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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown has imposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058586/silicon-valley-dreams-at-risk-current-h-1bs-sidestep-trumps-100k-fee-for-now\">several new rules\u003c/a> on the H-1B visa lottery. Under the latest regulations, employers seeking to sponsor an H-1B applicant could be subject to a $100,000 fee, as well as more selection factors, such as salaries, and limitations on visa appointment locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting selected is a feat that some individuals spend years hoping to achieve, and many are disappointed and they are not able to successfully make it through, and they have to leave even after putting down roots in this country,” said Sophie Alcorn, an immigration lawyer based in Palo Alto, whose clients primarily include H-1B applicants seeking to gain authorization to work in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcorn said a video game representation of the H-1B process makes sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ There’s randomness, there’s luck, there’s skill, there’s strategy, there’s positioning yourself, there’s trying to go around and collect badges and items to upskill to be able to get to the next level, just like in a game,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent showcase of the \u003cem>h1b.life\u003c/em> demo at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, Donduk Dovdon, a H-1B recipient from China who gained U.S. citizenship two years ago, tried the game. He said it was too accurate, even triggering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very long path, and you sacrifice so much personal time, especially with your family,” said Dovdon, adding that he didn’t go home to see his parents for ten years while he was pursuing citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076563\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20260312_H1BVIDEOGAME_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20260312_H1BVIDEOGAME_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20260312_H1BVIDEOGAME_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20260312_H1BVIDEOGAME_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Eric Nevalsky, Sophie Ho and Nathan Chong play the H1B.Life game at the Asian Art Museum on March 12, 2026. H1B.Life is a game representing a live simulation of the U.S H-1B visa system with players “living” the lives of international students and workers trapped in the H-1B system, whose experiences were directly written into the game. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dovdon said he thought the game was “too niche” to have widespread commercial success, but thought it could be useful in other applications, like corporate diversity training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Software engineer Krish Chowdhary also played the game. He immigrated to San Francisco from Canada on a different work visa, and said what the game does get right is the way it depicts immigration status as a series of choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I meet other folks who are on a visa, it’s like one of the first things people talk about. Because it weighs on a lot of your other decisions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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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. 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How did you get to the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vincent Salimi:\u003c/strong> My life, it’s similar to a lot of Iranians who suffered the consequences of the Islamic Republic of Iran. My father studied civil engineering in Germany in the ‘60s and went back to Iran [and] married my mother. I [also] have an older sister.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1984, the family moved to France because the situation was becoming horrible in Iran, and in early 2000, I moved to the Bay Area by myself with $500. I didn’t speak very good English, and all I had was just a hope of a better tomorrow. I had the opportunity to go anywhere, but like Tony Bennett said, I left my heart in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you decide to get involved in local politics?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since I left Iran in 1984, I had this fire inside, to do something. After I became a U.S. citizen in 2018, I had the opportunity to get the endorsement of the Democratic Party and [several] unions. I campaigned for three months against other candidates, and then, I was elected.[aside postID=news_12075199 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2263689274-2000x1367.jpg']\u003cstrong>Tell me more about this proclamation that you had the city of Pinole issue back in 2022. It also focuses on the rights of women.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last 47 years, [Iran] went back 5,000 years. I come from a strong mother who has given me all the energy that I have today. A society without women’s rights, it’s not a healthy society. I have a daughter. 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"content": "\u003cp>California’s U.S. senators expressed grave concerns about conditions at the state’s newest and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">largest immigration jail\u003c/a>, and said they will not support an upcoming bill to further increase funding for immigration enforcement, after a visit on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff spent four hours inside the California City Detention Facility, a privately-owned former prison about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, where they met with the warden and spoke with a number of detained immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They came away with stories of people in detention struggling to access health care for serious conditions — including a diabetic woman who was denied her medication for two months, Schiff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most frequent feedback we got was the inadequacy of the medical care they are receiving,” he added. “That’s frightening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The immigration detention facility, owned and operated by the private, for-profit prison company CoreCivic, currently holds about 1,400 people, the senators said, but it has a capacity for 2,560 detainees. It opened in late August, under a two-year, $130 million contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The detainee population has grown steadily, and \u003ca href=\"https://ir.corecivic.com/node/24926/pdf\">CoreCivic has said \u003c/a>it expects to fill the place early this year.\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. 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When you walk inside these walls, you experience a different trauma,” he said. “I am most particularly concerned about the medical issue, because that can be life or death.”[aside postID=news_12069782 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/USImmigrationCustomsEnforcementHQGetty.jpg']Deaths in detention continue to rise. Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/04/ice-2025-deaths-timeline\">32 people \u003c/a>died in ICE facilities, a level not seen in more than two decades. And in just the first three weeks of 2026, ICE has reported that six more people have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla noted that immigration detention is a form of civil detention, typically used to hold people while their deportation cases play out in immigration court. It is not intended as a punishment for a crime and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management\">ICE itself defines \u003c/a>the custody as “non-punitive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the deficient conditions — including adequate nutrition, medical attention and mental health care — add up to a punishing environment, the senator said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m leaving here even more concerned than I was when I arrived,” Padilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Todd, a spokesman for CoreCivic, rejected charges of inadequate food, water, blankets and other basics. And he insisted that health care access is not a problem for detainees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our clinic is staffed with licensed, credentialed doctors, nurses and mental health professionals who meet the highest standards of care,” he said. “All detainees have daily access to sign up for medical care and mental health services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Democratic lawmakers want to visit ICE facilities\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s attorney general and a state watchdog group, Disability Rights California, have both issued reports calling conditions at the California City facility “dangerous.” Earlier this month, Bay Area Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069220/south-bay-rep-ro-khanna-horrified-after-visit-to-california-city-ice-detention-center\">Ro Khanna made his own oversight visit\u003c/a> and announced he was “horrified” by what he found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Khanna, the senators scheduled the visit more than a week in advance, following a recent requirement imposed by ICE. By law, members of Congress have a right to conduct oversight of immigration facilities unannounced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RepRoKhanna/status/2008574388585578626\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, representatives have repeatedly been turned away from visiting detention centers over the past year, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/11/nx-s1-5673949/dhs-restricts-congressional-visits-to-ice-facilities-in-minneapolis-with-new-policy\">three Minnesota representatives\u003c/a> earlier this month. A challenge brought by several Democratic lawmakers in July is currently making its way through the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla said Democrats shouldn’t be the only ones taking a hard look at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, especially given the rise in in-custody deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Republican majority in Congress, in the House and the Senate, is failing, absolutely failing — or refusing — to live up to their oversight responsibility to hold a separate but co-equal branch of government accountable,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>ICE funding clash looms over massive spending bill\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In July, as part of a reconciliation package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Congress gave ICE an unprecedented $45 billion to expand detention over the next four years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/big-beautiful-bill-immigration-border-security/\">effectively quadrupling\u003c/a> ICE’s annual detention budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those funds facilitated a swift expansion from 39,000 people in detention a year ago to roughly 70,000 today. 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"content": "\u003cp>When patients started cancelling appointments out of fear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/immigration\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u003c/a> might arrest them on the street, St. John’s Community Health in Los Angeles adapted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clinic began sending nurse practitioners, like Gabriella Oloye, to patients’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like I was in a movie,” Oloye said. “Like I was meeting patients in secrecy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the months passed, the home visitation program became more familiar to staff, who packed a van with fresh food and hygiene supplies to deliver through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjch.org/grocery-assistance\">clinic’s\u003c/a> Healthcare Without Fear program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oloye estimates 40% of her patients are over age 50 and often behind on screenings like mammograms or colonoscopies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One patient in his 50’s with a chronic condition was too scared to leave home, even for a walk or to go to work. “I can’t even go out to the park,” he told her. “This is no way to live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shashi Dalal, 88, originally from Mumbai, India, center, eats a free lunch at Centro Latino de San Francisco, a civic center serving seniors and those with disabilities in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another patient waited too long to seek help for cellulitis in an infected toe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could mean losing limbs or appendages,” Oloye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has deported over 527,000 people, with another 1.5 million who have self-deported, according to a recent announcement by the agency. And one of the administration’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/21/statement-dhs-spokesperson-directives-expanding-law-enforcement-and-ending-abuse\">orders\u003c/a> was to rescind a Biden-era rule that protected “sensitive locations” — places of worship, schools, hospitals and clinics — from immigration operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who coordinate care for immigrant patients have reported seeing this hesitancy to access healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had over a thousand cases a few years ago,” said Laszlo Maderas, the chief medical officer of the Migrant Clinicians Network. “Now, we’re down to a few dozen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-americans-think-about-trumps-deportations-right-now\">polling\u003c/a> conducted by NPR with PBS and Marist, support for these mass deportations is split across party lines; a majority of polled Republicans believe these policies are making the country safer.[aside postID=news_12067803 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/MigrantDayKQED.jpg']But health care and service providers in California who work with immigrants said they are concerned about the toll the Trump administration’s immigration policy is having on their patients — many of whom are avoiding medical treatment and social programs because they fear immigration arrests or raids. Clinicians and social workers said they are particularly concerned for older immigrants and those with chronic conditions, for whom routine medical care is more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For older patients, often dealing with cancer or chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, avoiding care can mean greater severity for someone already holding more disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While telehealth offers an alternative to a routine appointment, services like lab tests and vaccines require in-person visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That fear will outweigh the need to actually get care,” Wang said. “That’s the real human impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Alameda County did not provide data tracking the relation between immigrants avoiding care and adverse health outcomes, research suggests the two are correlated: \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/mitigating-health-impacts-exclusionary-immigration-policies-evidence-review\">studies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4074451/\">literature reviews\u003c/a> show that fear of detainment leads to exacerbated stress and reluctance to obtain health services amongst both undocumented and legal migrant populations. Wang speculated that missed care may have already contributed to premature deaths, noting chronic disease — prevalent in older populations — is the leading cause of death in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t pay attention to it,” Wang warned, “you’re going to die early from something totally preventable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff at the Mission Neighborhood Centers’ Health Aging and Disability Program in San Francisco said that patient fears have led to a noticeable drop in attendance. The center is located at the corner of 19th and Capp Street in the Mission District,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11906012/latinos-in-la-mision-a-story-of-resistance-and-community\"> the heart of San Francisco’s Latino community\u003c/a>, which has attracted generations of immigrant families and more recent migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Arena, 82, left, and Amalia Quintanilla, 80, right, play bingo at Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fear for themselves or undocumented family and friends, combined with rumors, has pushed many into isolation. Claudia Perez-Vaughan, who leads senior activities for the program, said the current situation reminds her of what many seniors were forced to endure during the COVID-19 lockdown. \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821456\">Studies\u003c/a> have shown a correlation between isolation and increased risk of mortality, dementia, and disability in older results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have this community center that is their second house, their second home,” she said. “We are like a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmosphere has changed recently. Some seniors have limited their visits to once a month, said Cinthia Torres, the community services coordinator. Others come only for to-go meals. A few have disappeared entirely. She remembers clients who used to drop by to say hello or play bingo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t come anymore,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José Sequaira, 77, and a naturalized citizen, still comes to the center for community activities like bingo, but it isn’t without trepidation. He’s upset by stories of people being ambushed by ICE officers and deported after building lives here. “I’m afraid because people with power, they treat them like nothing,” he said. “I don’t have any power, and how are they going to treat me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors play bingo at the Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco, on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Much of the fear stems from language barriers, Torres noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say someone stops them and asks them something. They’re afraid they won’t be able to answer, and they’re going to be taken away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres reminds clients that Mission Neighborhood Centers isn’t a sanctuary, but staff will do everything they can to protect them — “even if we have to sleep here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citizenship can offer some protection against the threat. Jake Simons, associate director and naturalization program manager at Centro Latino de San Francisco, said there’s a push among clients to enroll in classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturalization class enrollment applications have jumped from 250 to 400 in the past year at Centro Latino, a community center for older adults and people with disabilities. It’s normal to be nervous before citizenship exams, Simons said. Now he’s seeing students break down crying during one-on-one conversations with him, others are being prescribed anxiety medication. A few ask staff to accompany them to their citizenship exams, a service the center doesn’t officially offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They think going through this process, something bad is going to happen to them when in reality it should be a positive thing,” Simons said.[aside postID=news_12067566 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240408-FCIDublin-017-BL_qut-1-1020x680.jpg']Julio Sifuentes, 67, who attends the naturalization classes, said a friend had a heart attack brought on by fear and stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, undocumented, was rushed to the ER and now won’t leave his house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was scared,” Sifuentes said. “I also thought it could happen to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond medical appointments and social activities, some seniors are also choosing not to apply or recertify for CalFresh food benefits or Medi-Cal health insurance, said Centro Latino social worker Veronica Lacayo. She said the seniors worry that their information could be accessed by ICE — which had\u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/ice-access-medicaid-data/\"> access \u003c/a>to Medicaid data before being \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/use-medicaid-data-ice-blocked-20-states\">blocked\u003c/a> in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of [their] well-being is food, it’s medical assistance. If they won’t get those services, it’s devastating,” Lacayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Centro Latino distributes hot meals, often drawing long lines. Now, it’s not unusual for clients to ask to wait indoors, afraid of being seen by immigration agents, Lacayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others hide at home. Meal-delivery drivers have reported seniors not answering their doors. When Lacayo calls to follow up with clients, they tell her they thought ICE was knocking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For most, it’s the only meal they get all day,” she said. Now, she instructs drivers to loudly say “la comida,” announcing the meal, and to identify themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some clients have asked Lacayo for virtual programming, she said, and she urges them to return in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But this situation is really challenging,” she said. “Encourage them how, when they feel fear?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hussain Khan is a reporter and Matthew Busch is a photographer with the Investigative Reporting Program at the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://journalism.berkeley.edu/\">\u003cem>UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. They covered this story through a grant from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thescanfoundation.org/\">\u003cem>The SCAN Foundation\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\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>As the months passed, the home visitation program became more familiar to staff, who packed a van with fresh food and hygiene supplies to deliver through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjch.org/grocery-assistance\">clinic’s\u003c/a> Healthcare Without Fear program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oloye estimates 40% of her patients are over age 50 and often behind on screenings like mammograms or colonoscopies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One patient in his 50’s with a chronic condition was too scared to leave home, even for a walk or to go to work. “I can’t even go out to the park,” he told her. “This is no way to live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shashi Dalal, 88, originally from Mumbai, India, center, eats a free lunch at Centro Latino de San Francisco, a civic center serving seniors and those with disabilities in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another patient waited too long to seek help for cellulitis in an infected toe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could mean losing limbs or appendages,” Oloye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has deported over 527,000 people, with another 1.5 million who have self-deported, according to a recent announcement by the agency. And one of the administration’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/21/statement-dhs-spokesperson-directives-expanding-law-enforcement-and-ending-abuse\">orders\u003c/a> was to rescind a Biden-era rule that protected “sensitive locations” — places of worship, schools, hospitals and clinics — from immigration operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who coordinate care for immigrant patients have reported seeing this hesitancy to access healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had over a thousand cases a few years ago,” said Laszlo Maderas, the chief medical officer of the Migrant Clinicians Network. “Now, we’re down to a few dozen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-americans-think-about-trumps-deportations-right-now\">polling\u003c/a> conducted by NPR with PBS and Marist, support for these mass deportations is split across party lines; a majority of polled Republicans believe these policies are making the country safer.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But health care and service providers in California who work with immigrants said they are concerned about the toll the Trump administration’s immigration policy is having on their patients — many of whom are avoiding medical treatment and social programs because they fear immigration arrests or raids. Clinicians and social workers said they are particularly concerned for older immigrants and those with chronic conditions, for whom routine medical care is more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For older patients, often dealing with cancer or chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, avoiding care can mean greater severity for someone already holding more disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While telehealth offers an alternative to a routine appointment, services like lab tests and vaccines require in-person visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That fear will outweigh the need to actually get care,” Wang said. “That’s the real human impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Alameda County did not provide data tracking the relation between immigrants avoiding care and adverse health outcomes, research suggests the two are correlated: \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/mitigating-health-impacts-exclusionary-immigration-policies-evidence-review\">studies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4074451/\">literature reviews\u003c/a> show that fear of detainment leads to exacerbated stress and reluctance to obtain health services amongst both undocumented and legal migrant populations. Wang speculated that missed care may have already contributed to premature deaths, noting chronic disease — prevalent in older populations — is the leading cause of death in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t pay attention to it,” Wang warned, “you’re going to die early from something totally preventable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff at the Mission Neighborhood Centers’ Health Aging and Disability Program in San Francisco said that patient fears have led to a noticeable drop in attendance. The center is located at the corner of 19th and Capp Street in the Mission District,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11906012/latinos-in-la-mision-a-story-of-resistance-and-community\"> the heart of San Francisco’s Latino community\u003c/a>, which has attracted generations of immigrant families and more recent migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Arena, 82, left, and Amalia Quintanilla, 80, right, play bingo at Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fear for themselves or undocumented family and friends, combined with rumors, has pushed many into isolation. Claudia Perez-Vaughan, who leads senior activities for the program, said the current situation reminds her of what many seniors were forced to endure during the COVID-19 lockdown. \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821456\">Studies\u003c/a> have shown a correlation between isolation and increased risk of mortality, dementia, and disability in older results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have this community center that is their second house, their second home,” she said. “We are like a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmosphere has changed recently. Some seniors have limited their visits to once a month, said Cinthia Torres, the community services coordinator. Others come only for to-go meals. A few have disappeared entirely. She remembers clients who used to drop by to say hello or play bingo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t come anymore,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José Sequaira, 77, and a naturalized citizen, still comes to the center for community activities like bingo, but it isn’t without trepidation. He’s upset by stories of people being ambushed by ICE officers and deported after building lives here. “I’m afraid because people with power, they treat them like nothing,” he said. “I don’t have any power, and how are they going to treat me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors play bingo at the Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco, on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Much of the fear stems from language barriers, Torres noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say someone stops them and asks them something. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Julio Sifuentes, 67, who attends the naturalization classes, said a friend had a heart attack brought on by fear and stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, undocumented, was rushed to the ER and now won’t leave his house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was scared,” Sifuentes said. “I also thought it could happen to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond medical appointments and social activities, some seniors are also choosing not to apply or recertify for CalFresh food benefits or Medi-Cal health insurance, said Centro Latino social worker Veronica Lacayo. She said the seniors worry that their information could be accessed by ICE — which had\u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/ice-access-medicaid-data/\"> access \u003c/a>to Medicaid data before being \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/use-medicaid-data-ice-blocked-20-states\">blocked\u003c/a> in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of [their] well-being is food, it’s medical assistance. If they won’t get those services, it’s devastating,” Lacayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Centro Latino distributes hot meals, often drawing long lines. Now, it’s not unusual for clients to ask to wait indoors, afraid of being seen by immigration agents, Lacayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others hide at home. Meal-delivery drivers have reported seniors not answering their doors. When Lacayo calls to follow up with clients, they tell her they thought ICE was knocking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For most, it’s the only meal they get all day,” she said. Now, she instructs drivers to loudly say “la comida,” announcing the meal, and to identify themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some clients have asked Lacayo for virtual programming, she said, and she urges them to return in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But this situation is really challenging,” she said. “Encourage them how, when they feel fear?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hussain Khan is a reporter and Matthew Busch is a photographer with the Investigative Reporting Program at the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://journalism.berkeley.edu/\">\u003cem>UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. They covered this story through a grant from \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thescanfoundation.org/\">\u003cem>The SCAN Foundation\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The licenses of most of these drivers, 17,000, are now set to be rescinded on Jan. 5. Many of them are Sikh truckers, with roots in Punjab, India, who said they have valid work permits and the revocations threaten their livelihoods and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are going to lose out. Most of these guys have homes, families, businesses,” said Rajinder Singh Tanda, president at Global Truck Permits near Stockton, who has heard from many concerned truckers who could lose their license. “This will be a disaster in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For weeks, several unions and other driver advocates pushed the state to allow eligible drivers to renew their licenses. This week, the DMV said it planned to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067557/california-plans-to-reissue-contested-drivers-licenses-to-thousands-of-immigrants\">begin reissuing\u003c/a> these documents on Dec. 17, as the agency believed it met all conditions to fix earlier problems. 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In a Nov. 13 letter to Steve Gordon, California DMV director, the agency warned it could penalize the state by withholding not just funding but also its authority to issue all commercial drivers’ licenses.[aside postID=news_12067557 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-5-KQED.jpg']About 700,000 drivers have commercial licenses in California to operate large vehicles such as school buses, garbage trucks and big rigs, according to the DMV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The back and forth comes as the Trump administration tried to exclude most asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants from holding non-domiciled CDLs through an interim rule it issued in September. 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"content": "\u003cp>In commemoration of International Migrants Day, dozens of faith leaders, activists and residents marched through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> on Thursday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and pressure the city to bolster investments in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/immigration\">immigration\u003c/a> legal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Participants from the nonprofit Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network and the multi-faith group PACT reenacted “La Posada,” a Latin American tradition dramatizing a scene in the Bible where Mary and Joseph seek shelter but are repeatedly turned away — a metaphor for the U.S.’s treatment of asylum seekers today, advocates said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joanna Becerra, a community leader with Amigos de Guadalupe, spoke through an interpreter about the critical need for legal representation. She cited the administration’s expanded funding for enforcement — an estimated $\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910650/ices-budget-just-tripled-whats-next\">170 billion federal budget for ICE\u003c/a> — as a direct threat to families in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration has put together a massive machine to deport millions of people,” Becerra said. “When people facing deportation have access to legal representation, they have a way better chance at a positive outcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coalition, which includes the South Bay Labor Council and Amigos de Guadalupe, is demanding that the San José City Council allocate an additional $500,000 toward the legal defense of immigrant communities. This would bring the city’s total commitment to roughly $1.5 million for legal services and rapid response networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060896\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District 5 San José City Councilmember Peter Ortiz speaks during a protest against ICE in South San José on June 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The push follows similar moves in neighboring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059894/alameda-county-approves-3-5-million-to-scale-up-immigrant-defense-amid-ice-surge\">Alameda County\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061844/after-trump-surge-scare-sf-supervisors-race-to-fund-immigrant-legal-defense\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, where officials recently increased their own funding for immigrant legal defense in anticipation of federal policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program recently expanding to include attacks on naturalized citizens and challenges to birthright citizenship in the Supreme Court, San José leaders are racing to fortify local protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council moved forward with measures to establish “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060893/south-bay-leaders-aim-to-create-ice-free-zones\">ICE-free zones\u003c/a>” on city property—barring federal agents from using city parking lots or facilities for operations—and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058155/san-jose-city-council-supports-ice-mask-ban-after-plainclothes-arrest\">banned federal immigration officers\u003c/a> from concealing their identities with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059900/san-jose-could-soon-ban-ice-from-wearing-masks\">masks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re on the offense,” said San José Councilmember Peter Ortiz, who led both of those initiatives, and who joined the march. “I was watching what happened in Chicago and Los Angeles … so I took those test cases and started doing what those legislators were doing.”[aside postID=news_12066314 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00043_TV-KQED.jpg']Ortiz acknowledged that the city faces a budget shortfall, meaning difficult choices lie ahead during the mid-year budget review. He stressed that funding legal defense might require cuts to other programs or outreach to philanthropy, but argued inaction is not an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of raids has already rippled through the local economy in East San José, Ortiz said. La Perla Taqueria, a small business in his district, recently announced it would close. He attributed the struggle, in part, to a drop in clientele as fear grips the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve spoken to businesses who have seen a 40%-50% decrease in their customers,” Ortiz said. “They’re scared to go to their local restaurants … and it’s impacting our entire ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The march made strategic stops to deliver their demands, including at the office of U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San José). While \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066314/as-immigration-enforcement-escalates-how-one-south-bay-priest-is-pushing-back\">Father Jon Pedigo\u003c/a>, executive director of PACT, praised Lofgren as a longstanding ally in Congress, the group asked federal lawmakers to act with greater urgency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedigo noted that while the Posada is traditionally a celebration of hope, the mood this year has shifted toward vigilance against rising “intolerance” and “white Christian nationalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see the light getting darker,” Pedigo said. “We’re knocking on doors. Not just asking, but demanding a response for justice for immigrants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066050 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural decorates the exterior of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, where Father Jon Pedigo has worked as a priest in San José on Dec. 3, 2025. Father Pedigo, who worked with immigrant communities affected by ICE raids and deportations, left his full-time job as a priest to be a full-time organizer. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The coalition’s demands also highlighted the intersection of immigration status and housing, calling for services that specifically include unhoused residents in their planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Fong of the South Bay Labor Council emphasized that the fight for immigrant rights is inextricably linked to labor rights in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our unions are negotiating right now for strong contracts, fair wages and safe working conditions,” Fong said. “The work succeeds when the broader community stands with us, especially as immigrant workers are targeted and exploited to weaken labor standards for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to the crowd, Huy Tran, SIREN’s executive director, reflected on his own family’s journey as refugees from Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that all of us came here for the same reasons: Safety. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Ortiz acknowledged that the city faces a budget shortfall, meaning difficult choices lie ahead during the mid-year budget review. He stressed that funding legal defense might require cuts to other programs or outreach to philanthropy, but argued inaction is not an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of raids has already rippled through the local economy in East San José, Ortiz said. La Perla Taqueria, a small business in his district, recently announced it would close. He attributed the struggle, in part, to a drop in clientele as fear grips the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve spoken to businesses who have seen a 40%-50% decrease in their customers,” Ortiz said. “They’re scared to go to their local restaurants … and it’s impacting our entire ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The march made strategic stops to deliver their demands, including at the office of U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San José). While \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066314/as-immigration-enforcement-escalates-how-one-south-bay-priest-is-pushing-back\">Father Jon Pedigo\u003c/a>, executive director of PACT, praised Lofgren as a longstanding ally in Congress, the group asked federal lawmakers to act with greater urgency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedigo noted that while the Posada is traditionally a celebration of hope, the mood this year has shifted toward vigilance against rising “intolerance” and “white Christian nationalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see the light getting darker,” Pedigo said. “We’re knocking on doors. Not just asking, but demanding a response for justice for immigrants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066050 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00002_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural decorates the exterior of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, where Father Jon Pedigo has worked as a priest in San José on Dec. 3, 2025. Father Pedigo, who worked with immigrant communities affected by ICE raids and deportations, left his full-time job as a priest to be a full-time organizer. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The coalition’s demands also highlighted the intersection of immigration status and housing, calling for services that specifically include unhoused residents in their planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Fong of the South Bay Labor Council emphasized that the fight for immigrant rights is inextricably linked to labor rights in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our unions are negotiating right now for strong contracts, fair wages and safe working conditions,” Fong said. “The work succeeds when the broader community stands with us, especially as immigrant workers are targeted and exploited to weaken labor standards for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to the crowd, Huy Tran, SIREN’s executive director, reflected on his own family’s journey as refugees from Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that all of us came here for the same reasons: Safety. Security. Stability,” Tran said. “We are as American as anybody else in this country. No document or decree can take that from us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstration in San José coincided with similar actions in Fresno and 25 other cities across the U.S. as part of a national mobilization by the Fair Immigration Reform Movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After hearings on Tuesday in two related cases, a federal judge in San José is set to decide whether to temporarily block Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056762/bay-area-immigrant-advocates-sue-the-trump-administration-to-end-courthouse-arrests\">arrests at immigration courthouses\u003c/a> and check-in appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts quizzed lawyers for the government, as well as for the Bay Area civil rights organizations that brought the lawsuits alleging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has essentially turned mandatory court hearings and ICE check-ins into traps — ensnaring people who are following the rules in hopes of winning a legal way to stay in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cases are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060821/bay-area-advocates-head-to-court-to-halt-trump-administrations-immigration-policies\">part of a larger legal pushback\u003c/a> by immigrant advocacy groups across the country, challenging the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been handcuffing asylum seekers and others in the halls of immigration courthouses and at required check-ins with ICE, resulting in more than 100 arrests in Northern and Central California. Many of those arrested had previously been granted conditional release and allowed to remain out of custody, typically after border agents had determined they were not dangerous and would show up for their hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers representing immigrants in the two cases argued that both the \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lccrsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-16-Dkt-No-94-705-Motion-Courthouse-Arrests.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1765332439579751&usg=AOvVaw2ilDpL-79bjt4YO7Bha2hI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">courthouse arrests\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/2025.10.16%2520%255B48%255D%2520Plts%2520705%2520Motion%2520to%2520Postpone%2520Effective%2520Date%2520of%2520Agency%2520Action%2520or%2520Preserve%2520Status%2520or%2520Rights.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1765332475568008&usg=AOvVaw1zmcS1lxWUxXtP8-mIRY04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rearrest of people\u003c/a> who had been previously released were unheard of before this year — and called the actions arbitrary and illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just imagine if the government changed a [policy] and all of a sudden you could be thrown in jail at any time. 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That’s how it harms our clients,” said Bree Bernwanger, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, who is representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging rearrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063685\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Santuario: Manteniendo Familias Unidas” (“Sanctuary: Keeping Families United”) during the Faith in Action “Walking Our Faith” vigil outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Nov. 6, 2025. 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The worry here is the workers might not return next year, at least not in the numbers that sustain local economies and power the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=29277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$60 billion agricultural industry\u003c/a>, which grows three-fourths of the fruits and nuts consumed in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/donald-trump/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration\u003c/a> has pledged to carry out the largest deportation program in American history. They have, so far, mostly left the agricultural industry alone. But Trump and his advisers \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/08/trump-teased-a-solution-for-farmers-its-likely-not-coming-soon-00498932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have wavered\u003c/a> on whether to protect farms from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/immigration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigration raids\u003c/a>, so the seasonal workers and their employers will have to wait and see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small farm towns in the Central Valley are similar in their seasonal economics to a beach town on the East Coast: Both swell in summer with a population boom, then dig in for a slow winter. Firebaugh City Manager Ben Gallegos said the town of 4,000 grows to 8,000 people in the summer, then empties out after the harvest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story plays out in the numbers, but already this year’s numbers tell a different tale. In the second quarter of the year, which runs from April 1 to June 30, total taxable transactions in Firebaugh were down 29% from the same quarter last year, according to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. In nearby Chowchilla, total taxable receipts are down 21% in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People don’t want to shop or go out to eat, Gallegos said. The city of Firebaugh is staring down cuts to its police force, its parks and its senior center. In September, the appearance of county probation officers dressed in green fatigues caused waves of panicked Whatsapp texts. Some people went into hiding. The food bank in Firebaugh used to serve about 50 families. Today, at weekly distributions behind city hall, that number is up to 150. When it’s over, volunteers take the remaining food boxes to families who are too afraid to leave their homes. “We need those individuals to drive our community,” Gallegos said. “They’re the ones that eat at our local restaurants, they’re the ones that shop at our local stores. 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Detectives believe the gunfire continued outside and there may have been multiple shooters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleven people were also wounded, with at least one in critical condition, he said. No one was in custody by Sunday evening, and the sheriff urged anyone with information to contact his office with tips, cellphone video or witness accounts. “This is a time for our community to show that we will not put up with this type of behavior, when people will just walk in and kill children,” Withrow said. “And so if you know anything about this, you have to come forward and tell us what you know. If not, you just become complacent and think this is acceptable behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff’s spokesperson Heather Brent said earlier that investigators believe it was a “targeted incident.” Officials did not elaborate on why authorities believe it was intentional or who might have been targeted. 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This overhaul comes amid a nationwide backlog of immigration cases — with about 120,000 currently pending in the Bay Area alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Davis Law Professor Kevin Johnson said that it’s not uncommon for presidents to appoint judges whose philosophy matches their own, but that the current administration appears to be not only at hiring, but firing, the federal judges based on their immigration ideology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very aggressive, and it’s like nothing we’ve seen in any of the previous five or six administrations. I don’t remember it ever happening in U.S. history,” he told KQED. “But it’s happening now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, Judges Amber George, Jeremiah Johnson, Louis Gordon, Shuting Chen and Patrick Savage were fired from San Francisco’s immigration court, which at the start of the year had more than 20 judges, according to Milli Atkinson, the director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program with the Bar Association of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she said, the bench is down to just nine judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054620/despite-a-growing-case-backlog-trump-fires-6th-san-francisco-immigration-judge\">seven other Bay Area judges were fired\u003c/a>, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055416/trump-fires-san-franciscos-top-immigration-judge\">city’s top judge, Loi McCleskey, who was terminated\u003c/a> after just over a year on the job in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063685\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-Vigil_GH-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Santuario: Manteniendo Familias Unidas” (“Sanctuary: Keeping Families United”) during the Faith in Action “Walking Our Faith” vigil outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Nov. 6, 2025. The multi-faith gathering called for compassion and protection for immigrant families. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The firings of longstanding adjudicators have been without explanation from the DOJ, according to Atkinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The general belief among the immigration legal community is that they are trying to remove judges who’ve been longstanding civil servants who’ve been very experienced in adjudicating these cases here in San Francisco and filling the bench with judges who are more aligned with the political beliefs of this administration and are going to follow policy memos and directives from the administration,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s immigration court has historically granted asylum at higher rates than the national average, and 11 of the 12 judges who have lost their jobs have higher-than-average asylum-granting rates. The three San Francisco judges with the highest rates of asylum were all terminated earlier this year.[aside postID=news_12065068 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/HooverElementaryGetty.jpg']Attorneys told KQED in September that the discrepancy between rates across jurisdictions is likely due to a multitude of factors, including that asylum seekers in San Francisco are more likely to have representation and required to meet different standards than in some other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former immigration judge Dana Leigh Marks told KQED at the time that the firings also appear to be targeting those who have previously worked in immigrant advocacy rights, private practice or public interest law, while others who rose through the ranks as prosecutors for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland Security have kept their appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an effort to change things by removing people as well as selecting new people who are going to be with their party line,” Professor Kevin Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said that the firings will require a major reshuffling of scheduled proceedings, which will make attorneys’ jobs more difficult, since they usually know how the presiding judge runs proceedings and tailor preparation and testimony and preparation to fit their style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is also jarring for asylum seekers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12003275 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/USDeptofJusticeGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In August, the U.S. Department of Justice lowered the prerequisites to qualify for temporary judge positions, removing the requirement that candidates have prior experience. \u003ccite>(J. 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The following week, the federal government authorized 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges, NPR reported.[aside postID=news_12063980 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Experts who spoke with KQED worried more, though, that in the long term, the firings could be making way for a more partisan immigration court system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has just been so extreme that it really is a radical departure from past experiences in terms of people being fired despite good performance,” Marks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the court’s enforcement priorities typically shift with each administration, since it is housed within the Department of Justice, Atkinson said sitting judges are now under unprecedented pressure to make decisions that the DOJ agrees with, or face possible termination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New immigration judge job\u003ca href=\"https://join.justice.gov/\"> postings\u003c/a> in San Francisco and other cities, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Sec_Noem\">advertised\u003c/a> on social media by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem the day before the firings, seek candidates to apply for roles as “deportation judges,” who would “restore integrity and honor to our Nation’s Immigration Court system” and ensure that “only aliens with legally meritorious claims are allowed to remain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think immigration judges are the canaries in the coal mine of the judicial system in America, they are the early warning system,” Marks said. “I fear that this kind of erratic, irrational and probably illegal behavior by the administration is just starting at the immigration courts. 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That vehicle collided with another vehicle, which was not involved in the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DRQJ6nGEk8E/?hl=en\">said in a video on social media\u003c/a> that the crash happened as a parent dropping their child off at school was “chased by masked men” believed to be ICE officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monique Berlanga, who heads Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland, said the collision scared people in the neighborhood, where there are multiple OUSD campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Schools respond\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The district said in a message to parents on Wednesday that it placed Hoover Elementary School and Harriet Tubman Child Development Center under its secure school protocol after hearing reports of ICE activity in their vicinity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Your child is safe in school,” the message continued, adding that other campuses were following standard protocol for ICE activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12013785 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/030_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at recess at an Oakland school on Oct. 20, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berlanga said the Alameda County Immigration Legal Education Partnership got reports that staff at Hoover questioned the officers and asked them to identify themselves, but that they had not been able to confirm what agency they were with. She said the network had no reason to believe that either school was the target of enforcement activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It appears likely that this was targeted ICE enforcement nearby the school, which may have been related to a collision nearby,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the incident rattled community members and sparked a protest of about 50 people, including Oakland teachers and teachers union staff, outside Hoover in the late morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They told KQED they were gathered to support families and school staff if there was increased ICE presence, especially around pickup time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olivia Udovic, a kindergarten teacher and Oakland Education Association officer, said principals were driving some students home from school.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What we don’t know\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland police said their investigation into the crash is ongoing, and they did not specify which outside law enforcement agency was involved.[aside postID=news_12063793 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251028_IMMIGRANT-MASS-_HERNANDEZ-17-KQED.jpg']OUSD said it had heard reports of ICE presence in other Oakland neighborhoods, including between 71st and 81st avenues and International Boulevard, but those had not been confirmed. 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