-012-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']The lawsuit relies on the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures and Fifth Amendment protections against deprivation of liberty and property. But it also cites California law, including the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, which allows a person to sue another person for interfering with their rights by threat, intimidation or coercion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear whether the courts will allow a claim like Retes’ to move forward under that state law, said Harrison Stark, senior counsel at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stark said there is a long history in the U.S. of states asserting their power to protect residents from federal constitutional overreach, dating back to Northern states’ response to the Fugitive Slave Act before the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he added, a series of federal laws and court decisions in recent decades have limited the rights of Americans to sue federal officials for violations of civil rights that already occurred. By contrast, both the federal government and individuals have the right to sue states over past constitutional violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is unfortunately probably harder today than at any other point in the history of the nation to sue a federal official for money damages if they’ve violated your constitutional rights,” Stark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stark said that’s why states like California are considering laws aimed at reclaiming those rights. But even without that law, he said, it’s still worth suing in Retes’ case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/USImmigrationCustomsEnforcementHQGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/USImmigrationCustomsEnforcementHQGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/USImmigrationCustomsEnforcementHQGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/USImmigrationCustomsEnforcementHQGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters on April 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Pete Kiehart/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think folks who are experiencing these constitutional violations are entirely reasonably pulling every lever they can to get redress,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retes’ suit names the United States of America, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Navy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Customs and Border Protection, as well as the individual unnamed officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It asks for damages against individual, unnamed federal officers and the U.S. government, as well as attorneys’ fees and a declaration that Retes’ rights under California tort law and the Constitution were violated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“George missed work, lost professional standing with his employer, and missed his daughter’s third birthday party. The traumatic experience exacerbated injuries he had sustained during his military service,” the lawsuit states. “And throughout his detention, no federal officer could provide an answer to the simplest question: Why am I here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s likely to be an uphill battle for Retes, because federal law and court precedent both limit the ability of American citizens to hold federal officials civilly accountable for constitutional violations that have already occurred — and because Retes’ lawyers have not yet been able to identify the individual officers involved in his detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California lawmakers, along with legislators in nine other states, are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071198/california-senate-approves-bill-making-it-easier-to-sue-ice-agents\">considering legislation aimed at making these sorts of lawsuits\u003c/a> easier for plaintiffs like Retes. The California proposal, if enacted, would be retroactive to the spring of 2025 and potentially relevant to Retes’ lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As KQED has previously \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058936/masking-bill-fuels-california-legal-battle-over-federal-immigration-agents\">reported\u003c/a>, Retes said he tried to comply with immigration agents’ orders as he approached the farm in his vehicle last summer. But he said federal agents gave him contradictory commands before using tear gas, smashing his car window, pepper-spraying his face, pulling him out of the car and pinning him to the ground with their knees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073780\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073780\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GETTYIMAGES-2224603707-KQED-1536x1038.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents at an immigration raid on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“George did not resist. Using his military training to stay calm, he voluntarily placed his arms behind his back to show compliance. Still, officers knelt on his back and neck, zip-tied his hands, and detained him for hours at the farm — without ever telling him what he was accused of,” the lawsuit states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Included in the lawsuit are photos that show Retes lying face down on the ground, surrounded by more than a dozen federal officers as his hands are tied behind his back. The suit goes on to detail his treatment at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, then the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, where he was held for three days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At no time, according to the lawsuit, did authorities obtain a warrant, probable cause, or offer any legitimate explanation for Retes’ treatment or detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was strip-searched, deprived of his belongings, and held incommunicado for three days and three nights. He was never brought before a judge and was never charged with any offense,” the suit states. “Over the three days [approximately 72 hours] he spent in custody, he was deprived of basic rights that even suspected criminals receive. He was not allowed a phone call, access to counsel, or a hearing. He was also subjected to inhumane treatment, not being allowed a shower to wash chemical irritants off his body.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, February 18, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Search and rescue crews are looking for nine backcountry skiers after \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/02/17/six-skiers-rescued-after-nevada-county-avalanche-search-continues-for-nine-others-missing/\">an avalanche near Castle Peak in the Sierra Nevada\u003c/a> Tuesday morning. Six people were safely rescued. Two of them were transported to the hospital for treatment.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The city of Los Angeles is looking to ban the construction and operation of some private detention centers. This comes amid reports that warehouses across the country are being eyed as potential detention centers, by President Trump and federal immigration officials. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work is slow in Hollywood right now. But at least one new type of production is hiring. They are bingeable shows made to be watched on your phone. And they’re called vertical micro dramas.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"page-title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/02/17/six-skiers-rescued-after-nevada-county-avalanche-search-continues-for-nine-others-missing/\">\u003cstrong>Search continues for nine skiers missing after Nevada County avalanche\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office says six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche Tuesday have been rescued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said it took search and rescue teams several hours to reach the survivors and transport them to safety due to extreme weather conditions. The six skiers suffered varying injuries, and two were transported to a hospital for treatment. The survivors had been told to shelter in place at the avalanche site as they were awaiting rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff’s office said the search for the remaining nine skiers who were caught in the avalanche is ongoing, pending weather conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blackbird Mountain Guides, an outdoor activities company located in Truckee, \u003ca href=\"https://blackbirdguides.com/pages/live-incident-updates\">released a statement Tuesday afternoon\u003c/a> saying its guides and clients were involved in the incident, and that it is coordinating with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. The company said the 16 people had been staying at the Frog Lake huts in the Castle Peak area since Feb. 15. “The group was in the process of returning to the trailhead at the conclusion of a three-day trip when the incident occurred,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/\">Sierra Avalanche Center\u003c/a>, which provides forecasts and information for backcountry travel in the region, issued a warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area, including Castle Peak, hours before the avalanche occurred. Lead forecaster Brandon Schwartz said the area had received two to three feet of snow in the preceding 48 hours, falling at a rate of two to four inches per hour. He said weak layers in the existing snowpack from a dry spell in January and February are adding to the dangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/la-zoning-law-ban-some-private-detention-centers-contracting-with-ice\">\u003cstrong>LA revives zoning law that could ban some private detention centers from contracting with ICE\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The L.A. City Council has taken a step toward reactivating a zoning code that could prohibit the construction and operation of private detention centers for unaccompanied children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance is meant to prevent private facilities from contracting with federal law enforcement agencies like ICE, according to Councilmember Tim McOsker, who introduced the motion last Wednesday. The zoning ordinance was first introduced in 2019 in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies during his first term. The file was drafted in 2021, but was never officially adopted, and therefore it expired in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council\u003cb> \u003c/b>last week\u003cb> \u003c/b>voted to revive the file and update the drafted zoning code in response to immigration raids. “The concern, of course, was the worry that profiteers, private entities working with the federal government, were creating detention centers across the country,” McOsker said during the council meeting. “Those were creating human rights violations and poor living conditions, disease, death and harms that were unconstitutional to residents of the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/11/more-10000-illegal-aliens-arrested-sanctuary-los-angeles-dhs-launched-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>reported\u003c/u>\u003c/a> it has detained more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since raids started in June. The raids have mostly upended immigrant, working-class communities and negatively hit the local economy, according to a recent \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/la-county-identifies-zip-codes-hit-hardest-by-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>L.A. County report\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the raids, the city has limited power, but McOsker said it has authority over land use and he’s asking the city to consider wielding that power. “Do we want to prohibit private detention centers in every zone in the city of Los Angeles?” McOsker said. He added that L.A. has an opportunity now to update its zoning laws to regulate private detention centers. McOsker said he doesn’t know of any proposed private detention centers in L.A., but that the facilities have been reported in at least eight states.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcrw.com/stories/hollywood-production-booms-vertically\">\u003cstrong>Hollywood production booms — vertically\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Work is painfully slow in Hollywood right now, but not for vertical microdramas — bingeable, campy shows made to be watched on your phone in episodes that cycle past in 90 seconds or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verticals generated \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.owlandco.com/insights/the-short-report-ep-1-the-long-view-on-short-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cu>$1.3 billion in the US in 2025\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, according to the streaming consultant Owl and Co., as millions of people watched shows like \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35180688/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>\u003cu>Fake Married to my Billionaire CEO\u003c/u>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>,\u003c/i> \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38573297/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>\u003cu>Watch Out I’m a Lady Boss\u003c/u>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, and \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39375734/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>\u003cu>Kissing The Wrong Brother\u003c/u>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. Revenue comes from advertising and the fees people pay to watch the shows. 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City Council has taken a step toward reactivating a zoning code that could prohibit the construction and operation of private detention centers for unaccompanied children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance is meant to prevent private facilities from contracting with federal law enforcement agencies like ICE, according to Councilmember Tim McOsker, who introduced the motion last Wednesday. The zoning ordinance was first introduced in 2019 in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies during his first term. The file was drafted in 2021, but was never officially adopted, and therefore it expired in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council\u003cb> \u003c/b>last week\u003cb> \u003c/b>voted to revive the file and update the drafted zoning code in response to immigration raids. “The concern, of course, was the worry that profiteers, private entities working with the federal government, were creating detention centers across the country,” McOsker said during the council meeting. “Those were creating human rights violations and poor living conditions, disease, death and harms that were unconstitutional to residents of the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/11/more-10000-illegal-aliens-arrested-sanctuary-los-angeles-dhs-launched-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>reported\u003c/u>\u003c/a> it has detained more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since raids started in June. The raids have mostly upended immigrant, working-class communities and negatively hit the local economy, according to a recent \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/la-county-identifies-zip-codes-hit-hardest-by-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>L.A. County report\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the raids, the city has limited power, but McOsker said it has authority over land use and he’s asking the city to consider wielding that power. “Do we want to prohibit private detention centers in every zone in the city of Los Angeles?” McOsker said. He added that L.A. has an opportunity now to update its zoning laws to regulate private detention centers. McOsker said he doesn’t know of any proposed private detention centers in L.A., but that the facilities have been reported in at least eight states.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcrw.com/stories/hollywood-production-booms-vertically\">\u003cstrong>Hollywood production booms — vertically\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Work is painfully slow in Hollywood right now, but not for vertical microdramas — bingeable, campy shows made to be watched on your phone in episodes that cycle past in 90 seconds or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verticals generated \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.owlandco.com/insights/the-short-report-ep-1-the-long-view-on-short-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cu>$1.3 billion in the US in 2025\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, according to the streaming consultant Owl and Co., as millions of people watched shows like \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35180688/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>\u003cu>Fake Married to my Billionaire CEO\u003c/u>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>,\u003c/i> \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38573297/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>\u003cu>Watch Out I’m a Lady Boss\u003c/u>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, and \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39375734/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>\u003cu>Kissing The Wrong Brother\u003c/u>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. Revenue comes from advertising and the fees people pay to watch the shows. Now, studios like \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fox-entertainment-invests-in-holywater-ai-microdramas-1236396802/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cu>Fox\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and \u003ca class=\"rich-text-hyperlink\" href=\"https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/disney-embraces-microcontent-short-form-streaming-1236625030/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cu>Disney\u003c/u>\u003c/a> are investing in the medium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of verticals, and their appeal to a mostly female audience, has echoes in the history of cinema, says cinematographer Michael Pessah, who teaches at the American Film Institute. “One hundred and ten years ago, when cinema was still sort of working out what its language was, you had these serialized melodramas that, maybe not coincidentally, really spoke to the female audience of the time,” says Pessah. “These were some of the first really, really successful narrative films.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pessah says today’s verticals remind him of music videos in the 1980s and ‘90s, which launched the careers of filmmakers like Spike Jonze. “Music videos were a place for innovative voices, and people with ambitious and new ways of seeing the world,” he says. “It became this hotbed of experimentation and a second film school for so many filmmakers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today verticals appeal to production companies because of the price tag: most cost between $150,000 and $200,000 dollars per show (one show can have 60 to 90 episodes). 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"content": "\u003cp>Three California Democrats are speaking out against the idea that the Trump administration could \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067566/dublin-council-takes-stand-against-turning-closed-prison-into-ice-detention\">turn a shuttered women’s prison\u003c/a> in Alameda County into a new immigration detention facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff and East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, whose district includes the former Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, sent a letter late Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem voicing strong opposition to repurposing the facility as an immigration jail and asking pointed questions about whether there are plans in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they did not cite specific new evidence that DHS is moving to open the facility, the members expressed a mounting sense of urgency to block the expansion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at a time when in-custody deaths are spiking, and watchdog groups and state officials have described conditions as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">“alarming”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-warns-dangerous-conditions-california-city-detention\">“dangerous.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement to KQED on Feb. 18, an unnamed ICE spokesperson said: “ICE does \u003cstrong>not\u003c/strong> have plans to use the FCI Dublin for immigration detention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With funding for ICE in last summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Secretary Noem “aims to work with officials on both sides of the aisle to expand detention space to help ICE law enforcement carry out the largest deportation effort in American history,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla and Schiff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070519/california-senators-visit-immigration-jail-ahead-of-looming-ice-funding-bill-deadline\">recently visited\u003c/a> the California City Detention Facility, a privately run operation that ICE opened in late August, and said they spoke to detainees who described inadequate medical and mental health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/034_SanFrancisco_AlexPadillaMissionKids_06012021_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Alex Padilla speaks at a press briefing in San Francisco on June 1, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padilla told KQED on Tuesday he believes conditions there and in other facilities across the country are “deplorable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DHS has no business expanding their detention capacity while the currently operating detention facilities have been so problematic,” Padilla said Tuesday. “A federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073215/judge-orders-ice-to-provide-medical-care-in-largest-immigration-jail-in-california\">judge recently ordered DHS\u003c/a> and the operators to comply with the minimum standards. We’re talking about basic things like clean water, like timely medical attention. A federal judge shouldn’t have to require this of an administration. It’s the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE has previously denied that conditions in detention are insufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of individuals in our custody is a top priority at ICE,” spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a recent statement. “ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, the Dublin City Council voted unanimously to oppose reopening \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/federal-correctional-institution-in-dublin\">the shuttered prison\u003c/a> for any purpose, including as an immigration jail. FCI Dublin \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984115/women-forced-to-relocate-from-fci-dublin-prison-report-traumatizing-journey-seek-compassionate-release\">closed in scandal\u003c/a> in 2024 amid allegations of rampant sexual assault and mistreatment of inmates by staff. The facility also reportedly has serious infrastructure problems, including asbestos and mold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/prison-union-concerned-fci-dublin-could-be-turned-ice-detention-center\">reports\u003c/a> that ICE officials had toured the facility last February, community members rallied against a potential pivot and urged local officials to take preemptive measures.[aside postID=news_12070519 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/AlexPadillaAdamSchiffAP.jpg']In the letter to Noem, the lawmakers said the Dublin prison “is not suitable to be reopened for any purpose and would endanger the lives of both detainees and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They went on: “Although [Federal Bureau of Prisons] Director William K. 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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. 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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. 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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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So far this year, six more detainees have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandra Wilkes, a spokeswoman for the Day 1 Alliance — a trade organization representing Geo Group, CoreCivic and MTC — declined to comment on the new proposed tax, but defended the companies’ records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For more than 30 years, contractors have partnered with both Democratic and Republican administrations to provide vital services at their request, including safe, humane housing, quality medical and mental health care, and respectful, dignified care for individuals navigating the U.S. immigration system,” Wilkes said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the contractors’ critical services, she added, more immigrants would likely be held in overcrowded local jails, alongside potentially dangerous individuals.[aside postID=news_12069688 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/KernCountyICEDetentionGetty.jpg']“Contractors do not make arrests, do not decide the length of detention, and play no role in determining the legal status of individuals in their care,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under President Donald Trump, the federal government approved last summer an unprecedented \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069220/south-bay-rep-ro-khanna-horrified-after-visit-to-california-city-ice-detention-center\">$170 billion\u003c/a> over four years for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, Border Patrol and other agencies. Those funds include $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers and $30 billion to boost enforcement and deportation operations. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070519/california-senators-visit-immigration-jail-ahead-of-looming-ice-funding-bill-deadline\">Senate is now considering\u003c/a> a House-approved package that would send additional funding to DHS. The measure is largely opposed by Democrats, who are demanding more guardrails for ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly Woo, a Bay Area community organizer, said her elderly family members were apprehended by ICE during their final interview to apply for permanent residency, after 20 years of living in the U.S. They were locked up in the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">largest and newest detention center\u003c/a> in the Mojave Desert, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Words cannot describe what visceral pain of seeing your elder relative who immigrated to this country to build a better life for our family, break down crying behind a glass screen window where it’s impossible to hug them and hold their hand,” said Woo, who works at the nonprofit Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. “No one deserves to experience the same inhumane pain, suffering, and loneliness that my loved one felt every day in that prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California legislation previously tried to phase out all for-profit prisons and private detention facilities, but was blocked by the courts. 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California’s corporate income tax is 8.84% on profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they look at this tax and they say, ‘That’s too high for us to pay,’ then they can leave,” Haney said. “And certainly, we’re not going to shed any tears if that’s the outcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States may not impose taxes directly on the federal government, but can tax the income of federal employees and contractors. In addition, taxes are often targeted to activities perceived as causing social harm to discourage the taxpayer from creating additional harm or to mitigate it, said UC Davis law professor Darien Shanske, who teaches tax law.[aside postID=news_12071374 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1.jpg']“You can use the tax system to express values. 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