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(KQED is not using the woman’s name because she fears being detained or deported if publicly identified due to her immigration status.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All this time here, I’ve never found a way to figure out my situation,” she said. “When you’re trying to see the people you love once more, you’re willing to do anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And unfortunately, her desperation made her a target for fraud, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Fear and uncertainty’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While scrolling Facebook in 2023, she saw a post from a man claiming to be a successful immigration lawyer — with experience handling complicated cases like hers. After she messaged him, “he promised that he could make me a permanent resident within three months,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In exchange, she sent over her personal documents and $500 via money order. But when she tried contacting the California law firm where the man claimed to work, this office told her he wasn’t employed there.[aside postID=news_12013522 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1171173643-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a family friend suggested that they ask the man for his law license. “That’s when he got very defensive, and just kept asking why I would want that,” she said. “After that call, he blocked me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when she realized: “He pretended to be a lawyer and he scammed me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This woman’s experience is not unique. Every year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/government-politics/2021-05-27/fresno-city-council-approves-measure-targeting-immigration-fraud\">immigrant families across California\u003c/a> fall prey to individuals claiming to be immigration lawyers, and President Donald Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/nx-s1-5454891/sharpest-growth-in-ice-detention-population-people-with-no-criminal-convictions\">aggressive deportation policy\u003c/a> has made many in the undocumented community desperate to find any type of legal help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials are now asking people to be on high alert for potential fraud amid this tense environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and blue foulard tie speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta fields questions during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Families across the country are experiencing fear and uncertainty as a result of President Trump’s inhumane immigration agenda — and scammers are paying attention,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-issues-consumer-alert-notario-fraud-obtaining-immigration\">released on July 27\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about immigration fraud and how to spot a potential scam.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The types of immigration fraud to watch for\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When seeking legal help for an immigration case, fraud can happen in different ways and can be perpetrated by different kinds of people:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Notario fraud\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When a U.S.-based notary public insists to prospective clients that they are qualified to give legal advice, despite this being untrue. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many Latin American countries — including Mexico, Colombia and Argentina — notaries, or notario públicos, are trained as lawyers. This means that in these countries, they can prepare important legal documents like wills and contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims incorrectly believe that this is also true in the U.S. legal system, even though notaries and lawyers are two completely different professions in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"#Jumpstraighttomoreinformationaboutnotariofraud\">Jump straight to more information about notario fraud.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Invalid legal license\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When someone who previously worked as a lawyer in their country of origin claims they can offer legal services in the United States.\u003c/em>[aside postID=news_12052198 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2220045842-2000x1334.jpg']In most legal proceedings, the lawyer who represents you must be licensed in the state where you are, but for immigration law, your lawyer \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/outreach-engagements/USCIS_Institute_of_Museum_and_Library_Services_Webinar-The_Unauthorized_Practice_of_Immigration_Law.pdf\">\u003cem>can \u003c/em>be licensed in any U.S. state or territory\u003c/a>. However, \u003ca href=\"#theymustbecertifiedtopracticelawintheUSnotanothercountry\">they must be certified to practice law in the U.S., not another country.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Identity fraud\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When an individual claims to be a licensed attorney when they have no professional legal background whatsoever, or impersonates the identity of a real-life lawyer.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Immigration services is not something that just anyone can do,” said Hugo Meza, Santa Clara County deputy district attorney. For years, Santa Clara County officials have worked \u003ca href=\"https://sheriff.santaclaracounty.gov/news/press-releases/immigration-fraud-investigation\">to identify and stop individuals\u003c/a> falsely claiming to be immigration attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These bad actors will sometimes take all the money and never render any services,” he said. But what could be even \u003cem>worse\u003c/em>, said Meza, is when a fraudster actually does provide a legal service, “and then they provide it in a wrong way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This, Meza said, “can really ruin someone’s chances in a complex legal process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who can actually offer legal services for an immigration case?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., only an attorney licensed by a state bar can represent someone in court, that is, someone accredited by the professional association that sets quality standards for legal services in your state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, immigration law is federal, and any person licensed in any U.S. state or territory can practice it. This means you can be represented by a lawyer licensed in a state different from where you live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Attorneys can handle all aspects of a case; they can represent someone before an immigration office and even give legal advice,” Meza said. “But in order to have that authority, you must overcome a lot of layers of scrutiny.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For someone to work as an attorney in California, they must:[aside postID=news_12047018 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/IMG_1067-2000x1500.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Graduate from law school (a law degree is different from an undergraduate degree) or successfully complete an apprenticeship with the \u003ca href=\"http://calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Requirements/Education/Legal-Education/Law-Office-or-Judges-Chamber\">Law Office Study Program\u003c/a>;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pass the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Examinations/California-Bar-Examination\">state Bar Examination\u003c/a>, the test all attorneys must pass if they want to practice law in California; and\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maintain their certification and stay in good standing with the state Bar Association, which investigates cases of attorney misconduct.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>When looking for an immigration attorney, you may also see ads for “immigration consultants.” These are professionals who can translate important documents, help you complete certain applications or provide general background information on the American immigration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But not anyone can decide to be an immigration consultant,” Meza said, and these people have to conform to certain regulations, too. California requires that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/special-filings/immigration-consultant-checklist\">every person offering services as an immigration consultant\u003c/a> must:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Pass a background check with state officials;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Be registered with the Secretary of State’s office; and\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/special-filings/immigration-consultant-qualifications\">Secure a $100,000 bond from an insurer or surety company\u003c/a> to establish trust with clients.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11949809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11949809 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Young businesswoman looks at a computer screen thoughtfully.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What should you know about choosing a trustworthy immigration lawyer? \u003ccite>(Luis Alvarez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Jumpstraighttomoreinformationaboutnotariofraud\">\u003c/a>Why can’t a notary help me in my immigration case?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Notaries here typically don’t have any special qualification to do any kind of immigration law,” said Ronald Lee, San Francisco deputy city attorney. But some notary publics incorrectly promote themselves to suggest they offer immigration services, he said. “By saying that they are notarios, they are causing confusion for a lot of people in terms of their actual qualifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., the role of notaries is to “notarize” important documents, like a contract or copies of personal documents, like a passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means they confirm that the person presenting the document is who they say they are, and if the document involved is a contract, that the parties signing it are willingly entering into this agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In no way, shape or form do they have the same responsibilities as a lawyer,” Meza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some red flags to spot a potential immigration scam?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When someone has worked for years and had to pass through multiple levels of accreditation, they should be willing to talk about this, Meza said. “If you ask people about their background in this field and they don’t want to talk about it?” he said. ”That’s a red flag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important question you can ask to confirm that this person is actually licensed to practice law is: “What is your attorney bar number?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why: Licensed attorneys must have received a number specific to them from the state bar. \u003ca href=\"https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/LicenseeSearch/QuickSearch\">You can then look this number up online in the State Bar of California’s attorney search tool\u003c/a> to make sure who you’re speaking to is telling the truth about who they are.[aside postID=news_12050993 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-10-BL-KQED.jpg']If this attorney shares that they are licensed in another state, they can still represent you — but it’s a good idea to nonetheless look them up in their home state’s bar. Most states have \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_services/flh-home/flh-bar-directories-and-lawyer-finders/\">an attorney search tool available online\u003c/a>. Experts recommend you confirm an attorney’s bar number \u003cem>before \u003c/em>making any payments — or sharing your personal documents with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some questions you can also ask to make sure that this person can provide you with the legal services you are looking for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Have you worked on cases similar to mine?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Are you a member of any professional groups or organizations related to immigration law?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Where can I find more information about you online?”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other red flags to watch for when it comes to verifying your immigration lawyer:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blank documents:\u003c/strong> If you are asked to sign a blank form and told that everything else will be taken care of, be wary. A blank document can later be altered, and you may find yourself in a contract you did not actually agree to. “Always ask for copies of everything. Get everything explained to you,” Meza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cash only:\u003c/strong> Stay alert if you are told that only cash payments are accepted. “Fraudsters want to do stuff under the table. They don’t want a lot of paper trail,” Meza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Costs keep increasing:\u003c/strong> “They’re always saying that a hiccup came up and they’re asking for more and more money,” Meza said. “That’s a big red flag.” Before you sign anything, make sure you and your attorney have clearly established how much you will pay for their services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Overly optimistic promises:\u003c/strong> Immigration law is extremely complicated, and many immigration benefits can take many months, if not years. Be wary of people promising you very quick, positive results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the legal field, you never know what might come out in a trial or how a judge might decide a case,” Meza said. “If anyone’s promising you a specific permit or immigration status, that’s also someone who I would probably turn away [from] and look for someone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11756647\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11756647 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/iStock-1155523595-e1561227391685.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Gavel hammer wood\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What should you know about choosing a trustworthy immigration lawyer? \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"theymustbecertifiedtopracticelawintheUSnotanothercountry\">\u003c/a>Can someone who is only licensed to practice law in another country help me?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San José immigrant organizers recently told KQED they’re aware of individuals offering immigration legal services when they are only certified to practice law in their home country, but not in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/avoid-scams/find-legal-services#:~:text=An%20attorney%20who%20is:,Recognized%20Organizations%20and%20Accredited%20Representatives.\">U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services\u003c/a>, any attorney who offers legal representation \u003cem>must \u003c/em>be eligible to practice law in a U.S. state or territory or the District of Columbia. They must also be in compliance with the professional standards set by their state’s bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone claims to be an attorney in another country but they are not licensed anywhere within the U.S., they cannot offer you legal services as a lawyer in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they are a lawyer but licensed in another state — Texas, for example — they \u003cem>can\u003c/em> offer immigration legal services to someone living in California. This is because \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/outreach-engagements/USCIS_Institute_of_Museum_and_Library_Services_Webinar-The_Unauthorized_Practice_of_Immigration_Law.pdf\">immigration law is federal\u003c/a>, and a person licensed in any U.S. state or territory can practice it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you connect with an immigration attorney in another state, experts still recommend that you verify that they have a valid license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Graduate from law school (a law degree is different from an undergraduate degree) or successfully complete an apprenticeship with the \u003ca href=\"http://calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Requirements/Education/Legal-Education/Law-Office-or-Judges-Chamber\">Law Office Study Program\u003c/a>;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pass the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Examinations/California-Bar-Examination\">state Bar Examination\u003c/a>, the test all attorneys must pass if they want to practice law in California; and\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maintain their certification and stay in good standing with the state Bar Association, which investigates cases of attorney misconduct.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>When looking for an immigration attorney, you may also see ads for “immigration consultants.” These are professionals who can translate important documents, help you complete certain applications or provide general background information on the American immigration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But not anyone can decide to be an immigration consultant,” Meza said, and these people have to conform to certain regulations, too. California requires that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/special-filings/immigration-consultant-checklist\">every person offering services as an immigration consultant\u003c/a> must:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Pass a background check with state officials;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Be registered with the Secretary of State’s office; and\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/special-filings/immigration-consultant-qualifications\">Secure a $100,000 bond from an insurer or surety company\u003c/a> to establish trust with clients.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11949809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11949809 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Young businesswoman looks at a computer screen thoughtfully.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-867421140-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What should you know about choosing a trustworthy immigration lawyer? \u003ccite>(Luis Alvarez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Jumpstraighttomoreinformationaboutnotariofraud\">\u003c/a>Why can’t a notary help me in my immigration case?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Notaries here typically don’t have any special qualification to do any kind of immigration law,” said Ronald Lee, San Francisco deputy city attorney. But some notary publics incorrectly promote themselves to suggest they offer immigration services, he said. “By saying that they are notarios, they are causing confusion for a lot of people in terms of their actual qualifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., the role of notaries is to “notarize” important documents, like a contract or copies of personal documents, like a passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means they confirm that the person presenting the document is who they say they are, and if the document involved is a contract, that the parties signing it are willingly entering into this agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In no way, shape or form do they have the same responsibilities as a lawyer,” Meza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some red flags to spot a potential immigration scam?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When someone has worked for years and had to pass through multiple levels of accreditation, they should be willing to talk about this, Meza said. “If you ask people about their background in this field and they don’t want to talk about it?” he said. ”That’s a red flag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important question you can ask to confirm that this person is actually licensed to practice law is: “What is your attorney bar number?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why: Licensed attorneys must have received a number specific to them from the state bar. \u003ca href=\"https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/LicenseeSearch/QuickSearch\">You can then look this number up online in the State Bar of California’s attorney search tool\u003c/a> to make sure who you’re speaking to is telling the truth about who they are.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If this attorney shares that they are licensed in another state, they can still represent you — but it’s a good idea to nonetheless look them up in their home state’s bar. Most states have \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_services/flh-home/flh-bar-directories-and-lawyer-finders/\">an attorney search tool available online\u003c/a>. Experts recommend you confirm an attorney’s bar number \u003cem>before \u003c/em>making any payments — or sharing your personal documents with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some questions you can also ask to make sure that this person can provide you with the legal services you are looking for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Have you worked on cases similar to mine?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Are you a member of any professional groups or organizations related to immigration law?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Where can I find more information about you online?”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other red flags to watch for when it comes to verifying your immigration lawyer:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blank documents:\u003c/strong> If you are asked to sign a blank form and told that everything else will be taken care of, be wary. A blank document can later be altered, and you may find yourself in a contract you did not actually agree to. “Always ask for copies of everything. Get everything explained to you,” Meza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cash only:\u003c/strong> Stay alert if you are told that only cash payments are accepted. “Fraudsters want to do stuff under the table. They don’t want a lot of paper trail,” Meza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Costs keep increasing:\u003c/strong> “They’re always saying that a hiccup came up and they’re asking for more and more money,” Meza said. “That’s a big red flag.” Before you sign anything, make sure you and your attorney have clearly established how much you will pay for their services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Overly optimistic promises:\u003c/strong> Immigration law is extremely complicated, and many immigration benefits can take many months, if not years. Be wary of people promising you very quick, positive results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the legal field, you never know what might come out in a trial or how a judge might decide a case,” Meza said. “If anyone’s promising you a specific permit or immigration status, that’s also someone who I would probably turn away [from] and look for someone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11756647\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11756647 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/iStock-1155523595-e1561227391685.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Gavel hammer wood\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What should you know about choosing a trustworthy immigration lawyer? \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"theymustbecertifiedtopracticelawintheUSnotanothercountry\">\u003c/a>Can someone who is only licensed to practice law in another country help me?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San José immigrant organizers recently told KQED they’re aware of individuals offering immigration legal services when they are only certified to practice law in their home country, but not in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/avoid-scams/find-legal-services#:~:text=An%20attorney%20who%20is:,Recognized%20Organizations%20and%20Accredited%20Representatives.\">U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services\u003c/a>, any attorney who offers legal representation \u003cem>must \u003c/em>be eligible to practice law in a U.S. state or territory or the District of Columbia. They must also be in compliance with the professional standards set by their state’s bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone claims to be an attorney in another country but they are not licensed anywhere within the U.S., they cannot offer you legal services as a lawyer in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they are a lawyer but licensed in another state — Texas, for example — they \u003cem>can\u003c/em> offer immigration legal services to someone living in California. This is because \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/outreach-engagements/USCIS_Institute_of_Museum_and_Library_Services_Webinar-The_Unauthorized_Practice_of_Immigration_Law.pdf\">immigration law is federal\u003c/a>, and a person licensed in any U.S. state or territory can practice it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you connect with an immigration attorney in another state, experts still recommend that you verify that they have a valid license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:40 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A teenager and a 21-year-old with a developmental disability arrested by immigration officials in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> this week have been sent to detention centers outside of the state, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda-county\">Alameda County\u003c/a> immigration nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two young people, who are now being held in New York and Washington, were among six detained after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided an East Oakland home on Tuesday, according to Abby Sullivan Engen, the immigration director at Centro Legal de La Raza in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand that an individual or a group of people was being investigated in some way, but … all of these other people got swept up by ICE. They, in their discretion, decided to arrest not only law-abiding adults, [but] a 17-year-old child and an adult with Down syndrome,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday morning, Centro Legal learned that the minor had been transferred to New York, where he is presumably being held at a youth detention center operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. The 21-year-old with Down syndrome was taken to a detention center in Tacoma, Washington. At least some of the other adults were also transferred to Washington, though Engen said Centro Legal does not know all of their statuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The six people, some of whom advocates believe are related, were detained at their home near 79th Street and Hillside Road in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the raid, the county’s rapid response hotline received a call from a detained individual’s family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Engen said she hadn’t seen any proof of a warrant to search the house, she said that in most instances where ICE detains people at private residences, it happens when someone inside allows ICE access. Although people have the right not to open their doors, it often feels like they cannot in the moment, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the arrests, all of the individuals were first taken to ICE’s field office in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference Thursday, Nikolas De Bremaeker, one of Centro Legal’s attorneys who has been in communication with the detained individuals, said the minor, a 17-year-old boy, was forced to remain in a cement-floored holding cell for hours with just a piece of plastic to use as a blanket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was terrified. He was in tears,” De Bremaeker said. “When I had to explain that his family members had been transferred, he burrowed down in tears, just feeling left behind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the evening, he was taken to sleep at a hotel before being returned to custody at the office on Wednesday morning. While it is illegal under federal law for ICE to detain a minor for more than 24 hours in facilities that don’t meet specific standards in most cases, Engen said a hotel stay does not constitute release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wasn’t released to a hotel where he had freedom of movement,” she said. “He was brought to a hotel where he was then being guarded by ICE overnight.”[aside postID=news_12051954 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardTrumpAP.jpg']Engen added that the others were forced to stay in the immigration office overnight, which isn’t set up to house people. ICE’s policy says detainees should not be kept in holding facilities for more than 12 hours, “absent exceptional circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard reports of people being held there overnight, sleeping on the floor with no mattress, no blankets, inadequate food, inadequate water,” she said. “We haven’t been able to get detailed reports of the conditions of these specific people, [but] with many others in similar circumstances, we’ve gotten confirmation that they’re held in very inhumane conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Centro Legal’s attorneys, Nikolas De Bremaeker, has been advocating for the minor and the young adult with Down syndrome to be released, but was given very little contact with the detainees before their transfers out of state on Thursday, Engen told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They operate in the shadows. They do everything possible to prevent attorneys from having access to their clients,” she said, adding that the young people have also been prohibited from communicating with their families. “Other than very, very minimal contact last night, [both] have been prohibited from having any contact with family members, which is blatantly illegal given their inability to — the minor being underage and the adult being disabled — to consent to things, sign documents themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE did not respond to KQED’s request for comment by the time of publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engen said the incident should be a reminder that people have the right to decline ICE officials’ entrance to their homes and can revoke permission at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This wasn’t an instance of ICE roaming the streets or roaming a neighborhood looking for people; it’s just an example to highlight the importance of knowing what your rights are,” she said. “Once they are allowed into your home, [ICE] can pick up anybody they see, and that appears to be exactly what happened here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">Alex Hall \u003c/a>contributed to this report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:40 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A teenager and a 21-year-old with a developmental disability arrested by immigration officials in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> this week have been sent to detention centers outside of the state, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alameda-county\">Alameda County\u003c/a> immigration nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two young people, who are now being held in New York and Washington, were among six detained after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided an East Oakland home on Tuesday, according to Abby Sullivan Engen, the immigration director at Centro Legal de La Raza in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand that an individual or a group of people was being investigated in some way, but … all of these other people got swept up by ICE. They, in their discretion, decided to arrest not only law-abiding adults, [but] a 17-year-old child and an adult with Down syndrome,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday morning, Centro Legal learned that the minor had been transferred to New York, where he is presumably being held at a youth detention center operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. The 21-year-old with Down syndrome was taken to a detention center in Tacoma, Washington. At least some of the other adults were also transferred to Washington, though Engen said Centro Legal does not know all of their statuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The six people, some of whom advocates believe are related, were detained at their home near 79th Street and Hillside Road in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the raid, the county’s rapid response hotline received a call from a detained individual’s family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Engen said she hadn’t seen any proof of a warrant to search the house, she said that in most instances where ICE detains people at private residences, it happens when someone inside allows ICE access. Although people have the right not to open their doors, it often feels like they cannot in the moment, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the arrests, all of the individuals were first taken to ICE’s field office in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference Thursday, Nikolas De Bremaeker, one of Centro Legal’s attorneys who has been in communication with the detained individuals, said the minor, a 17-year-old boy, was forced to remain in a cement-floored holding cell for hours with just a piece of plastic to use as a blanket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was terrified. He was in tears,” De Bremaeker said. “When I had to explain that his family members had been transferred, he burrowed down in tears, just feeling left behind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the evening, he was taken to sleep at a hotel before being returned to custody at the office on Wednesday morning. While it is illegal under federal law for ICE to detain a minor for more than 24 hours in facilities that don’t meet specific standards in most cases, Engen said a hotel stay does not constitute release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wasn’t released to a hotel where he had freedom of movement,” she said. “He was brought to a hotel where he was then being guarded by ICE overnight.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Engen added that the others were forced to stay in the immigration office overnight, which isn’t set up to house people. ICE’s policy says detainees should not be kept in holding facilities for more than 12 hours, “absent exceptional circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard reports of people being held there overnight, sleeping on the floor with no mattress, no blankets, inadequate food, inadequate water,” she said. “We haven’t been able to get detailed reports of the conditions of these specific people, [but] with many others in similar circumstances, we’ve gotten confirmation that they’re held in very inhumane conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Centro Legal’s attorneys, Nikolas De Bremaeker, has been advocating for the minor and the young adult with Down syndrome to be released, but was given very little contact with the detainees before their transfers out of state on Thursday, Engen told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They operate in the shadows. They do everything possible to prevent attorneys from having access to their clients,” she said, adding that the young people have also been prohibited from communicating with their families. “Other than very, very minimal contact last night, [both] have been prohibited from having any contact with family members, which is blatantly illegal given their inability to — the minor being underage and the adult being disabled — to consent to things, sign documents themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE did not respond to KQED’s request for comment by the time of publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engen said the incident should be a reminder that people have the right to decline ICE officials’ entrance to their homes and can revoke permission at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This wasn’t an instance of ICE roaming the streets or roaming a neighborhood looking for people; it’s just an example to highlight the importance of knowing what your rights are,” she said. “Once they are allowed into your home, [ICE] can pick up anybody they see, and that appears to be exactly what happened here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">Alex Hall \u003c/a>contributed to this report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050993/a-day-in-the-life-of-san-joses-rapid-response-network-built-to-resist-ice-fear\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo que hace poco fue uno de los centros comerciales más concurridos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">de San José\u003c/a> es ahora un lugar mucho más tranquilo. En la Placita Tropicana, situada en la esquina de las calles Story y King, los vestidos de quinceañera siguen brillando, las pupusas siguen chisporroteando y el pan dulce se hornea cada mañana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero ahora la gente tiene demasiado miedo de salir”, afirma Elizabeth Ramírez, quien trabaja en Joyería Cruz, una boutique y tienda de ropa. “A veces se corre la voz que en la Tropicana está migración y la gente se desaparece, se queda totalmente solo y las ventas bajan”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y cuando los clientes vienen, dice, a menudo tienen miedo de que haya agentes de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) cerca. “Cuando veo esa mirada en sus caras, les doy estas tarjetas”, dice, mostrando dos juegos de tarjetas: uno rojo y otro amarillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">La tarjeta roja\u003c/a>, proporcionada por el Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes, enumera los derechos que alguien tiene si se topa con agentes federales de inmigración. Pero es la tarjeta amarilla la que tiene un mensaje mucho más directo: “Protege nuestra comunidad. Si ves a la migra, ¡repórtala!”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las tarjetas amarillas son de \u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/rrninscc\">la Red de Respuesta Rápida en el Condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>, una coalición de 11 organizaciones comunitarias y cientos de voluntarios que trabajan las 24 horas del día para verificar posibles avistamientos de ICE. Muchos voluntarios son inmigrantes o hijos de inmigrantes, todos impulsados por la convicción de que las familias inmigrantes tienen un hogar en San José y South Bay, sin importar su estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051670 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/hand-with-yellow-card.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/hand-with-yellow-card.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/hand-with-yellow-card-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, coordinadora de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, habla con un dueño de negocio sobre cómo reportar actividades de ICE y los esfuerzos de la red para verificar avistamientos en San José, el 21 de julio de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El objetivo: difundir información fiable sobre las actividades de ICE lo más rápido posible. La línea directa de la red conecta a quien llame con voluntarios capacitados que pueden confirmar o desmentir rumores sobre operativos de inmigración. Si ICE está presente, la red alerta rápidamente a miles de miembros de la comunidad a través de las redes sociales y chats grupales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La red ahora está redoblando sus esfuerzos, tomando en cuenta que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump ha aumentado el presupuesto de ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-funding-big-beautiful-bill-trump-deportations/\">en 75 mil millones de dólares\u003c/a>. Cuando no están atendiendo la línea directa, los voluntarios enseñan a vecinos cómo identificar correctamente a los agentes de ICE, e incluso cómo prepararse para una posible separación familiar. Aunque el Área de la Bahía no ha visto redadas de inmigración a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046457/much-of-las-community-of-immigrants-is-hiding-leaving-a-hole-in-the-fabric-of-the-city\">la misma escala a las que se vieron en Los Ángeles\u003c/a> a principios de este verano, los voluntarios no quieren que su comunidad sea tomada por sorpresa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando la respuesta rápida envía alertas, no está pidiendo permiso al Gobierno”, afirma Socorro Montaño, codirectora de \u003ca href=\"https://www.lunalatinosunidos.org/\">Latinos Unidos por una Nueva América\u003c/a> (LUNA), un grupo con sede en San José que forma parte de \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049326/as-ice-operations-expand-how-are-immigrant-allies-responding\">la Red de Respuesta Rápida en el Condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>. “En cuestión de minutos, la red está teniendo un impacto tangible en la vida de las personas … Es el poder del pueblo sin tener que ceder poder en la esfera política”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un viernes reciente, Montaño visitó a Ramírez en su tienda para asegurarse de que tuviera suficientes tarjetas. La red, dice Montaño, es tan fuerte como la comunidad que la impulsa. “Todos los que tienen nuestro número guardado, todos los que alguna vez nos han llamado o han compartido el número con un ser querido, forman parte de la red”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Para mí, todo esto sí sirve”, dice Ramírez. Cuando oye un rumor en WhatsApp sobre que ICE se está moviendo por San José, lo primero que ella hace es consultar la red de respuesta rápida. En cuestión de minutos, comparte con sus seres queridos la información verificada por los voluntarios. “Cada quien toma lo que necesita. Para mí, ha sido un apoyo bien grande”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando no están gestionando las líneas telefónicas, Montaño y otros voluntarios visitan negocios por todo el sur de la Bahía para repartir tarjetas e informar a los residentes. Su siguiente parada: una joyería y relojería situada a pocos metros, llena del zumbido y el chirrido de las máquinas de pulir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo soy Socorro. Mucho gusto”, se presenta Montaño. “Lo que más me importa hoy es hablarle sobre la red de respuesta rápida”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luis Urbina, el propietario de la tienda, había visto las tarjetas rojas antes, pero no sabía nada de la red. “Se paraliza uno con toda esta situación”, dice. “En verdad no sabía qué pasaría si me detuvieran. Ahora, ya lo sé.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Quién contesta el teléfono?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mientras Montaño y otros difunden el mensaje, otros integrantes de la red esperan a que lleguen las llamadas. A menudo es difícil cubrir la línea directa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando contestas una llamada, puedes oír lo angustiada que está la gente”, dice Carmen Torres, organizadora de Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), otro grupo de la coalición. Sólo este año, la línea directa ha recibido miles de llamadas. Algunas son falsas alarmas: la gente confunde a los agentes de policía de San José con agentes de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Socorro-with-two-ladies-in-the-store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Socorro-with-two-ladies-in-the-store.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Socorro-with-two-ladies-in-the-store-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño (izquierda), una de las coordinadoras de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, habla con otros integrantes de la red en San José, el 21 de julio de 2025. La Red de Respuesta Rápida opera una línea directa para movilizar voluntarios y apoyar a familias inmigrantes durante acciones de ICE. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pero a veces, las personas que llaman se sienten abrumadas por el miedo a que ICE separe a su familia. “La gente nos dice que ha estado llamando a todas partes para encontrar un abogado, pero nadie acepta nuevos casos”, dice Torres. “¿Qué más les podemos decir?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Como dicen en inglés, ‘I go to the wall’. Es un muro y no puedes hacer nada en ese momento”, agrega.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La demanda por servicios legales en el Área de la Bahía es tan grande en este momento que la red sólo puede movilizar abogados en situaciones urgentes. Tomando en cuenta esta limitación, SIREN también ayuda a las familias a hacer planes en caso de que un padre o tutor sea detenido.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A veces, la gente se asusta solo con oír la palabra ‘planificar’, porque significa pensar que nos puede pasar lo peor”, dice María Aceves, que, junto con su marido, Eliseo, lleva más de 20 años como voluntaria en SIREN y otras iniciativas a favor de los inmigrantes. “Pero yo les digo que lo mejor que podemos hacer es estar preparados e investigar cómo prepararnos y defendernos, en lugar de quedarnos en casa con miedo”.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nEl miedo a la deportación no sólo afecta a los negocios de San José. En las comunidades de \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/us/los-angeles-ghost-towns\">inmigrantes de California\u003c/a> y del \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/07/10/ice-immigration-business-north-carolina\">resto del país\u003c/a>, cada vez hay menos gente \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/local/sacramento-kuvs/politica-sacramento/menos-ventas-mas-miedo-temor-a-los-operativos-migratorios-aleja-a-los-clientes-de-los-comercios-video\">comprando\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5428350/immigration-crackdowns-pose-problems-to-businesses-reliant-on-those-in-u-s-illegally\">trabajando\u003c/a> o incluso \u003ca href=\"https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/student-absences-increased-under-threat-deportation-efforts-study-finds\">llevando a sus hijos a la escuela\u003c/a>. Los distritos escolares en la región del Valle Central, que han visto un aumento de las medidas de control de la inmigración, registraron un aumento medio del 22 % en ausiencias estudiantiles a principios de este año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sabemos que [Trump] no nos va durar toda la vida. Nomás son cuatro años, pero en esos cuatro años nos pueden destruir”, dice Aceves. Como inmigrante, comprende el miedo que sienten otros miembros de su comunidad, pero insiste en que hay que afrontarlo directamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me dice mi hija a veces, ‘Mamá, ya no deberías de ir de voluntario'”, dice. “Pero le digo que tengo ya su edad haciendo esto. Me gusta … Ustedes ya saben lo que tienen que hacer en caso de que algo pase. Yo voy con Dios por delante de mí”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres dice que le da gusto dar a las personas información precisa sobre operativos de inmigración para que puedan continuar con sus vidas. El lema de la red, después de todo, es “Poder, no pánico”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No sabemos lo que está pensando Trump. No sabemos lo que está pensando la migra. Pero sí sabemos cuáles derechos tenemos”, ella sostiene. “Vamos a la comunidad, les damos la información de cómo defenderse y luego venimos acá a contestar los teléfonos. Es un círculo para nosotros”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Un original de San José\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>El sol de verano se eleva sobre Alum Rock, y el calor llena las calles de este vecindario que por décadas ha sido poblado por familias mexicanas. Montaño, acompañada de dos activistas de la organización Amigos de Guadalupe, va de negocio en negocio para hablar sobre la red de respuesta rápida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos vendedores las reconocen y muestran con orgullo las tarjetas rojas y amarillas que han colocado cerca de sus puertas. Otros las reciben por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051672\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/business-owner-behind-display.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/business-owner-behind-display.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/business-owner-behind-display-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Moreno (centro), residente de San José por más de 40 años y dueña de una tienda de dulces, conversa con Socorro Montaño, coordinadora de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, sobre cómo reportar actividades del ICE en San José, el 21 de julio de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Siempre hay que tener la tarjetita”, dice María Moreno, residente en San José desde hace más de 40 años y propietaria de una tienda de dulces en Alum Rock. “Se las voy a dar a mis clientes. Ya no hay que tener miedo cuando estemos en la calle”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muchas de las tiendas de Alum Rock pertenecen a familias mexicanas y chicanas desde hace generaciones. Pero también hay restaurantes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\">vietnamitas, sudasiáticos y colombianos\u003c/a>, lo que refleja en gran medida cómo la cultura y la economía de San José dependen de la mano de obra inmigrante. Más del 40 por ciento de la población de la ciudad \u003ca href=\"https://data.census.gov/profile/San_Jose_CCD,_Santa_Clara_County,_California?g=060XX00US0608592830\">es extranjera\u003c/a>, un porcentaje superior al de San Francisco y Nueva York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para Montaño, proteger a los inmigrantes de la ciudad de la deportación es parte de lo que significa ser de San José. Nacida y criada en la ciudad, una parte de su familia emigró recientemente de Nicaragua, mientras que la otra lleva tres generaciones viviendo en el condado de Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soy una chica de la Bahía”, dice. “Casi dondequiera que esté, nuestra comunidad es tan profunda y sólida que sé que puedo encontrar gente de confianza”.[aside label='Más en español' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Tras las elecciones de 2016, un pequeño grupo de voluntarios formó la red de respuesta rápida en el condado de Santa Clara. A medida que se unieron más grupos, el alcance de la red se amplió: tanto la \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/racial-equity/immigrant-affairs/rapid-response-hotline\">ciudad de San José\u003c/a> como \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaracounty.gov/one-county-one-future\">funcionarios del condado\u003c/a> la incluyen ahora como recurso. Se están \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">formando redes similares en todo el país\u003c/a>, inspiradas en la creencia de que las comunidades de inmigrantes pueden, con sus propia capacidad y recursos, responder al gobierno federal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora, Montaño y otros buscan garantizar que este trabajo pueda mantenerse durante los próximos cuatro años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hace unas semanas, me hicieron una pregunta durante una reunión: ‘Si pudieras vivir en cualquier parte del mundo, ¿dónde vivirías?'”, cuenta Montaño. “Yo respondí, ‘San José, California’. Este es mi hogar. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050993/a-day-in-the-life-of-san-joses-rapid-response-network-built-to-resist-ice-fear\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo que hace poco fue uno de los centros comerciales más concurridos \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">de San José\u003c/a> es ahora un lugar mucho más tranquilo. En la Placita Tropicana, situada en la esquina de las calles Story y King, los vestidos de quinceañera siguen brillando, las pupusas siguen chisporroteando y el pan dulce se hornea cada mañana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero ahora la gente tiene demasiado miedo de salir”, afirma Elizabeth Ramírez, quien trabaja en Joyería Cruz, una boutique y tienda de ropa. “A veces se corre la voz que en la Tropicana está migración y la gente se desaparece, se queda totalmente solo y las ventas bajan”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y cuando los clientes vienen, dice, a menudo tienen miedo de que haya agentes de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) cerca. “Cuando veo esa mirada en sus caras, les doy estas tarjetas”, dice, mostrando dos juegos de tarjetas: uno rojo y otro amarillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">La tarjeta roja\u003c/a>, proporcionada por el Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes, enumera los derechos que alguien tiene si se topa con agentes federales de inmigración. Pero es la tarjeta amarilla la que tiene un mensaje mucho más directo: “Protege nuestra comunidad. Si ves a la migra, ¡repórtala!”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las tarjetas amarillas son de \u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/rrninscc\">la Red de Respuesta Rápida en el Condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>, una coalición de 11 organizaciones comunitarias y cientos de voluntarios que trabajan las 24 horas del día para verificar posibles avistamientos de ICE. Muchos voluntarios son inmigrantes o hijos de inmigrantes, todos impulsados por la convicción de que las familias inmigrantes tienen un hogar en San José y South Bay, sin importar su estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051670 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/hand-with-yellow-card.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/hand-with-yellow-card.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/hand-with-yellow-card-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, coordinadora de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, habla con un dueño de negocio sobre cómo reportar actividades de ICE y los esfuerzos de la red para verificar avistamientos en San José, el 21 de julio de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El objetivo: difundir información fiable sobre las actividades de ICE lo más rápido posible. La línea directa de la red conecta a quien llame con voluntarios capacitados que pueden confirmar o desmentir rumores sobre operativos de inmigración. Si ICE está presente, la red alerta rápidamente a miles de miembros de la comunidad a través de las redes sociales y chats grupales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La red ahora está redoblando sus esfuerzos, tomando en cuenta que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump ha aumentado el presupuesto de ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-funding-big-beautiful-bill-trump-deportations/\">en 75 mil millones de dólares\u003c/a>. Cuando no están atendiendo la línea directa, los voluntarios enseñan a vecinos cómo identificar correctamente a los agentes de ICE, e incluso cómo prepararse para una posible separación familiar. Aunque el Área de la Bahía no ha visto redadas de inmigración a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046457/much-of-las-community-of-immigrants-is-hiding-leaving-a-hole-in-the-fabric-of-the-city\">la misma escala a las que se vieron en Los Ángeles\u003c/a> a principios de este verano, los voluntarios no quieren que su comunidad sea tomada por sorpresa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando la respuesta rápida envía alertas, no está pidiendo permiso al Gobierno”, afirma Socorro Montaño, codirectora de \u003ca href=\"https://www.lunalatinosunidos.org/\">Latinos Unidos por una Nueva América\u003c/a> (LUNA), un grupo con sede en San José que forma parte de \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049326/as-ice-operations-expand-how-are-immigrant-allies-responding\">la Red de Respuesta Rápida en el Condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>. “En cuestión de minutos, la red está teniendo un impacto tangible en la vida de las personas … Es el poder del pueblo sin tener que ceder poder en la esfera política”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un viernes reciente, Montaño visitó a Ramírez en su tienda para asegurarse de que tuviera suficientes tarjetas. La red, dice Montaño, es tan fuerte como la comunidad que la impulsa. “Todos los que tienen nuestro número guardado, todos los que alguna vez nos han llamado o han compartido el número con un ser querido, forman parte de la red”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Para mí, todo esto sí sirve”, dice Ramírez. Cuando oye un rumor en WhatsApp sobre que ICE se está moviendo por San José, lo primero que ella hace es consultar la red de respuesta rápida. En cuestión de minutos, comparte con sus seres queridos la información verificada por los voluntarios. “Cada quien toma lo que necesita. Para mí, ha sido un apoyo bien grande”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando no están gestionando las líneas telefónicas, Montaño y otros voluntarios visitan negocios por todo el sur de la Bahía para repartir tarjetas e informar a los residentes. Su siguiente parada: una joyería y relojería situada a pocos metros, llena del zumbido y el chirrido de las máquinas de pulir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo soy Socorro. Mucho gusto”, se presenta Montaño. “Lo que más me importa hoy es hablarle sobre la red de respuesta rápida”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luis Urbina, el propietario de la tienda, había visto las tarjetas rojas antes, pero no sabía nada de la red. “Se paraliza uno con toda esta situación”, dice. “En verdad no sabía qué pasaría si me detuvieran. Ahora, ya lo sé.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Quién contesta el teléfono?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mientras Montaño y otros difunden el mensaje, otros integrantes de la red esperan a que lleguen las llamadas. A menudo es difícil cubrir la línea directa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando contestas una llamada, puedes oír lo angustiada que está la gente”, dice Carmen Torres, organizadora de Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), otro grupo de la coalición. Sólo este año, la línea directa ha recibido miles de llamadas. Algunas son falsas alarmas: la gente confunde a los agentes de policía de San José con agentes de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Socorro-with-two-ladies-in-the-store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Socorro-with-two-ladies-in-the-store.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Socorro-with-two-ladies-in-the-store-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño (izquierda), una de las coordinadoras de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, habla con otros integrantes de la red en San José, el 21 de julio de 2025. La Red de Respuesta Rápida opera una línea directa para movilizar voluntarios y apoyar a familias inmigrantes durante acciones de ICE. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pero a veces, las personas que llaman se sienten abrumadas por el miedo a que ICE separe a su familia. “La gente nos dice que ha estado llamando a todas partes para encontrar un abogado, pero nadie acepta nuevos casos”, dice Torres. “¿Qué más les podemos decir?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Como dicen en inglés, ‘I go to the wall’. Es un muro y no puedes hacer nada en ese momento”, agrega.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La demanda por servicios legales en el Área de la Bahía es tan grande en este momento que la red sólo puede movilizar abogados en situaciones urgentes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nEl miedo a la deportación no sólo afecta a los negocios de San José. En las comunidades de \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/us/los-angeles-ghost-towns\">inmigrantes de California\u003c/a> y del \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/07/10/ice-immigration-business-north-carolina\">resto del país\u003c/a>, cada vez hay menos gente \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/local/sacramento-kuvs/politica-sacramento/menos-ventas-mas-miedo-temor-a-los-operativos-migratorios-aleja-a-los-clientes-de-los-comercios-video\">comprando\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5428350/immigration-crackdowns-pose-problems-to-businesses-reliant-on-those-in-u-s-illegally\">trabajando\u003c/a> o incluso \u003ca href=\"https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/student-absences-increased-under-threat-deportation-efforts-study-finds\">llevando a sus hijos a la escuela\u003c/a>. Los distritos escolares en la región del Valle Central, que han visto un aumento de las medidas de control de la inmigración, registraron un aumento medio del 22 % en ausiencias estudiantiles a principios de este año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sabemos que [Trump] no nos va durar toda la vida. Nomás son cuatro años, pero en esos cuatro años nos pueden destruir”, dice Aceves. Como inmigrante, comprende el miedo que sienten otros miembros de su comunidad, pero insiste en que hay que afrontarlo directamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me dice mi hija a veces, ‘Mamá, ya no deberías de ir de voluntario'”, dice. “Pero le digo que tengo ya su edad haciendo esto. Me gusta … Ustedes ya saben lo que tienen que hacer en caso de que algo pase. Yo voy con Dios por delante de mí”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres dice que le da gusto dar a las personas información precisa sobre operativos de inmigración para que puedan continuar con sus vidas. El lema de la red, después de todo, es “Poder, no pánico”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No sabemos lo que está pensando Trump. No sabemos lo que está pensando la migra. Pero sí sabemos cuáles derechos tenemos”, ella sostiene. “Vamos a la comunidad, les damos la información de cómo defenderse y luego venimos acá a contestar los teléfonos. Es un círculo para nosotros”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Un original de San José\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>El sol de verano se eleva sobre Alum Rock, y el calor llena las calles de este vecindario que por décadas ha sido poblado por familias mexicanas. Montaño, acompañada de dos activistas de la organización Amigos de Guadalupe, va de negocio en negocio para hablar sobre la red de respuesta rápida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos vendedores las reconocen y muestran con orgullo las tarjetas rojas y amarillas que han colocado cerca de sus puertas. Otros las reciben por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051672\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/business-owner-behind-display.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/business-owner-behind-display.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/business-owner-behind-display-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Moreno (centro), residente de San José por más de 40 años y dueña de una tienda de dulces, conversa con Socorro Montaño, coordinadora de la Red de Respuesta Rápida, sobre cómo reportar actividades del ICE en San José, el 21 de julio de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Siempre hay que tener la tarjetita”, dice María Moreno, residente en San José desde hace más de 40 años y propietaria de una tienda de dulces en Alum Rock. “Se las voy a dar a mis clientes. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052590/fin-de-covered-california-para-beneficiarios-de-daca\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 31, Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, will stop offering coverage to residents who are part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daca\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals\u003c/a> program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means DACA recipients who currently have health insurance through Covered California, approximately 2,300 people statewide, will lose their existing coverage by the end of the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/newsroom/news-releases/2025/07/31/covered-california-offers-information-and-resources-for-daca-recipients-no-longer-eligible-for-affordable-care-act-coverage/\">are complying with new rules\u003c/a> from President Donald Trump’s administration, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/2025-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability-final-rule\">block DACA recipients\u003c/a> from seeking insurance in state marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act and also disqualify them from federal funds to help pay for their health plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were at the start of a journey to expand coverage to our DACA recipients and were incredibly excited to do that,” said Jessica Altman, executive director of Covered California. “Unfortunately, we’re gonna have to move backwards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re on DACA or you know someone who is, keep reading for what to know about these upcoming changes to Covered California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Which DACA recipients are affected by these new rules?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>More than 164,000 DACA recipients \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/Active_DACA_Recipients_March_FY23_qtr2.pdf\">live in California\u003c/a>. Many of them have health insurance through their jobs, their family or through Medi-Cal (the state’s Medicaid program).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is your situation, these changes at the federal level will \u003cem>not \u003c/em>impact your coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you bought your plan by visiting the Covered California website or calling the agency’s number or signed up with the help of a community organization, you’ll receive a letter, email or call in the coming days from a Covered California representative about your coverage ending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance but don’t remember how you found your plan, you can double-check by logging into \u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/\">Covered California’s website\u003c/a> or calling directly at 800-300-1506.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of DACA recipients in California are not going to see changes in their coverage,” Altman said. “You can always call Covered California and double-check if you want to be sure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If I’m about to lose my Covered California health care because I’m on DACA, what can I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best thing you can do right now is educate yourself on how your access to health care will change, Altman said. After Aug. 31, DACA recipients who lose their Covered California plans can still get health care through other methods:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An employer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you currently work for an employer that offers health care benefits or you know you will in the future, ask your boss or human resources department about what you need to join a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A family member\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If their job covers your spouse or parents, check in with them about possibly joining their plan as a dependent. Some companies even allow domestic partners to be added, but this varies by employer.[aside postID=news_12050993 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-10-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Medi-Cal (aka Medicaid in California)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1.6 million low-income undocumented Californians are currently covered by an extension of Medi-Cal that is solely funded by the state, not the federal government. After Aug. 31, DACA recipients will have to contact \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/Pages/CountyOffices.aspx\">their county’s Medi-Cal office\u003c/a> directly to apply for coverage. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/Pages/DoYouQualifyForMedi-Cal.aspx\">Check the income-based eligibility limits for Medi-Cal\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind, however, that time is running out for this option: state officials plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047647/trumps-health-law-spurs-big-medi-cal-changes-what-californians-need-to-know\">freeze new Medi-Cal enrollment\u003c/a> for undocumented immigrants who are 19 and older at the start of 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your county\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few Bay Area counties have programs that help cover the costs of specific health services for uninsured people, which don’t exclude DACA recipients, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/are-you-eligible/\">Healthy San Francisco\u003c/a>, which covers primary and specialty care for city residents who don’t qualify for Medi-Cal or Covered California, regardless of immigration status\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contra Costa County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-insurance/get-insured/basic-health-care\">Basic Health Care\u003c/a> program for people making less than 300% of the federal poverty level who can’t join Medi-Cal\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other counties, like Santa Clara, \u003ca href=\"https://health.santaclaracounty.gov/get-help-finding-healthcare-coverage\">have their own health systems\u003c/a> and offer financial aid for certain treatments, depending on your income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Individual health plans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While DACA recipients can no longer look for new health care plans on the Covered California website after Aug. 25, you can still go to the websites of individual insurance companies and buy a plan. But without the subsidies from Covered California, you would have to pay for the full cost of premiums and deductibles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community clinics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you end up uninsured for some time after Aug. 31, remember that there are multiple community clinics in California that offer basic care for free or at a sliding scale. The services provided by these clinics, however, are limited and cannot match the range covered by an HMO or PPO plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, some community clinics serving uninsured residents are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Covered California website is displayed during a health care enrollment fair at the office of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West on March 18, 2014, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Free Clinic:\u003c/strong> Offers primary care to uninsured people. To make an appointment, call 415-750-9894 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. \u003cem>Located at 4900 California St., in San Francisco.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RotaCare Bay Area Clinics:\u003c/strong> A network of volunteers travel around the Bay Area staffing clinics that serve uninsured residents a few times each month. \u003cem>Locations served include Daly City, Half Moon Bay, Pittsburg, San José, San Pablo and San Rafael.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ashland Free Medical Clinic:\u003c/strong> Offers remote and in-person primary care, optometry and mental health services on Saturdays. Call 510-407-2362 ahead of time to check eligibility. \u003cem>Located at 6539 Ashland Ave., in San Lorenzo.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jewish Community Free Clinic:\u003c/strong> Offers primary care, testing, acupuncture and therapy services. Fill out \u003ca href=\"https://www.jewishfreeclinic.org/contact-us-and-directions\">an online form to request an appointment\u003c/a>, which can also happen virtually. \u003cem>Located at 50 Montgomery Drive, in Santa Rosa.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Keep communicating with your doctors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As you decide what you’ll do after Aug. 31, keep your primary care doctor, along with any specialists you see, in the loop about your situation. If you end up changing your healthcare provider, let your doctor know ahead of time so they can advise you on how you can access your medical information once you make the switch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are receiving treatment for a chronic health condition, make a plan with your physician on how to continue receiving the care you need after Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you go to therapy with your old health plan and will be uninsured after Aug. 31, you can ask your therapist to refer you to sliding-scale therapy services or check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881725/where-to-find-affordable-culturally-competent-therapy-in-bay-area-and-beyond\">KQED’s guide on how to find affordable therapy in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were at the start of a journey to expand coverage to our DACA recipients and were incredibly excited to do that,” said Jessica Altman, executive director of Covered California. “Unfortunately, we’re gonna have to move backwards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re on DACA or you know someone who is, keep reading for what to know about these upcoming changes to Covered California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Which DACA recipients are affected by these new rules?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>More than 164,000 DACA recipients \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/Active_DACA_Recipients_March_FY23_qtr2.pdf\">live in California\u003c/a>. Many of them have health insurance through their jobs, their family or through Medi-Cal (the state’s Medicaid program).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is your situation, these changes at the federal level will \u003cem>not \u003c/em>impact your coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you bought your plan by visiting the Covered California website or calling the agency’s number or signed up with the help of a community organization, you’ll receive a letter, email or call in the coming days from a Covered California representative about your coverage ending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance but don’t remember how you found your plan, you can double-check by logging into \u003ca href=\"https://www.coveredca.com/\">Covered California’s website\u003c/a> or calling directly at 800-300-1506.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of DACA recipients in California are not going to see changes in their coverage,” Altman said. “You can always call Covered California and double-check if you want to be sure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If I’m about to lose my Covered California health care because I’m on DACA, what can I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The best thing you can do right now is educate yourself on how your access to health care will change, Altman said. After Aug. 31, DACA recipients who lose their Covered California plans can still get health care through other methods:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An employer\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you currently work for an employer that offers health care benefits or you know you will in the future, ask your boss or human resources department about what you need to join a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A family member\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If their job covers your spouse or parents, check in with them about possibly joining their plan as a dependent. Some companies even allow domestic partners to be added, but this varies by employer.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Medi-Cal (aka Medicaid in California)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1.6 million low-income undocumented Californians are currently covered by an extension of Medi-Cal that is solely funded by the state, not the federal government. After Aug. 31, DACA recipients will have to contact \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/Pages/CountyOffices.aspx\">their county’s Medi-Cal office\u003c/a> directly to apply for coverage. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/medi-cal/Pages/DoYouQualifyForMedi-Cal.aspx\">Check the income-based eligibility limits for Medi-Cal\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind, however, that time is running out for this option: state officials plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047647/trumps-health-law-spurs-big-medi-cal-changes-what-californians-need-to-know\">freeze new Medi-Cal enrollment\u003c/a> for undocumented immigrants who are 19 and older at the start of 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your county\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few Bay Area counties have programs that help cover the costs of specific health services for uninsured people, which don’t exclude DACA recipients, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://healthysanfrancisco.org/visitors/are-you-eligible/\">Healthy San Francisco\u003c/a>, which covers primary and specialty care for city residents who don’t qualify for Medi-Cal or Covered California, regardless of immigration status\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contra Costa County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-insurance/get-insured/basic-health-care\">Basic Health Care\u003c/a> program for people making less than 300% of the federal poverty level who can’t join Medi-Cal\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other counties, like Santa Clara, \u003ca href=\"https://health.santaclaracounty.gov/get-help-finding-healthcare-coverage\">have their own health systems\u003c/a> and offer financial aid for certain treatments, depending on your income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Individual health plans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While DACA recipients can no longer look for new health care plans on the Covered California website after Aug. 25, you can still go to the websites of individual insurance companies and buy a plan. But without the subsidies from Covered California, you would have to pay for the full cost of premiums and deductibles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community clinics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you end up uninsured for some time after Aug. 31, remember that there are multiple community clinics in California that offer basic care for free or at a sliding scale. The services provided by these clinics, however, are limited and cannot match the range covered by an HMO or PPO plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, some community clinics serving uninsured residents are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/479421059_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Covered California website is displayed during a health care enrollment fair at the office of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West on March 18, 2014, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Free Clinic:\u003c/strong> Offers primary care to uninsured people. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051668/la-red-de-respuesta-rapida-en-el-condado-de-santa-clara\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What once was one of the busiest shopping plazas \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">in San José\u003c/a> is now a much quieter place. At Placita Tropicana — located on the corner of Story and King roads — quinceañera dresses still sparkle, pupusas still sizzle and pan dulce is baked fresh every morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But people are too afraid to come out now,” said Elizabeth Ramírez, who works at Joyería Cruz, a boutique and clothing store. “Once there’s a rumor out on social media that immigration agents are at Tropicana, everyone disappears and sales go down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when customers do come in, she said, they’re often scared that Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be nearby. “When I see that look on their face, I give them these cards,” she said, holding up two sets of cards: one red and the other yellow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">red card\u003c/a>, provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, lists in both English and Spanish the rights of individuals during encounters with federal immigration agents. But it’s the yellow card that has a much more direct message: “Protect our community. Report ICE activity!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The yellow cards are from the \u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/rrninscc\">Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, a coalition of 11 organizations and hundreds of volunteers who work around the clock to verify possible ICE sightings. Many volunteers are immigrants or children of immigrants, all driven by the belief that immigrant families have a home in San José and the South Bay, regardless of their immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, speaks with a business owner about how to report ICE activity and the network’s efforts to verify sightings in San José on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The goal: spread the word about ICE activity as quickly as possible. The network’s hotline connects callers to responders who can confirm or refute rumors of immigration enforcement. If ICE \u003cem>is\u003c/em> present, the network swiftly alerts thousands of community members through social media and group chats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As ICE plans to further expand its operations nationwide — with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-funding-big-beautiful-bill-trump-deportations/\">additional $75 billion in funding\u003c/a> from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill — the network is doubling down on its efforts. When not staffing the hotline, volunteers are training neighbors on how to correctly spot ICE, what immigration agents can and cannot do and even how to prepare for a potential family separation. While the Bay Area has not seen immigration raids \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046457/much-of-las-community-of-immigrants-is-hiding-leaving-a-hole-in-the-fabric-of-the-city\">at the same scale as Los Angeles\u003c/a> earlier this summer, volunteers do not want their community to be caught off guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the rapid response sends alerts, they’re not asking the government for permission,” said Socorro Montaño, codirector of \u003ca href=\"https://www.lunalatinosunidos.org/\">Latinos United for a New America\u003c/a>, a San José-based group in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049326/as-ice-operations-expand-how-are-immigrant-allies-responding\">Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network\u003c/a>. “In minutes, the network is having a tangible impact on people’s lives … This is people power without having to concede power in the political sphere.”[aside postID=news_12049326 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250715-ImmigrationCourtProtests-07-BL_qed.jpg']On a recent Friday morning, Montaño visited Ramírez at her shop to ensure she had enough cards. The network, Montaño said, is only as strong as the community that powers it. “Everybody who has our number saved, everybody who’s ever called us or shared the number with a loved one — they are part of the network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of this works,” said Ramírez. When she hears a rumor on WhatsApp about ICE moving through San José, she said the first thing she does is check in with the rapid response network. Within minutes, she shares verified updates from volunteers with her loved ones. “You take what you need from this. And for me, it has been an incredible support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they’re not managing the phone lines, Montaño and other volunteers visit local South Bay businesses to hand out cards and educate residents. Their next stop: a jewelry and watch repair shop next door, filled with the high-pitched whirring and humming of polishing machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo soy Socorro,” Montaño introduced themselves. “Lo que más me importa hoy es hablarle sobre la red de respuesta rápida.” (“What’s most important for me today is to talk to you about the rapid response network.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luis Urbina, the shop’s owner, had seen the red cards before but didn’t know about the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole situation almost paralyzes you,” he said, “Honestly, I wouldn’t know what to do if I were stopped by immigration. But now I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who picks up the phone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While Montaño and others spread the word, coalition members stand by for calls to come in. Staffing the hotline is often difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you pick up a call, you can hear how anxious people are,” said Carmen Torres, an organizer with \u003ca href=\"https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/\">Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network\u003c/a>, another group in the coalition. This year alone, the hotline has received \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045336/growing-south-bay-ice-fears-lead-to-surge-in-immigrant-hotline-calls\">thousands of calls\u003c/a>. Some are false alarms — people mistaking San José police officers for ICE agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño (left), lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, speaks with Cruz (middle) and Monse Roa in San José on July 21, 2025. The Rapid Response Network operates a hotline to mobilize volunteers and support immigrant families during ICE actions. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But sometimes, callers are overwhelmed by the fear that ICE will separate their family. “People tell us that they’ve been calling everywhere trying to find a lawyer, but no one is taking new cases,” Torres said. “But what more can I say to them then? I think that’s when I feel like the expression, ‘I go to the wall.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demand for immigration lawyers is so great right now in the Bay Area that the network can only mobilize attorneys in urgent situations. Acknowledging the limitation, SIREN also helps families make plans in case a parent or guardian is detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people get scared with just hearing that word — plan — because it means thinking that the worst could happen to us,” said María Aceves, who, along with her husband, Eliseo, has volunteered with SIREN and other immigration justice efforts for more than 20 years. “But I tell them that the best thing we can do is to be prepared and research how to prepare and defend yourself instead of staying in your house in fear.”[aside postID=news_12045336 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED.jpg']The fear of deportation is not just affecting San José businesses. In immigrant communities \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/us/los-angeles-ghost-towns\">across California\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/07/10/ice-immigration-business-north-carolina\">rest of the country\u003c/a>, fewer people are \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/local/sacramento-kuvs/politica-sacramento/menos-ventas-mas-miedo-temor-a-los-operativos-migratorios-aleja-a-los-clientes-de-los-comercios-video\">shopping\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5428350/immigration-crackdowns-pose-problems-to-businesses-reliant-on-those-in-u-s-illegally\">working\u003c/a> or even \u003ca href=\"https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/student-absences-increased-under-threat-deportation-efforts-study-finds\">taking their children to school\u003c/a>. Central Valley school districts facing increased immigration enforcement saw an average 22% rise in student absences earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that [Trump] will only be in power for four years, but in those four years, they could destroy us,” said Aceves. As an immigrant, she understands the fear others in her community feel but insists that it needs to be faced directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My daughter sometimes tells me to stop coming out to volunteer,” she said. “But I tell her that I’ve done this work for longer than she’s been alive, and I like it … You know what to do in case something happens. I will let God guide me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres said it feels good to give people accurate information about immigration enforcement so they can continue with their lives. The network’s motto, after all, is “Power, not panic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know what Trump’s thinking. We don’t know what immigration enforcement is thinking. But we do know what rights we have,” she said. “When we go out to the community, give out information and then come back and pick up the phones, it’s all connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A San José original\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the summer sun rises higher over Alum Rock, a historic Mexican American district, the streets warm. Montaño — joined by two organizers from \u003ca href=\"https://www.amigoscenter.com/rapid-respon\">Amigos de Guadalupe\u003c/a> — make their way from business to business to talk about the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some vendors recognized them and showed off their supply of red and yellow cards placed near their front doors. Others received their decks for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12049167 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Moreno (center), a San José resident for over 40 years and owner of a candy store, speaks to Socorro Montaño, lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, about how to report ICE activity in San José on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We all need to have these cards ready,” said María Moreno, a San José resident for over 40 years and owner of a candy store in Alum Rock. “I want to share these with my customers. We need to feel confident walking down the street again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the shops in Alum Rock have been owned by Mexican and Mexican American families for generations. But you will also find \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\">Vietnamese, South Asian and Colombian restaurants\u003c/a> — a reflection of how much of San José’s culture and economy depends on immigrant labor. More than 40% of the city’s population \u003ca href=\"https://data.census.gov/profile/San_Jose_CCD,_Santa_Clara_County,_California?g=060XX00US0608592830\">is foreign-born\u003c/a>, a percentage higher than both San Francisco and New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Montaño, protecting the city’s immigrants from deportation is part of what it means to be from San José. Born and raised in the city, one side of their family recently migrated from Nicaragua — while the other has lived in Santa Clara County for three generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a Bay Area kid,” they said. “Almost wherever I am, our community runs so deep and thick that I know I can find trusted people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 2016 election, a handful of volunteers formed the rapid response network in Santa Clara County. As more groups joined, the network’s reach expanded: both \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/racial-equity/immigrant-affairs/rapid-response-hotline\">the city of San José\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaracounty.gov/one-county-one-future\">the county\u003c/a> now list it as a resource. Similar networks are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">forming across the country\u003c/a>, inspired by the belief that immigrant communities have the capacity to respond to the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Montaño and others are focused on ensuring this work can be sustained for the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A few weeks ago, I was asked an icebreaker question: ‘If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?’” Montaño said. “I answered ‘San José, California.’ This is my home. And this is the home that I’m building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">red card\u003c/a>, provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, lists in both English and Spanish the rights of individuals during encounters with federal immigration agents. But it’s the yellow card that has a much more direct message: “Protect our community. Report ICE activity!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The yellow cards are from the \u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/rrninscc\">Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, a coalition of 11 organizations and hundreds of volunteers who work around the clock to verify possible ICE sightings. Many volunteers are immigrants or children of immigrants, all driven by the belief that immigrant families have a home in San José and the South Bay, regardless of their immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, speaks with a business owner about how to report ICE activity and the network’s efforts to verify sightings in San José on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The goal: spread the word about ICE activity as quickly as possible. The network’s hotline connects callers to responders who can confirm or refute rumors of immigration enforcement. If ICE \u003cem>is\u003c/em> present, the network swiftly alerts thousands of community members through social media and group chats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As ICE plans to further expand its operations nationwide — with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-funding-big-beautiful-bill-trump-deportations/\">additional $75 billion in funding\u003c/a> from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill — the network is doubling down on its efforts. When not staffing the hotline, volunteers are training neighbors on how to correctly spot ICE, what immigration agents can and cannot do and even how to prepare for a potential family separation. While the Bay Area has not seen immigration raids \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046457/much-of-las-community-of-immigrants-is-hiding-leaving-a-hole-in-the-fabric-of-the-city\">at the same scale as Los Angeles\u003c/a> earlier this summer, volunteers do not want their community to be caught off guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the rapid response sends alerts, they’re not asking the government for permission,” said Socorro Montaño, codirector of \u003ca href=\"https://www.lunalatinosunidos.org/\">Latinos United for a New America\u003c/a>, a San José-based group in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049326/as-ice-operations-expand-how-are-immigrant-allies-responding\">Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network\u003c/a>. “In minutes, the network is having a tangible impact on people’s lives … This is people power without having to concede power in the political sphere.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On a recent Friday morning, Montaño visited Ramírez at her shop to ensure she had enough cards. The network, Montaño said, is only as strong as the community that powers it. “Everybody who has our number saved, everybody who’s ever called us or shared the number with a loved one — they are part of the network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of this works,” said Ramírez. When she hears a rumor on WhatsApp about ICE moving through San José, she said the first thing she does is check in with the rapid response network. Within minutes, she shares verified updates from volunteers with her loved ones. “You take what you need from this. And for me, it has been an incredible support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they’re not managing the phone lines, Montaño and other volunteers visit local South Bay businesses to hand out cards and educate residents. Their next stop: a jewelry and watch repair shop next door, filled with the high-pitched whirring and humming of polishing machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo soy Socorro,” Montaño introduced themselves. “Lo que más me importa hoy es hablarle sobre la red de respuesta rápida.” (“What’s most important for me today is to talk to you about the rapid response network.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luis Urbina, the shop’s owner, had seen the red cards before but didn’t know about the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole situation almost paralyzes you,” he said, “Honestly, I wouldn’t know what to do if I were stopped by immigration. But now I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who picks up the phone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While Montaño and others spread the word, coalition members stand by for calls to come in. Staffing the hotline is often difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you pick up a call, you can hear how anxious people are,” said Carmen Torres, an organizer with \u003ca href=\"https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/\">Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network\u003c/a>, another group in the coalition. This year alone, the hotline has received \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045336/growing-south-bay-ice-fears-lead-to-surge-in-immigrant-hotline-calls\">thousands of calls\u003c/a>. Some are false alarms — people mistaking San José police officers for ICE agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño (left), lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, speaks with Cruz (middle) and Monse Roa in San José on July 21, 2025. The Rapid Response Network operates a hotline to mobilize volunteers and support immigrant families during ICE actions. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But sometimes, callers are overwhelmed by the fear that ICE will separate their family. “People tell us that they’ve been calling everywhere trying to find a lawyer, but no one is taking new cases,” Torres said. “But what more can I say to them then? I think that’s when I feel like the expression, ‘I go to the wall.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demand for immigration lawyers is so great right now in the Bay Area that the network can only mobilize attorneys in urgent situations. Acknowledging the limitation, SIREN also helps families make plans in case a parent or guardian is detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people get scared with just hearing that word — plan — because it means thinking that the worst could happen to us,” said María Aceves, who, along with her husband, Eliseo, has volunteered with SIREN and other immigration justice efforts for more than 20 years. “But I tell them that the best thing we can do is to be prepared and research how to prepare and defend yourself instead of staying in your house in fear.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The fear of deportation is not just affecting San José businesses. In immigrant communities \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/us/los-angeles-ghost-towns\">across California\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/07/10/ice-immigration-business-north-carolina\">rest of the country\u003c/a>, fewer people are \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/local/sacramento-kuvs/politica-sacramento/menos-ventas-mas-miedo-temor-a-los-operativos-migratorios-aleja-a-los-clientes-de-los-comercios-video\">shopping\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5428350/immigration-crackdowns-pose-problems-to-businesses-reliant-on-those-in-u-s-illegally\">working\u003c/a> or even \u003ca href=\"https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/student-absences-increased-under-threat-deportation-efforts-study-finds\">taking their children to school\u003c/a>. Central Valley school districts facing increased immigration enforcement saw an average 22% rise in student absences earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that [Trump] will only be in power for four years, but in those four years, they could destroy us,” said Aceves. As an immigrant, she understands the fear others in her community feel but insists that it needs to be faced directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My daughter sometimes tells me to stop coming out to volunteer,” she said. “But I tell her that I’ve done this work for longer than she’s been alive, and I like it … You know what to do in case something happens. I will let God guide me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres said it feels good to give people accurate information about immigration enforcement so they can continue with their lives. The network’s motto, after all, is “Power, not panic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know what Trump’s thinking. We don’t know what immigration enforcement is thinking. But we do know what rights we have,” she said. “When we go out to the community, give out information and then come back and pick up the phones, it’s all connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A San José original\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the summer sun rises higher over Alum Rock, a historic Mexican American district, the streets warm. Montaño — joined by two organizers from \u003ca href=\"https://www.amigoscenter.com/rapid-respon\">Amigos de Guadalupe\u003c/a> — make their way from business to business to talk about the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some vendors recognized them and showed off their supply of red and yellow cards placed near their front doors. Others received their decks for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12049167 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-27-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Moreno (center), a San José resident for over 40 years and owner of a candy store, speaks to Socorro Montaño, lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, about how to report ICE activity in San José on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We all need to have these cards ready,” said María Moreno, a San José resident for over 40 years and owner of a candy store in Alum Rock. “I want to share these with my customers. We need to feel confident walking down the street again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the shops in Alum Rock have been owned by Mexican and Mexican American families for generations. But you will also find \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\">Vietnamese, South Asian and Colombian restaurants\u003c/a> — a reflection of how much of San José’s culture and economy depends on immigrant labor. More than 40% of the city’s population \u003ca href=\"https://data.census.gov/profile/San_Jose_CCD,_Santa_Clara_County,_California?g=060XX00US0608592830\">is foreign-born\u003c/a>, a percentage higher than both San Francisco and New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Montaño, protecting the city’s immigrants from deportation is part of what it means to be from San José. Born and raised in the city, one side of their family recently migrated from Nicaragua — while the other has lived in Santa Clara County for three generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a Bay Area kid,” they said. “Almost wherever I am, our community runs so deep and thick that I know I can find trusted people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 2016 election, a handful of volunteers formed the rapid response network in Santa Clara County. As more groups joined, the network’s reach expanded: both \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/racial-equity/immigrant-affairs/rapid-response-hotline\">the city of San José\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaracounty.gov/one-county-one-future\">the county\u003c/a> now list it as a resource. Similar networks are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">forming across the country\u003c/a>, inspired by the belief that immigrant communities have the capacity to respond to the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Montaño and others are focused on ensuring this work can be sustained for the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A few weeks ago, I was asked an icebreaker question: ‘If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?’” Montaño said. “I answered ‘San José, California.’ This is my home. And this is the home that I’m building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>He hadn’t moved anything in the house. Their bed was still unmade — it had been like that for days, he said, since the last night they slept in it. Her shoes, tossed near the front door. On the small dining table were further scattered bits of her presence: the leaves of her morning mate, a stack of her unopened letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen, their dishes still sat untouched in the sink. He said he couldn’t bring himself to wash the ones they had used to eat breakfast before they left the house that last morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t know this was the last time she was going to come back,” he told \u003cem>El Tecolote\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past weeks, Roberto has been sleeping on a friend’s couch, too distraught to spend the night alone in his house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This July, Roberto’s wife Sandra was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in appointment at the agency’s San Francisco field office. Since then, she has been held in a detention center, waiting for updates on her pending asylum case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, ICE has allowed many immigrants with pending cases, like Sandra, to remain in their communities and work while they go through immigration proceedings. As an alternative to detention, those individuals must comply with several ICE supervision guidelines, including attending regular check-in appointments at ICE’s field offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-02-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-02-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra’s closet remains full in the home she shares with her husband, Roberto, after she was detained during a check-in with immigration authorities in San Francisco, California, on July 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote for CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But since the Trump administration raised ICE’s daily arrest quotas in late May, arrests at routine check-ins have \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/sf-ice-detentions-checkin-court-arrests/\">surged\u003c/a>, sparking protests in San Francisco and beyond. Immigration advocates warn that the trend, coupled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/immigrant-detention-conditions.html\">harsh detention conditions\u003c/a>, could pressure some asylum seekers to abandon viable claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal aid groups say dozens have been detained in recent weeks, with an estimated\u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/qa-meet-the-attorney-at-the-center-of-s-f-s-response-to-ice/\"> five to 15 arrests\u003c/a> daily at ICE’s San Francisco office, though shifting policies make the agency’s actions hard to predict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto said that the day Sandra was detained, ICE agents told him she could wait for updates on her case from inside a detention center, just as she had while living with him. Yet her process has already been ongoing for years. Sandra is still waiting for her first court date, according to ICE and immigration court records. With the backlog mounting, there is no telling when her case might move forward.[aside postID=news_12049817 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230817-PETALUMA-VINEYARD-FARMWORKERS-AP-ER-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“For them, it’s very normal. But the result is a home destroyed,” Roberto said. “I’m really depressed. I haven’t eaten in days. I’m not hungry, I don’t want to eat anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s my family,” he added. “She’s my home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\">…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto met Sandra on Facebook in 2017, when they were still living on different continents. He was in San Francisco, working as a social worker and awaiting a decision on his own immigration case, when her profile popped up under the platform’s “People you might know” tab. Curious, he sent her a friendship request, and they began chatting, quickly discovering they had a world of commonalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lived in the same small town that his parents had grown up in and that he had visited in his childhood. Her house was just three blocks away from his grandmother’s. She had spent 10 years living in the South American country where Roberto had been born and raised. Though they’d unknowingly walked the same streets, they had never crossed paths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They dated online for a few months, but after a while, the relationship fizzled out. Still, they stayed in touch: liking each other’s pictures and celebrating each other’s birthdays. In 2021, Roberto asked a friend traveling to Sandra’s town to buy and bring her candies. Their relationship rekindled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050659\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto shows a photograph on his phone of a heart shape made with his and Sandra’s hands. Sandra was arrested and detained by immigration authorities during a check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco on July 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote for CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year later, Sandra embarked on a months-long journey to meet him. She took several planes, crossed Central America on foot with some relatives, and got lost for 10 days in the Darien Gap, a dangerous stretch of rainforest between Colombia and Panama known as a major route for migrants. “She almost died,” Roberto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she eventually made it out of the jungle, she reunited with the relatives she had been walking with. Together, they made their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, where she turned herself in to border officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After two months in detention, she was released to her uncle’s house in another U.S. state, and Roberto flew to see her for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a magical moment,” he said. “I had been waiting for a long time to meet her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next three years, the couple started building a life together in San Francisco as they waited for updates on their immigration cases. Sandra started taking English classes at City College. They traveled across the U.S., visiting landmarks and meeting each other’s families. They slowly covered their fridge with magnets of the places they visited: New York City, Las Vegas, and Arizona. They put up souvenirs that their new friends had brought them from their trips around the world. Early this year, they celebrated their wedding.[aside postID=news_12047506 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250609-SEIUProtests-07-BL_qed.jpg']“We’re not just married,” Roberto said. “We go to the gym together, we’re together throughout the day and through the night. And we don’t get bored of each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandra, he said, is someone “everyone loves.” She buys clothes to donate to homeless shelters. She cooks for her friends and Roberto’s coworkers, and always returns from her trips with gifts for them. She calls her parents regularly and is very close to his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Roberto said, “Many things started happening at once.” After almost a decade of waiting, Roberto secured legal status. In late June, they took a trip so Sandra could reunite with her two brothers. Soon after, he received a promotion at work. The couple was elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were already planning their next trip to Washington D.C., and once Sandra obtained legal status, to visit the rest of the world, starting with Denmark and the Dominican Republic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were looking to start a family,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the morning after they learned of Roberto’s promotion, their lives took a turn when ICE arrested Sandra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\">…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto can’t stop lamenting that day. That morning, as they waited for her appointment, she was “more affectionate than normal,” taking a selfie with Roberto and giving him small kisses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She asked him to give her a hug, he said, and he told her she was being dramatic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050657\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra’s teddy bear remains untouched on the couple’s bed after she was arrested and detained by immigration authorities during a check-in at ICE’s San Francisco office on July 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote for CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As 9 a.m. approached, Roberto told Sandra he had to leave for work. She didn’t want to be left alone and asked him to call in sick. But he was scheduled to start in 30 minutes, and decided to go in for the first part of the work day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My love,” he said he told her, “I’ll come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by the time he was clocking in, his phone rang. The call, he said, came from an unidentified number. When he picked up, he heard Sandra’s voice. She had been arrested, she told him, and would soon be moved to a detention center. Roberto rushed out of work and began calling legal aid groups. It was already too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like she could feel like something was going to happen,” Roberto said. “And I was so stupid … I think that if I had been with her, maybe they wouldn’t have taken her. I don’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE transferred Sandra to a detention center where she remains, according to \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/\">the agency’s detainee locator\u003c/a>. And Roberto was left outside, facing new beginnings, but separated from the person he most wanted to share them with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050660\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto stands in the kitchen of the apartment he shares with his wife, Sandra. The space remains untouched after Sandra was arrested and detained by immigration authorities during a check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco on July 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote for CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“How can I stay focused?” he said. “I’ve gone to church a lot to beg God. I’ve gone to the beach because that’s where you feel the presence. And I’ve cried. I’ve cried so much. I won’t be at peace until we’re together again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Roberto and Sandra call every day. He sends her money so she can rent a tablet from the facility and pay for video calls with him and her lawyer. Roberto said agents at the facility told Sandra that her case would take time to be resolved, making her feel hopeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She doesn’t want to be there for a long time,” Roberto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite urging Sandra not to sign any documents, Roberto said lawyers and nonprofits haven’t given them much hope either.[aside postID=news_12050470 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-2_qed.jpg']Some told him Sandra might be deported to her home country. Others said that she might be able to get out of detention, but that it will take time. Some said it might be easier for her to decide to leave on her own, and for Roberto to bring her back, a path that could take years. One supposed attorney claimed he could get Sandra out in a year for $25,000 up front — an offer many nonprofits warn immigrants to be wary of. Roberto walked out. Sandra’s attorney, meanwhile, continues to fight for her pending asylum application, which allows her to remain in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE has also made it harder for many detained immigrants to be released, said Alex Mensing of the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ). A new July policy made millions \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/millions-undocumented-immigrants-longer-eligible-bond-hearings-ice/story?id=123761973\">ineligible for bond hearings\u003c/a>, and release decisions now often rely on ICE’s discretion, making outcomes “arbitrary and very political.” The current landscape could further complicate Roberto and Sandra’s desire to reunite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All I want is to have her with me,” Roberto said. “That’s all I want. I want my wife to be with me again, but it doesn’t seem like it will be possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto has considered visiting the detention center so he can see Sandra in person, but lawyers and family have warned him not to, fearing that, without citizenship, he might be at risk of detention as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside his house, he said, it’s impossible not to remember her. On a cabinet near the kitchen table are three framed photographs: the two of them bundled up in Lake Tahoe, Roberto kissing Sandra’s cheek at the edge of the Grand Canyon, and a portrait of Sandra’s parents, smiling. Her favorite snacks are still stocked in the drawers. Her makeup is still in the bathroom. Her gym bag sits by the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto said he can’t bring himself to touch anything Sandra left behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s my best friend,” he said. “And I don’t know when I’m going to be with her again. I don’t know why they’re doing this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/ice-check-in-sf-separated/\">\u003cem>El Tecolote originally published this article\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. The couple’s names and countries of origin have been changed or withheld at their request, due to fear of retaliation. Key details were verified via ICE and immigration court records, documentation reviewed during a home visit and confirmation from legal advocates.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“For them, it’s very normal. But the result is a home destroyed,” Roberto said. “I’m really depressed. I haven’t eaten in days. I’m not hungry, I don’t want to eat anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s my family,” he added. “She’s my home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\">…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto met Sandra on Facebook in 2017, when they were still living on different continents. He was in San Francisco, working as a social worker and awaiting a decision on his own immigration case, when her profile popped up under the platform’s “People you might know” tab. Curious, he sent her a friendship request, and they began chatting, quickly discovering they had a world of commonalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lived in the same small town that his parents had grown up in and that he had visited in his childhood. Her house was just three blocks away from his grandmother’s. She had spent 10 years living in the South American country where Roberto had been born and raised. Though they’d unknowingly walked the same streets, they had never crossed paths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They dated online for a few months, but after a while, the relationship fizzled out. Still, they stayed in touch: liking each other’s pictures and celebrating each other’s birthdays. In 2021, Roberto asked a friend traveling to Sandra’s town to buy and bring her candies. Their relationship rekindled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050659\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-08-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto shows a photograph on his phone of a heart shape made with his and Sandra’s hands. Sandra was arrested and detained by immigration authorities during a check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco on July 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote for CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year later, Sandra embarked on a months-long journey to meet him. She took several planes, crossed Central America on foot with some relatives, and got lost for 10 days in the Darien Gap, a dangerous stretch of rainforest between Colombia and Panama known as a major route for migrants. “She almost died,” Roberto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she eventually made it out of the jungle, she reunited with the relatives she had been walking with. Together, they made their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, where she turned herself in to border officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After two months in detention, she was released to her uncle’s house in another U.S. state, and Roberto flew to see her for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a magical moment,” he said. “I had been waiting for a long time to meet her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next three years, the couple started building a life together in San Francisco as they waited for updates on their immigration cases. Sandra started taking English classes at City College. They traveled across the U.S., visiting landmarks and meeting each other’s families. They slowly covered their fridge with magnets of the places they visited: New York City, Las Vegas, and Arizona. They put up souvenirs that their new friends had brought them from their trips around the world. Early this year, they celebrated their wedding.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We’re not just married,” Roberto said. “We go to the gym together, we’re together throughout the day and through the night. And we don’t get bored of each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandra, he said, is someone “everyone loves.” She buys clothes to donate to homeless shelters. She cooks for her friends and Roberto’s coworkers, and always returns from her trips with gifts for them. She calls her parents regularly and is very close to his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Roberto said, “Many things started happening at once.” After almost a decade of waiting, Roberto secured legal status. In late June, they took a trip so Sandra could reunite with her two brothers. Soon after, he received a promotion at work. The couple was elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were already planning their next trip to Washington D.C., and once Sandra obtained legal status, to visit the rest of the world, starting with Denmark and the Dominican Republic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were looking to start a family,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the morning after they learned of Roberto’s promotion, their lives took a turn when ICE arrested Sandra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\">…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto can’t stop lamenting that day. That morning, as they waited for her appointment, she was “more affectionate than normal,” taking a selfie with Roberto and giving him small kisses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She asked him to give her a hug, he said, and he told her she was being dramatic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050657\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra’s teddy bear remains untouched on the couple’s bed after she was arrested and detained by immigration authorities during a check-in at ICE’s San Francisco office on July 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote for CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As 9 a.m. approached, Roberto told Sandra he had to leave for work. She didn’t want to be left alone and asked him to call in sick. But he was scheduled to start in 30 minutes, and decided to go in for the first part of the work day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My love,” he said he told her, “I’ll come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by the time he was clocking in, his phone rang. The call, he said, came from an unidentified number. When he picked up, he heard Sandra’s voice. She had been arrested, she told him, and would soon be moved to a detention center. Roberto rushed out of work and began calling legal aid groups. It was already too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like she could feel like something was going to happen,” Roberto said. “And I was so stupid … I think that if I had been with her, maybe they wouldn’t have taken her. I don’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE transferred Sandra to a detention center where she remains, according to \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/\">the agency’s detainee locator\u003c/a>. And Roberto was left outside, facing new beginnings, but separated from the person he most wanted to share them with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050660\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/07112025-ICECOUPLEDEPORTED-ET-PU-12-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto stands in the kitchen of the apartment he shares with his wife, Sandra. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some told him Sandra might be deported to her home country. Others said that she might be able to get out of detention, but that it will take time. Some said it might be easier for her to decide to leave on her own, and for Roberto to bring her back, a path that could take years. One supposed attorney claimed he could get Sandra out in a year for $25,000 up front — an offer many nonprofits warn immigrants to be wary of. Roberto walked out. Sandra’s attorney, meanwhile, continues to fight for her pending asylum application, which allows her to remain in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE has also made it harder for many detained immigrants to be released, said Alex Mensing of the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ). A new July policy made millions \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/millions-undocumented-immigrants-longer-eligible-bond-hearings-ice/story?id=123761973\">ineligible for bond hearings\u003c/a>, and release decisions now often rely on ICE’s discretion, making outcomes “arbitrary and very political.” The current landscape could further complicate Roberto and Sandra’s desire to reunite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All I want is to have her with me,” Roberto said. “That’s all I want. I want my wife to be with me again, but it doesn’t seem like it will be possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto has considered visiting the detention center so he can see Sandra in person, but lawyers and family have warned him not to, fearing that, without citizenship, he might be at risk of detention as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside his house, he said, it’s impossible not to remember her. On a cabinet near the kitchen table are three framed photographs: the two of them bundled up in Lake Tahoe, Roberto kissing Sandra’s cheek at the edge of the Grand Canyon, and a portrait of Sandra’s parents, smiling. Her favorite snacks are still stocked in the drawers. Her makeup is still in the bathroom. Her gym bag sits by the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberto said he can’t bring himself to touch anything Sandra left behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s my best friend,” he said. “And I don’t know when I’m going to be with her again. I don’t know why they’re doing this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/ice-check-in-sf-separated/\">\u003cem>El Tecolote originally published this article\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. The couple’s names and countries of origin have been changed or withheld at their request, due to fear of retaliation. Key details were verified via ICE and immigration court records, documentation reviewed during a home visit and confirmation from legal advocates.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It would also set timelines, allowing applicants to gain work permits while waiting for their case to be decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024741\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-4.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-4-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-4-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-4-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-4-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nichole Espinoza, a junior at the University of California, Berkeley, holds a protest sign in response to the mass deportations ordered by the Trump administration, at Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At a time when there is great distrust in government, the Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act allows witnesses and victims to trust our criminal justice system, to come out of the shadows and to come forward,” Panetta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U visas are currently capped at 10,000 annually nationwide, and apply to people who have “suffered mental or physical abuse,” including many forms of domestic violence and sexual assault or rape, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. 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Our police officers lose the ability to build cases. Our prosecutors lose key witnesses. And our communities are left all the more vulnerable to violent crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050503\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks about the need for deportation protections for immigrants who have been victims or witnesses of crimes, during a press conference outside City Hall on July 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rate of abuse against immigrant women is \u003ca href=\"https://now.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Learn-More-IPV-and-Immigrant-Womenpdf.pdf\">roughly 49%\u003c/a> — nearly three times the national average — according to the National Organization for Women. Those same victims are much less likely to report the crimes due to fear of deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney Terry Harman said that nearly half of all U visa applicants locally are women who have been victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, and that the county has seen a 50% increase in applications over the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We care about people being held accountable for committing crimes against others. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u003c/a> ramps up immigration enforcement, targeting immigrants at workplaces and street corners across California, his administration is turning its attention to adult students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/11/2025-12925/clarification-of-federal-public-benefits-under-the-personal-responsibility-and-work-opportunity\">memo\u003c/a> earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education said adult students without legal status must be banned from federally funded career technical education classes, English-language programs and high school equivalency courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adult schools offer these courses to anyone over 18 years old, including immigrants, and many school leaders say the new policy could lead to enrollment declines. California’s K-12 districts may also need to adapt since they use federal funding to offer numerous career technical education classes that teach skills such as welding and farming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new policy poses administrative challenges for these schools, which don’t require students to prove their legal status. Many students, including U.S. citizens, lack the proper verification documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to perpetuate this atmosphere of fear,” said Randy Tillery, the director of economic mobility for the nonprofit WestEd, which helps collect data on behalf of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state is \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-cruel-directive-unlawfully?print=true\">suing over the new policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta addresses the media during a press conference at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento on Feb. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Fred Greaves/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Education Department refused to comment on the new policy. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-taxpayer-subsidization-of-postsecondary-education-illegal-aliens\">press release\u003c/a>, the department said it will enforce it starting Aug. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adult schools ask students to voluntarily share their Social Security numbers, which are only available for those with a legal right to work in the U.S. Of the more than 500,000 adult learners taking classes in California, about 10% voluntarily share their numbers with their schools, Tillery said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools across the state say that they are waiting for more guidance from state and federal agencies before barring students from any classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What if you don’t return?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>V., a student at Huntington Beach Adult School, has been taking a beginner-level English-language class for the past two years, in person, Monday through Thursday, for two and a half hours a day. V. agreed to be interviewed on the condition that CalMatters not identify her because she doesn’t have legal status and fears deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her three children, who are U.S. citizens, couldn’t stand the idea of their mom going to school this summer as the threat of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/la-immigration-raids-lawsuit/\">immigration raids loomed\u003c/a>. “When I grabbed my backpack to go to school, my kids said, ‘Don’t go, Mom. What if you don’t return?’” she told CalMatters in Spanish, her voice shaky, on the verge of tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, she sent a note to her teacher, saying that, because of “uncontrollable anxiety,” she needed to take the class online. “I was, I am and I continue to be terrified to leave (my house),” she said later.[aside postID=news_12049389 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250723-WEST-CO-CO-ICE-MD-02-KQED.jpg']Normally, her class has about 40 students, but this summer, it’s down to 24, according to her teacher. The class is livestreamed, and an increasing number of students are opting to take the course online, the teacher said. CalMatters is withholding the teacher’s name to ensure V.’s anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was harder to focus while taking online classes, V. said — her kids often interrupted the livestream or something on the computer distracted her. After about two weeks of online school, V. returned to class in person, despite her kids’ fears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Curiel, the principal, said the school is allowing students without legal status to attend, at least for now, until the education department provides more guidance about its new policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a month now, adult schools have been managing uncertainty over federal policy and funding. Federal funding for adult schools typically comes through on a yearly basis, with the fiscal year beginning July 1, and it provides as much as 30% of a school’s budget. The education department \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/07/education-funding-california/\">withheld the money\u003c/a> for a month, leading California Attorney General Rob Bonta to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-trump-lawsuits/\">sue\u003c/a> Education Secretary Linda McMahon. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new policy poses administrative challenges for these schools, which don’t require students to prove their legal status. Many students, including U.S. citizens, lack the proper verification documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to perpetuate this atmosphere of fear,” said Randy Tillery, the director of economic mobility for the nonprofit WestEd, which helps collect data on behalf of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state is \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-cruel-directive-unlawfully?print=true\">suing over the new policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/020425-Rob-Bonta-Presser-FG-CM-04-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta addresses the media during a press conference at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento on Feb. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Fred Greaves/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Education Department refused to comment on the new policy. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-taxpayer-subsidization-of-postsecondary-education-illegal-aliens\">press release\u003c/a>, the department said it will enforce it starting Aug. 9.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adult schools ask students to voluntarily share their Social Security numbers, which are only available for those with a legal right to work in the U.S. Of the more than 500,000 adult learners taking classes in California, about 10% voluntarily share their numbers with their schools, Tillery said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools across the state say that they are waiting for more guidance from state and federal agencies before barring students from any classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What if you don’t return?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>V., a student at Huntington Beach Adult School, has been taking a beginner-level English-language class for the past two years, in person, Monday through Thursday, for two and a half hours a day. V. agreed to be interviewed on the condition that CalMatters not identify her because she doesn’t have legal status and fears deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her three children, who are U.S. citizens, couldn’t stand the idea of their mom going to school this summer as the threat of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/la-immigration-raids-lawsuit/\">immigration raids loomed\u003c/a>. “When I grabbed my backpack to go to school, my kids said, ‘Don’t go, Mom. What if you don’t return?’” she told CalMatters in Spanish, her voice shaky, on the verge of tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, she sent a note to her teacher, saying that, because of “uncontrollable anxiety,” she needed to take the class online. “I was, I am and I continue to be terrified to leave (my house),” she said later.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Federal funding for adult schools typically comes through on a yearly basis, with the fiscal year beginning July 1, and it provides as much as 30% of a school’s budget. The education department \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/07/education-funding-california/\">withheld the money\u003c/a> for a month, leading California Attorney General Rob Bonta to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-trump-lawsuits/\">sue\u003c/a> Education Secretary Linda McMahon. On Friday, the department said it would begin \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2025/07/education-department-3/\">releasing the money this week\u003c/a>, but the lawsuit is still ongoing, according to Elissa Perez, a spokesperson for Bonta’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re feeling optimistic, but we’re still holding our breath a little bit because we want to see the actual release of the funds,” said Curiel. He was about to begin making cuts on Friday to contracts at Huntington Adult School, but said he will now hold off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many states rely entirely on the federal government to fund English-language learning and high school equivalency programs for adults, whereas California has a financial cushion: The state provides over $650 million each year specifically for adult education, representing the bulk of funding for California’s adult schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Turning teens away from classes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The education department’s new policy on adults without legal status could also affect high school students. Although much of the federal funding in question supports adults taking English classes and high school equivalency courses, career technical education is part of a separate pot of money, known as Perkins funds, and includes hundreds of high schools across the state. 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Sacramento is not a sanctuary city. The state of California is not a sanctuary state. There is no sanctuary anywhere,” the El Centro sector’s chief patrol agent said. “We’re here to stay. We’re not going anywhere. We’re going to affect this mission and secure the homeland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on Thursday, a federal appeals court denied on procedural grounds the Department of Homeland Security’s request to pause the temporary restraining order won last week by civil rights groups, who argued that the “\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/la-immigration-raids-lawsuit/\">brazen, midday kidnappings\u003c/a>” violated the Constitution’s protections against unreasonable searches. 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Gavin Newsom said the Border Patrol is trying to escape a court order, and said they should get out of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Border Patrol should do their jobs — at the border — instead of continuing their tirade statewide of illegal racial profiling and illegal arrests,” said Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a Newsom spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agents arrested about 10 people at the Home Depot in Sacramento on Thursday, according to Border Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/border-patrol-raid-home-depot-florin-road-sacramento/65440117\">In a video shared by KCRA\u003c/a>, the NBC affiliate in Sacramento, a woman identified as Andrea Castillo can be heard shouting, “Leave him alone! He’s a U.S. citizen!” as masked agents chase a man running across a parking lot. An agent wearing a mask momentarily turns and points a can of mace at the person filming the video. Another armed man, in a full-face mask and wearing a green vest labeled only “police,” could be seen joining in the chase. Castillo continues shouting, “He’s my husband.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five men surround the man, who is face-down on the blacktop, while screaming at the person filming the video to stay back. “His brother is a Marine Corps officer,” she shouts while several more armed and masked men join in on the arrest. “Stand back or you will be maced,” another agent screams at her. 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One person was arrested on suspicion of a felony, while everyone else was cited and released, interim Police Chief Paul Yep said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier statements from the department had reported about 60 arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SFPD/status/1931956246275621253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police said\u003c/a> they moved to make the arrests shortly after 9:30 p.m. when a remnant of the original group of protesters “became violent and committed crimes ranging from assault to felony vandalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said the group damaged Muni buses and broke windows of some downtown businesses, but did not immediately give details of the extent of damage. The Police Department said three officers were injured during the demonstration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie issued \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DanielLurie/status/1931957300828524682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement\u003c/a> saying that while the city is committed to protecting the right to protest, “We will never tolerate violent and destructive behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie plans to hold a briefing Monday morning with public safety leaders and city department heads about the protest, a spokesperson for the mayor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12043271 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250608-ICE-OUT-OF-THE-BAY-AC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250608-ICE-OUT-OF-THE-BAY-AC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250608-ICE-OUT-OF-THE-BAY-AC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250608-ICE-OUT-OF-THE-BAY-AC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors link arms during an anti-ICE protest on June 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The evening had begun peacefully as activists rallied outside the local field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sansome Street. The demonstrators called for ICE to cease the arrests of immigrants in the Bay Area and for withdrawal of National Guard troops, 2,000 of whom arrived in Los Angeles early Sunday on orders from the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graffiti sprayed on the side of the building read “ABOLISH ICE” “ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA” and “ICE=IOF=KKK” comparing the immigration agency to the Ku Klux Klan and the Israeli Defense Forces, which anti-Zionist protesters often refer to as the Israeli Occupation Forces.[aside postID=news_12042887]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within a half hour of the start of the event, the protest grew tense, with the crowd facing off against a line of police officers that had formed on the next block, with several police vehicles positioned behind them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whose streets? Our streets!” the crowd chanted as it moved to meet the police line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the front line, talking to police, stood 72-year-old Janet Militello.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw all of the cops lined up with all of their trucks and I told them, ‘Move away, you’re going to incite the crowd, nobody’s even noticed you down here yet,’ and that’s exactly what happened,” Militello said. “This is a shame. The police are so afraid of something happening, and they’re going to make it happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two sides stood just a few feet apart and around 7:30 p.m. the police declared an unlawful assembly and ordered the crowd to disperse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many did leave at that time, but others chose to stay and lock arms, chanting “Who do you protect? Who do you serve?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One person standing among the protesters’ front line shouted, “Show no fear! 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At least one bottle and the metal base of a barricade were hurled toward officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters continued moving backward and police periodically stopped, only to advance again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being pushed back two blocks, protesters turned away from police just after 8 p.m. and moved south toward Market Street to reunite with a group that had split off earlier in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd walked down Market toward the Ferry Building, then back up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milo Ramirez, 23, said he came out to the protest because he thinks the ICE arrests and the government’s deployment of the National Guard are clear signs of authoritarianism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a power play. The people of LA are obviously not having it, and we shouldn’t let it happen either,” Ramirez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s decision to deploy the National Guard marked the first time \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/us/lbj-national-guard-alabama-1965.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 1965\u003c/a> that a president has done so without a governor’s request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected Democrats across the state condemned the action. They included Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, Rep. 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