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She was then taken to John George Psychiatric Hospital, where she was evaluated before being booked into Santa Rita Jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251024-CoastGuard-12-BL_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062868\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251024-CoastGuard-12-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251024-CoastGuard-12-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251024-CoastGuard-12-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251024-CoastGuard-12-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard security personnel stand at the intersection of Dennison Street and Embarcadero in front of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Oct. 24, 2025, following a shooting in which security personnel opened fire on a U-Haul near the base. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The incident came after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">a day of protest\u003c/a> near Alameda’s Coast Guard Island, which was set to be used as a “place of operations” for federal immigration agents ahead of what the Trump administration was calling a “surge” into San Francisco that weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Escalated immigration enforcement — which many warned was likely a precursor to National Guard deployment — was called off in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061224/oakland-braces-for-possible-federal-action-after-san-francisco-dodges-trumps-attention\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061545/bay-area-spared-from-federal-immigration-enforcement-surge-officials-say\">wider Bay Area\u003c/a>, but tensions still flared near the base that day after Border Patrol agents rolled onto the island around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of protesters attempted to block access to and from the base, which is only accessible via bridge, for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One officer threw what appeared to be a flash-bang grenade into the crowd, and a van drove over the ankle of an organizer who was trying to speak with the agents inside, according to activists. Another agent exited their vehicle and shot pepper powder at a local faith leader trying to block the road, according to Penny Nixon, co-director of the Peninsula Solidarity Cohort.[aside postID=news_12061191 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GETTYIMAGES-2242445000-KQED.jpg']Hours later, when California Highway Patrol officers cleared the road, two protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">were arrested\u003c/a>. The crowd mostly dispersed in the afternoon, but federal officers continued to mount a blockade of the bridge late into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Video footage shows that shortly before 10 p.m., a U-Haul truck arrives at Embarcadero and Dennison Street, the Oakland entrance to the island base. The driver appears to get out of the vehicle and join a few remaining protesters for about five minutes, then get back into the truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After lining up facing away from the bridge, the truck begins to slowly reverse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers can be heard yelling at the driver before shooting repeatedly at the truck. After the initial gunshots, the van reverses more quickly for another few seconds before coming to a halt and quickly pulling forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vehicle appears to pause for about 30 seconds at the intersection leading off the bridge before driving away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Attempting to use a truck to assault federal officers performing their lawful duties is not protest, it is a violent and serious federal crime,” FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo said in a statement. “Federal officers must be able to carry out their mission without fear of violence, and we will continue to support efforts to ensure that anyone who commits violence against them is held fully accountable under the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson, who lives in Oakland, appears to have been experiencing a mental health crisis prior to the incident. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bella-secure-housing\">GoFundMe page\u003c/a> set up in October, she had recently lost housing and income during a “bipolar disorder episode.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bella is community oriented, dedicated to art and mutual aid — hosting fundraisers, art events, skill shares, and more through her self started community collective: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961701/diy-museum-queer-collective-oakland-accessibilitiy\">DIY Museum\u003c/a>,” the page reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson, who grew up in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley and moved permanently to the East Bay in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961701/diy-museum-queer-collective-oakland-accessibilitiy\">previously worked as a substitute teacher\u003c/a> and organizer of the DIY Museum, a queer arts collective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Hours later, when California Highway Patrol officers cleared the road, two protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">were arrested\u003c/a>. The crowd mostly dispersed in the afternoon, but federal officers continued to mount a blockade of the bridge late into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Video footage shows that shortly before 10 p.m., a U-Haul truck arrives at Embarcadero and Dennison Street, the Oakland entrance to the island base. The driver appears to get out of the vehicle and join a few remaining protesters for about five minutes, then get back into the truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After lining up facing away from the bridge, the truck begins to slowly reverse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officers can be heard yelling at the driver before shooting repeatedly at the truck. After the initial gunshots, the van reverses more quickly for another few seconds before coming to a halt and quickly pulling forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vehicle appears to pause for about 30 seconds at the intersection leading off the bridge before driving away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Attempting to use a truck to assault federal officers performing their lawful duties is not protest, it is a violent and serious federal crime,” FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo said in a statement. “Federal officers must be able to carry out their mission without fear of violence, and we will continue to support efforts to ensure that anyone who commits violence against them is held fully accountable under the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson, who lives in Oakland, appears to have been experiencing a mental health crisis prior to the incident. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bella-secure-housing\">GoFundMe page\u003c/a> set up in October, she had recently lost housing and income during a “bipolar disorder episode.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bella is community oriented, dedicated to art and mutual aid — hosting fundraisers, art events, skill shares, and more through her self started community collective: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961701/diy-museum-queer-collective-oakland-accessibilitiy\">DIY Museum\u003c/a>,” the page reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson, who grew up in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley and moved permanently to the East Bay in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961701/diy-museum-queer-collective-oakland-accessibilitiy\">previously worked as a substitute teacher\u003c/a> and organizer of the DIY Museum, a queer arts collective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">newest and largest immigration detention center\u003c/a> is dangerous for disabled people and others in its care, according to a report this week from a state disability rights watchdog agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The findings come as CoreCivic, the private prison company that operates the detention facility in the Mojave Desert town of California City, is also being sued for operating without permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/reports/california-city-ice-processing-center-a-dangerous-expansion-of-immigration-detention-in\">report\u003c/a>, released Monday, is based on an inspection by Disability Rights California. It found that the California City Immigration Processing Center overuses solitary confinement and fails to provide critical medical and mental health care, including prescribed medication and surgeries. The facility, a former state prison, is owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nearly every detained individual DRC interviewed reported significant disability related concerns, including issues accessing medical care,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, CoreCivic spokesman Brian Todd said the company takes seriously its responsibility to adhere to federal detention standards in its ICE-contracted facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The safety, health and well-being of the individuals entrusted to our care is our top priority,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center in California City, California, in June 2025. \u003ccite>(Saul Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Disability Rights California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/publications/summary-of-disability-rights-californias-authority-under-state-and-federal-law\">investigative powers\u003c/a> under state and federal law to protect the rights of people with physical, developmental and psychiatric disabilities. The organization made a two-day inspection visit to the California City Immigration Processing Center on Sept. 22 and Sept. 23, and it interviewed officials and 17 detainees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group documented reports of inadequate access to medical care, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Long delays in rescheduling surgeries that had been arranged for individuals when they were held at other California ICE facilities.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Failure to distribute prescription medication for diabetes, high blood pressure, migraines, seizures and a mental health disability.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Delayed responses to sick call requests, such as for blood in the urine and a debilitating thyroid condition.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Poor management of mental health care, including placing a person in crisis in an observation cell for days without psychological care.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“One individual managing a hernia reported difficulties walking, showering, and accessing the recreation yard. After making several requests over approximately three weeks for a wheelchair, staff finally provided him with one during the second day of DRC’s monitoring visit,” the Disability Rights California report noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living conditions at the California City facility were unsanitary and insufficient, according to the oversight report, with detainees reporting inedible food, brown water and dirty housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also described an “unnecessary” use of solitary confinement. At the time of the site visit, the group found that 27 people were held in solitary cells, nearly around the clock.[aside postID=news_12054544 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/KernCountyICEDetentionGetty.jpg']Individuals told the investigators they had not been provided a written explanation for their placement nor an expectation of when they would be released from isolation, but they said they believed they were put in the segregation unit in retaliation for requesting improved medical care and conditions. Some were undertaking a hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions at the facility “are alarming,” the report concluded. “Based on the monitoring visit and related interviews, DRC finds that conditions at California City result in the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE did not immediately provide a comment on the Disability Rights California report’s allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todd, the CoreCivic spokesperson, denied the claims, saying that detainees have access to a full array of health care services, from screening to treatment, and that emergency care is available 24 hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All detainees have daily access to sign up for medical care and mental health services. For those medical needs requiring specialized care, the facility works closely with local hospitals and providers,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054616\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKQED2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic Inc. 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Government agencies and criminal justice experts sometimes use the terms interchangeably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prison was built in the 1990s with a 256-bed “segregation unit,” according to court filings in a lawsuit brought by advocates alleging that CoreCivic began operating the ICE facility in late August without first obtaining state and local permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management\">policies\u003c/a> make clear that detention is not a form of punishment, but a means of holding people who are deemed a public safety or flight risk while their immigration case is decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE and CoreCivic signed a two-year, $130 million \u003ca href=\"https://ir.corecivic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/corecivic-announces-new-contract-awards-california-city\">contract\u003c/a> for the 2,560-bed prison, which had been sitting vacant after California stopped using it for state prisoners in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Oct. 25, the facility was housing roughly 746 ICE detainees, according to a court declaration by the warden. 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When others look away, we act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fills the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025, during a press conference to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a Sanctuary City. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The actions come less than a week after President Donald Trump said he was targeting San Francisco as the next city where he planned to deploy the National Guard, before backing off the threat after conversations with Mayor Daniel Lurie and billionaire tech CEOs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local masking law closely resembles the state law approved by the legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, which will go into effect in January.[aside postID=news_12060893 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED.jpg']San José’s plan to limit how immigration authorities can use public properties is modeled after the “ICE Free Zones” executive order issued by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson earlier this month. Trump sent the National Guard to Chicago in early October, but a court has paused the deployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council on Tuesday approved asking city staff to inventory the myriad properties that could be “commandeered for civil immigration enforcement activities like staging, processing, or establishing an operational base” and to have the city attorney’s office draft a policy to restrict those activities. The policy is expected to come back to the council for another approval vote later in the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Supervisors, in a coordinated effort, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060893/south-bay-leaders-aim-to-create-ice-free-zones\">approved a similar plan\u003c/a> to restrict federal agents from using facilities and land for immigration enforcement last week. San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood on Tuesday also \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/bilalmahmood/status/1983244608722354479\">said\u003c/a> he wants to see a similar plan put in place there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents and immigrant support organizations in the South Bay, such as Amigos de Guadalupe, broadly supported the policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dilza Gonzalez, head of organizing for the nonprofit Sacred Heart Community Services, said city leaders have a responsibility to protect all residents, regardless of background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048135\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2220045842-scaled-e1752857672682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal agents guard outside of a federal building and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in downtown Los Angeles as demonstrations continue after a series of immigration raids began last Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard and the Marines against the wishes of city leaders. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Right now, many of our immigrant communities, and anybody that speaks a different language or doesn’t look American enough…we are in constant fear of getting kidnapped, of getting taken away from our families,” Gonzalez told the council. “You need to show us and our families that San José stands with them, not against them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While officials say the local rules and policies are aimed primarily at making sure immigrant residents feel supported by their local leaders, it’s unclear how much the restrictions would thwart federal immigration authorities’ work on the ground.[aside postID=news_12061844 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/008_KQED_630Sansome_02052020_1470_qed-1020x680.jpg']Federal officials, like the US Attorney for California’s Central District, Bill Essayli, have said federal agencies will simply \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059900/san-jose-could-soon-ban-ice-from-wearing-masks\">ignore the masking law\u003c/a> in the state, and even local leaders acknowledge the laws could be subject to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1971625330722119843\">court challenges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Attorney Nora Frimann told the council that the public property policy would likely only apply to places that could be used as staging areas and would need to have signs and physical barriers like chains to help restrict their use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are some city properties that are open to the public, and we really cannot impede enforcement efforts in those areas that are public,” Frimann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Matt Mahan said public safety is built on trust, and praised local policing efforts, noting local officers rarely wear masks when working in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I would like to see our federal government emulate the approach taken here,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I do understand ICE’s responsibility for enforcing immigration laws, but I think we can all agree that it could be done in a much clearer, more consistent, more transparent, fairer, kinder way without the level of fear and uncertainty that’s been injected into all of our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Correction, Nov. 3:\u003c/strong> A previous version of this story incorrectly reported a community organization’s support for these policies. 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It’s time to make sure they pay their fair share,” Chan told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan’s proposal would ask city voters to reinstate the previous structure of the city’s Overpaid Executive Tax, which imposes a tax on businesses where the highest-paid executive earns more than 100 times the median compensation of San Francisco employees.. In November 2024, voters repealed parts of the executive tax through Proposition M, a comprehensive business tax reform measure. Chan’s proposal allows other changes made in Prop M to remain intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan would also raise taxes on ride-hailing companies, including Uber, Lyft and Waymo, similar to Proposition L on the November 2024 ballot. Although voters approved Prop L, the proposal did not take effect because Prop M included a provision that nullified the ride-share tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/231102-DriverlessTaxi-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/231102-DriverlessTaxi-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/231102-DriverlessTaxi-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/231102-DriverlessTaxi-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Waymo driverless taxi drives through Downtown San Francisco, California, on Nov. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/SF Chronicle )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ballot measure proposal needs only a 50% majority to pass, and could generate around $150-200 million annually. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/immigration\">San Francisco\u003c/a> leaders on Tuesday announced legislation that would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061227/not-today-sf-officials-activists-vow-to-mobilize-against-immigration-enforcement\">bolster the city’s immigrant legal defense funds\u003c/a> and rapid response networks by $3.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This move follows the arrival of dozens of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061191/activists-federal-agents-clash-at-coast-guard-base-during-immigration-crackdown\">federal agents in the Bay Area\u003c/a> last week, and President Donald Trump’s continued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061080/federal-border-agents-to-arrive-in-bay-area-as-cities-brace-for-enforcement-surge\">threats\u003c/a> to send \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">federal troops to San Francisco\u003c/a> — deployments that were ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061545/bay-area-spared-from-federal-immigration-enforcement-surge-officials-say\">postponed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last week was very nerve-wracking for the Mission,” said District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder. Fielder, who represents the city’s most significant community of Latino immigrants, noted the immediate impact of the threat: “Teachers reported fewer students coming to school, Latino restaurants and small businesses fewer customers and many day laborers, domestic workers, and legal mobile vendors staying home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $3.5 million supplement, spearheaded by Budget Chair Connie Chan, will support a critical network of legal aid organizations and the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfrrn.org/\">Rapid Response Network\u003c/a>, which provides immediate assistance and deploys immigration attorneys to courts and detention sites. The funds are expected to be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and will likely be distributed to organizations such as the SF Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative and the SF Immigrant Legal and Education Network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Bay Area counties have already increased funds towards immigrant legal aid services following the surge of immigration enforcement activity since Trump took office. Most recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059894/alameda-county-approves-3-5-million-to-scale-up-immigrant-defense-amid-ice-surge\">Alameda County Supervisors\u003c/a> approved $3.5 million in emergency funds. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> Six supervisors spoke outside City Hall on Tuesday alongside immigration organizations to make their case on why the budget expansion is needed amid fiscal constraints during the government shutdown. Although Trump backed off a surge last week, city leaders underscored that federal agents, such as ICE, are still active in the Bay Area. Supervisor Bilal Mahmood highlighted a recent detention of a Pakistani resident in the Tenderloin last week as proof that the community remains vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Though Trump called off the surge for now, ICE has been and will likely continue to be in San Francisco targeting people for arrest, especially in the courts,” Fielder said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood stressed the importance of increasing funding to support residents: “from the threats they face today, as well as ensuring that we’re using every legislative toolkit in our disposal to make sure that residents continue to feel safe and the city has their back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the budget increase, Mahmood and Supervisor Chyanne Chen are drafting a request for legislation to create “ICE-free zones” on city-owned properties. Santa Clara County leaders are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060893/south-bay-leaders-aim-to-create-ice-free-zones\">working on a similar proposal\u003c/a>, aimed at prohibiting immigration agents from public facilities like parking garages for their operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Chan is set to formally present the legislation to the Board of Supervisors, with a vote expected at a later date. According to Supervisor Fielder’s Legislative Aide Ana Herrera, the officials aim to finalize the legislation by the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Jennifer Alejo was taking a midmorning stroll through the serene San Francisco Botanical Garden when she got a panicked call from her mother in Los Angeles. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043346/sf-rallies-for-david-huerta-california-union-leader-arrested-in-la-immigration-raid\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided\u003c/a> the garment warehouse where more than a dozen of Alejo’s cousins and uncles worked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The men were handcuffed, loaded into white vans and driven away as federal agents in military gear clashed with protesters outside the warehouse’s gates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Alejo didn’t know how many relatives were arrested or where they were taken. Over the next frantic 24 hours of phone calls and online searches, a clearer picture emerged: ICE had detained 14 of her family members in a single swoop at Ambiance Apparel on June 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am freaking out because I’ve been in the Bay organizing for 10 years, but I have never gone up to the immigration machine in this way,” said Alejo, who leads the Oakland-based nonprofit Trabajadores Unidos Workers United. “So I was nervous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alejos’ story captures the new reality of immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump: mass workplace raids returning on a scale not seen in years, sweeping up longtime residents with no criminal records and leaving families to navigate a system stacked against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California and the U.S., ICE arrests and detentions have climbed sharply in recent years, as the administration renews its focus on high-profile raids and deportations — forcing communities to organize legal and financial lifelines on the fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Alejo works in her office in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061545/bay-area-spared-from-federal-immigration-enforcement-surge-officials-say\">braced for aggressive immigration arrests\u003c/a> like those seen in Los Angeles and Chicago in recent months. Last week, dozens of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived at a Coast Guard base in Alameda, prompting a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061436/2-injured-after-officers-shoot-at-truck-outside-alameda-base-following-day-of-protests\">confrontation with protesters\u003c/a>. Tensions eased after President Donald Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">called off a planned surge\u003c/a> of federal agents targeting San Francisco on Oct. 23, and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said the next day that scheduled ICE and Border Patrol operations were canceled. Still, immigrant advocates, school leaders and elected officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055279/oakland-latino-merchants-learn-rights-as-ice-targets-worksites\">urged residents to stay prepared\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alejo and his younger sister, Citlali, also a staffer at the organization, knew their relatives would have a better chance at release if the family worked together. They tapped their Bay Area networks for legal aid and fundraising, and rallied relatives and close friends in L.A. to launch Lucha Zapoteca, a public campaign named for their Indigenous Zapoteca roots from Southern Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly five months later, public awareness about the family’s plight helped raise more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid-for-families-of-14-detained-members\">$370,000\u003c/a> from thousands of donors — enough to pay immigration bonds, which can range from $1,500 to more than $25,000 each, and cover rent and groceries for relatives left without breadwinners.[aside postID=news_12057190 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251022-FRUITVALE-MERCHANTS-MD-02-KQED.jpg']Immigration attorneys in the Bay Area and Southern California worked to free 11 of the men from the Adelanto ICE detention center and secured long-term representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted people to know that they could fight back. We didn’t know what it was going to look like, but we also knew that our community does have rights,” said Alejo, 33. “But it is hard to organize your own family into action, especially when there’s just so much at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family joined protests, including outside of the Adelanto facility, and packed court hearings to show support — a factor immigration judges often consider when deciding whether to release a detainee on bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Alejo’s relatives is still locked up at the Adelanto facility, about 90 miles from L.A. Two were deported, including a 22-year-old who, the sisters said, didn’t realize the papers he signed sealed his removal to Tijuana. The other relative, unable to endure detention conditions, voluntarily agreed to deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE did not respond to requests for comment on why Ambiance Apparel, which employs about 150 employees at its warehouse and showroom, was targeted in June or about the operation’s outcome. It’s unclear whether the 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/los-angeles-fashion-district-company-owner-sentenced-one-year-prison-committing-customs\">sentencing\u003c/a> of the company’s owner to one year in federal prison for failing to pay more than $35 million in taxes and customs duties was connected to the raid. Ambiance has denied any wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ambiance is committed to following the law and to supporting its workers, many of whom have worked for the company for decades,” said Benjamin Gluck, an attorney representing the company, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2221046205-scaled-e1761161380689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1345\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester carries a sign reading “Immigrants Built America!” as anti-ICE demonstrators protest outside a federal building on June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>White House “border czar” Tom Homan said federal agents executed a search warrant at the business, which has locations in L.A.’s Fashion District and Vernon, as part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-los-angeles-rcna211701\">criminal investigation\u003c/a> that also swept up undocumented workers. But U.S. Attorney Bill Assaily said the judicial \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/us-attorney-confirms-fbi-federal-agencies-search-warrant-downtown-los-angeles/3717411/\">warrant\u003c/a> that gained agents’ entry to the gated worksite was only for immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law prohibits employers from allowing ICE into their facilities unless agents present a valid judicial warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roughly 10,300 ICE arrests in California from January through July represent nearly double the total for all of 2024 and more than five times the arrests in 2023, according to a KQED analysis of \u003ca href=\"https://deportationdata.org/data/ice.html\">data\u003c/a> from the UC Berkeley Deportation Data Project. About 62% of this year’s arrests occurred in ICE’s Los Angeles area of responsibility, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration said its immigration crackdown prioritizes expelling dangerous criminals, but undocumented immigrants with no criminal records are being detained as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve said a thousand times that aperture will open,” Homan told NBC News in June. “And I said, if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Deciding to push back\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After Alejo and Citlali drove to L.A. on the evening of June 6, they met with dozens of worried relatives and friends who gathered at a Quinceañera party hall someone had secured. They tallied which family members hadn’t returned home from their shifts and spoke with two Bay Area immigration attorneys Alejo had already contacted. Her first question: Could the family help by speaking up and organizing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hall had a projector. Alejo brought in Lisa Knox of the California Center for Immigrant Justice and Luis Angel Reyes Savalza of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office via Zoom. Both attorneys, active in local immigration rapid response networks, confirmed that public pressure could boost a legal process to get the fathers and husbands out of detention. Alejo reminded her family that it would take work and courage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061733\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Alejo works in her office in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was transparent, that, hey, this is going to be a big fight. I do think we can fight back, but we need to be vocal,” Alejo, an Oakland resident who organizes low-wage cooks, builders and other workers to combat labor violations such as wage theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her sister Citlali, 27, who works in communications, organized Lucha Zapoteca’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DKsClVtpDq-/\">press conference\u003c/a> that weekend. Many relatives felt anxious, Citlali said, but Yurien Contreras was the first to volunteer to talk to reporters about her father’s arrest and what it meant for her and three younger brothers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 9, supporters held cardboard signs with photos of their 14 detained relatives outside of Ambiance’s warehouse. When it was her turn to speak, Contreras stepped onto a wooden box near a podium and faced a wall of reporters for the first time. The 20-year-old American citizen had rushed to the warehouse in time to see federal agents lead her father and roughly 40 others away the previous Friday. She demanded that immigration authorities respect the workers’ due process rights and release them.[aside postID=news_12055279 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250903-ICETRAINING_01023_TV-KQED.jpg']“I witnessed how they put my father in handcuffs, chained him from the waist and from his ankles,” said Yurien, speaking into a bouquet of microphones. “We suffered and still suffer from this traumatizing experience emotionally, mentally, and physically…We need our father back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras said her father’s absence was particularly hard on her 4-year-old brother, who has special needs and stopped eating and talking for about a week. For the three months her father was detained, Contreras found it difficult to sleep. She ultimately deferred her college enrollment to stay home and support her family full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their stories struck a nerve in a city reeling from aggressive immigration sweeps and the arrival of National Guard soldiers, sometimes fully armed, sent by Trump to help federal agents. TV stations and newspapers carried the Alejo family’s story — even into the ICE Processing Center in Adelanto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Contreras’ uncles, uncertain about what would happen to his four U.S.-born children, said another detainee peeked into his cell to tell him his family was on TV. Disbelieving, he hurried to the recreation room but missed the newscast. He waited for the next one at 6 p.m. When he finally saw his eldest daughter on screen, he wondered how his shy 23-year-old had found the strength to speak fearlessly. KQED agreed to grant the man anonymity because of his pending immigration case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped me a lot because I saw the support both from my family members and everyone who was there,” the man, who was released from detention in late August, said in Spanish. “It gives you more courage to cope with the case because it can be very exhausting. The psychological anguish eats at you, wears you out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He worked for 15 years in L.A.’s construction and janitorial industries before handling shipping at Ambiance for the last five years. He said it’s been hard to adjust to life after detention, as he’s unable to work while fighting his immigration case. Not knowing whether he will be deported still weighs heavily on him, but he’s grateful to Lucha Zapoteca for legal representation and financial help that keep his children and wife fed and housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community and strangers step in to help\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One vocal supporter has been the Rev. Jaime Edwards-Acton, rector at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Hollywood, where the family attends services. He got involved early to raise funds and coordinate donations. His parishioners, led by two sisters in their 20s, have delivered weekly boxes of groceries, diapers and household supplies to Alejo’s relatives. The church is expanding efforts to help more Angelenos affected by ICE arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been an amazing kind of outpouring of generosity and a desire to really want to do something, to make a positive contribution to this mess that we find ourselves in right now,” said Edwards-Acton, who also wrote letters supporting the detained Ambiance workers to the immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/IMG_9847-scaled-e1761671224320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of carwash employees and their family members rallied alongside immigrant rights activists in Los Angeles on Thursday to denounce federal immigration raids at their worksites. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Los Angeles Worker Center Network)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the Alejo family’s campaign and the broader community response have inspired him. Edwards-Acton recalled an interfaith vigil at downtown L.A.’s Grand Park, attended by about 1,000 people, where speakers included Mayor Karen Bass and Contreras. He said Contreras’ powerful testimony countered fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what kind of really moves people to action. Her courage was really contagious,” he said. “It wasn’t just a testimony of despair. It was a testimony about this tragic moment, but also how we’re fighting for justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras, who had a baby in March, spent her time attending court hearings for her father and the other detained relatives while caring for her brothers, mother and her child. Her 17-year-old brother remained withdrawn but kept his grades up. One day, he said he had a new goal — to graduate with honors to make his parents proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their efforts paid off: Contreras’ father returned home in early September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a lot of hard work, a lot of times where it felt impossible for my dad to be liberated,” Contreras, who hopes to one day become an ultrasound technician, said. “We are super excited that he’s back home. We are thankful for this second opportunity with my dad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the Alejo family, who believe their clients were unlawfully targeted, said they face a difficult path to remain in the U.S. The Trump administration recently changed its policies to make detainees who crossed the border illegally \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/bia-ruling-immigration-judges-bond-mandatory-detention-undocumented-immigrants/\">ineligible\u003c/a> for bond. Dozens of immigration judges, employed by the Department of Justice, have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/23/nx-s1-5550915/trump-immigration-judges\">fired \u003c/a>and temporarily replaced with military lawyers who are not trained to oversee deportation hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Bay Area and other regions remain on high alert for more ICE enforcement, Alejo said her family’s story — and the support it inspired from strangers — offers hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel really proud of our family for doing this,” Alejo said. “It’s also been an amazing time to prove to our community that we can organize when we come together and push back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am freaking out because I’ve been in the Bay organizing for 10 years, but I have never gone up to the immigration machine in this way,” said Alejo, who leads the Oakland-based nonprofit Trabajadores Unidos Workers United. “So I was nervous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alejos’ story captures the new reality of immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump: mass workplace raids returning on a scale not seen in years, sweeping up longtime residents with no criminal records and leaving families to navigate a system stacked against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California and the U.S., ICE arrests and detentions have climbed sharply in recent years, as the administration renews its focus on high-profile raids and deportations — forcing communities to organize legal and financial lifelines on the fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Alejo works in her office in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061545/bay-area-spared-from-federal-immigration-enforcement-surge-officials-say\">braced for aggressive immigration arrests\u003c/a> like those seen in Los Angeles and Chicago in recent months. Last week, dozens of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived at a Coast Guard base in Alameda, prompting a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061436/2-injured-after-officers-shoot-at-truck-outside-alameda-base-following-day-of-protests\">confrontation with protesters\u003c/a>. Tensions eased after President Donald Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">called off a planned surge\u003c/a> of federal agents targeting San Francisco on Oct. 23, and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said the next day that scheduled ICE and Border Patrol operations were canceled. Still, immigrant advocates, school leaders and elected officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055279/oakland-latino-merchants-learn-rights-as-ice-targets-worksites\">urged residents to stay prepared\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alejo and his younger sister, Citlali, also a staffer at the organization, knew their relatives would have a better chance at release if the family worked together. They tapped their Bay Area networks for legal aid and fundraising, and rallied relatives and close friends in L.A. to launch Lucha Zapoteca, a public campaign named for their Indigenous Zapoteca roots from Southern Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly five months later, public awareness about the family’s plight helped raise more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid-for-families-of-14-detained-members\">$370,000\u003c/a> from thousands of donors — enough to pay immigration bonds, which can range from $1,500 to more than $25,000 each, and cover rent and groceries for relatives left without breadwinners.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Immigration attorneys in the Bay Area and Southern California worked to free 11 of the men from the Adelanto ICE detention center and secured long-term representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted people to know that they could fight back. We didn’t know what it was going to look like, but we also knew that our community does have rights,” said Alejo, 33. “But it is hard to organize your own family into action, especially when there’s just so much at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family joined protests, including outside of the Adelanto facility, and packed court hearings to show support — a factor immigration judges often consider when deciding whether to release a detainee on bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Alejo’s relatives is still locked up at the Adelanto facility, about 90 miles from L.A. Two were deported, including a 22-year-old who, the sisters said, didn’t realize the papers he signed sealed his removal to Tijuana. The other relative, unable to endure detention conditions, voluntarily agreed to deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE did not respond to requests for comment on why Ambiance Apparel, which employs about 150 employees at its warehouse and showroom, was targeted in June or about the operation’s outcome. It’s unclear whether the 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/los-angeles-fashion-district-company-owner-sentenced-one-year-prison-committing-customs\">sentencing\u003c/a> of the company’s owner to one year in federal prison for failing to pay more than $35 million in taxes and customs duties was connected to the raid. Ambiance has denied any wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ambiance is committed to following the law and to supporting its workers, many of whom have worked for the company for decades,” said Benjamin Gluck, an attorney representing the company, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2221046205-scaled-e1761161380689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1345\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protester carries a sign reading “Immigrants Built America!” as anti-ICE demonstrators protest outside a federal building on June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>White House “border czar” Tom Homan said federal agents executed a search warrant at the business, which has locations in L.A.’s Fashion District and Vernon, as part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-los-angeles-rcna211701\">criminal investigation\u003c/a> that also swept up undocumented workers. But U.S. Attorney Bill Assaily said the judicial \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/us-attorney-confirms-fbi-federal-agencies-search-warrant-downtown-los-angeles/3717411/\">warrant\u003c/a> that gained agents’ entry to the gated worksite was only for immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law prohibits employers from allowing ICE into their facilities unless agents present a valid judicial warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roughly 10,300 ICE arrests in California from January through July represent nearly double the total for all of 2024 and more than five times the arrests in 2023, according to a KQED analysis of \u003ca href=\"https://deportationdata.org/data/ice.html\">data\u003c/a> from the UC Berkeley Deportation Data Project. About 62% of this year’s arrests occurred in ICE’s Los Angeles area of responsibility, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration said its immigration crackdown prioritizes expelling dangerous criminals, but undocumented immigrants with no criminal records are being detained as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve said a thousand times that aperture will open,” Homan told NBC News in June. “And I said, if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Deciding to push back\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After Alejo and Citlali drove to L.A. on the evening of June 6, they met with dozens of worried relatives and friends who gathered at a Quinceañera party hall someone had secured. They tallied which family members hadn’t returned home from their shifts and spoke with two Bay Area immigration attorneys Alejo had already contacted. Her first question: Could the family help by speaking up and organizing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hall had a projector. Alejo brought in Lisa Knox of the California Center for Immigrant Justice and Luis Angel Reyes Savalza of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office via Zoom. Both attorneys, active in local immigration rapid response networks, confirmed that public pressure could boost a legal process to get the fathers and husbands out of detention. Alejo reminded her family that it would take work and courage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061733\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251026_FAMILYMEMBERSARRESTED_HERNANDEZ-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Alejo works in her office in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was transparent, that, hey, this is going to be a big fight. I do think we can fight back, but we need to be vocal,” Alejo, an Oakland resident who organizes low-wage cooks, builders and other workers to combat labor violations such as wage theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her sister Citlali, 27, who works in communications, organized Lucha Zapoteca’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DKsClVtpDq-/\">press conference\u003c/a> that weekend. Many relatives felt anxious, Citlali said, but Yurien Contreras was the first to volunteer to talk to reporters about her father’s arrest and what it meant for her and three younger brothers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 9, supporters held cardboard signs with photos of their 14 detained relatives outside of Ambiance’s warehouse. When it was her turn to speak, Contreras stepped onto a wooden box near a podium and faced a wall of reporters for the first time. The 20-year-old American citizen had rushed to the warehouse in time to see federal agents lead her father and roughly 40 others away the previous Friday. She demanded that immigration authorities respect the workers’ due process rights and release them.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I witnessed how they put my father in handcuffs, chained him from the waist and from his ankles,” said Yurien, speaking into a bouquet of microphones. “We suffered and still suffer from this traumatizing experience emotionally, mentally, and physically…We need our father back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras said her father’s absence was particularly hard on her 4-year-old brother, who has special needs and stopped eating and talking for about a week. For the three months her father was detained, Contreras found it difficult to sleep. She ultimately deferred her college enrollment to stay home and support her family full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their stories struck a nerve in a city reeling from aggressive immigration sweeps and the arrival of National Guard soldiers, sometimes fully armed, sent by Trump to help federal agents. TV stations and newspapers carried the Alejo family’s story — even into the ICE Processing Center in Adelanto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Contreras’ uncles, uncertain about what would happen to his four U.S.-born children, said another detainee peeked into his cell to tell him his family was on TV. Disbelieving, he hurried to the recreation room but missed the newscast. He waited for the next one at 6 p.m. When he finally saw his eldest daughter on screen, he wondered how his shy 23-year-old had found the strength to speak fearlessly. KQED agreed to grant the man anonymity because of his pending immigration case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped me a lot because I saw the support both from my family members and everyone who was there,” the man, who was released from detention in late August, said in Spanish. “It gives you more courage to cope with the case because it can be very exhausting. The psychological anguish eats at you, wears you out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He worked for 15 years in L.A.’s construction and janitorial industries before handling shipping at Ambiance for the last five years. He said it’s been hard to adjust to life after detention, as he’s unable to work while fighting his immigration case. Not knowing whether he will be deported still weighs heavily on him, but he’s grateful to Lucha Zapoteca for legal representation and financial help that keep his children and wife fed and housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community and strangers step in to help\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One vocal supporter has been the Rev. Jaime Edwards-Acton, rector at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Hollywood, where the family attends services. He got involved early to raise funds and coordinate donations. His parishioners, led by two sisters in their 20s, have delivered weekly boxes of groceries, diapers and household supplies to Alejo’s relatives. The church is expanding efforts to help more Angelenos affected by ICE arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been an amazing kind of outpouring of generosity and a desire to really want to do something, to make a positive contribution to this mess that we find ourselves in right now,” said Edwards-Acton, who also wrote letters supporting the detained Ambiance workers to the immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/IMG_9847-scaled-e1761671224320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of carwash employees and their family members rallied alongside immigrant rights activists in Los Angeles on Thursday to denounce federal immigration raids at their worksites. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Los Angeles Worker Center Network)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the Alejo family’s campaign and the broader community response have inspired him. Edwards-Acton recalled an interfaith vigil at downtown L.A.’s Grand Park, attended by about 1,000 people, where speakers included Mayor Karen Bass and Contreras. He said Contreras’ powerful testimony countered fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what kind of really moves people to action. Her courage was really contagious,” he said. “It wasn’t just a testimony of despair. It was a testimony about this tragic moment, but also how we’re fighting for justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras, who had a baby in March, spent her time attending court hearings for her father and the other detained relatives while caring for her brothers, mother and her child. Her 17-year-old brother remained withdrawn but kept his grades up. One day, he said he had a new goal — to graduate with honors to make his parents proud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their efforts paid off: Contreras’ father returned home in early September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a lot of hard work, a lot of times where it felt impossible for my dad to be liberated,” Contreras, who hopes to one day become an ultrasound technician, said. “We are super excited that he’s back home. We are thankful for this second opportunity with my dad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the Alejo family, who believe their clients were unlawfully targeted, said they face a difficult path to remain in the U.S. The Trump administration recently changed its policies to make detainees who crossed the border illegally \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/bia-ruling-immigration-judges-bond-mandatory-detention-undocumented-immigrants/\">ineligible\u003c/a> for bond. Dozens of immigration judges, employed by the Department of Justice, have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/23/nx-s1-5550915/trump-immigration-judges\">fired \u003c/a>and temporarily replaced with military lawyers who are not trained to oversee deportation hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Bay Area and other regions remain on high alert for more ICE enforcement, Alejo said her family’s story — and the support it inspired from strangers — offers hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel really proud of our family for doing this,” Alejo said. “It’s also been an amazing time to prove to our community that we can organize when we come together and push back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As in-person voting begins in California’s special election on redistricting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> has repeatedly asserted that the Trump administration could send immigration agents to polling places in an attempt to intimidate voters and depress turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s warnings, while unspecific, speak to what community leaders call real, palpable fears within some Latino communities that immigration agents could show up on Election Day. And ever since the Supreme Court greenlit using \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/la-immigration-sweeps-supreme-court/\">racial profiling in immigration stops\u003c/a>, even U.S. citizens are scared they could be detained simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going to likely see members of our military in and around polling booths and voting places all across this country,” Newsom warned last week during a virtual event with former President Barack Obama in support of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/prop-50/\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>. “I would say the same about ICE and Border Patrol, and I say that soberly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not provided any evidence to suggest that the Department of Homeland Security will deploy immigration agents to polling sites. But he pointed to the Los Angeles campaign launch event for Prop. 50, his plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats, where federal immigration agents blocked supporters from entering the area and detained a nearby strawberry vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement wrote in a statement that the agency “is not planning operations targeting polling locations,” but that if agents are tracking “a dangerous criminal alien” who goes near a voting site they could be arrested there. A spokesperson for Customs and Border Patrol did not respond to emailed questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man watches from an office window as protesters pass by during the Bay Resistance march in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governor argues that the Trump administration’s indiscriminate immigration raids, military and National Guard deployments are intended to suppress Democratic voters and keep Republicans in control of Congress for the duration of Trump’s presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the intention of this administration — to rig next year’s midterms,” Newsom told reporters recently. “It’s absolutely predictable. It’s a script that’s been written for centuries. It’s the authoritarian playbook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s Justice Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-monitor-polling-sites-california-new-jersey\">announced on Friday\u003c/a> that it will \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/proposition-50-election-monitors/\">deploy personnel to monitor polling sites in five counties\u003c/a>: Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside on Election Day. Fresno, Kern and Riverside counties are majority Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll monitors will “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,” according to the department. The administration has not said whether the agents will be stationed at polling sites in addition to county election offices where ballots are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats denounced the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deploying federal forces to ‘monitor’ elections is nothing more than an intimidation tactic meant to suppress the vote,” said Rusty Hicks, chair of the California Democratic Party. “What Republicans are really afraid of is record voter participation and a clear verdict from the people of California in support of Prop. 50.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Alarming’ number of Latinos fear ICE at polls\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of Californians vote by mail, especially since the state adopted universal mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just over 80% of votes cast in the 2024 presidential election were mail-in ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But casting a ballot in-person on Election Day is a point of pride for many American immigrants, especially Latinos, said Yvette Martinez, executive director of the California Democratic Party.[aside postID=news_12061545 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg']“It’s a cultural thing,” said Martinez. “People want to show up and say, ‘I’m patriotic, here’s my civic duty. I’m here to vote, I’m here to make my voice heard.’ And when you quell that, it’s dangerous. And it’s actually sad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://latinocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-LCF-Latino-Survey-Sept-2025-Results-by-Region.pdf\">September survey\u003c/a> of 1,200 registered Latino voters conducted by the Latino Community Foundation, a nonprofit that funds Latino advocacy, 53% said they planned to vote in person. Of those, more than half said they would vote on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same survey also found that two-thirds of the Latino voters surveyed said they were at least somewhat worried that ICE or Border Patrol agents could show up at polling places. The poll had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are citizens of this country. And if they are concerned about immigration or any type of federal presence at in-person voting sites, that is alarming,” said Christian Arana, who leads policy strategy for the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people want to vote in person, it is their fundamental right,” Arana said. “I never want us to buy into the fear that you can’t participate in democracy because immigration enforcement may show up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far in the race for Prop. 50, only 9% of registered Latino voters have returned their ballots, according to the most recent data available from Political Data Inc., compared to 19% of white voters and 13% of Black voters. California pollster Ben Tulchin, who recently surveyed Latino voters about Prop. 50, said those numbers “are not unusual” since Latino voters tend to lag other ethnic and racial groups in casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/anna-caballero-101330\">Sen. Anna Caballero\u003c/a>, Democrat of Merced, said U.S. citizens told her they’re afraid to go outside, especially when there have been reports of ICE sightings in the region. Many of her constituents come from mixed-status families in which some family members are citizens and others aren’t. She blames the Trump administration for terrifying those families so much that they don’t want to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/060625_ICE-Raid-DTLA_JWBH_CM_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt='A heavily armed individual in military-style gear and a gas mask stands behind yellow caution tape marked \"crime scene do not cross.\" They are holding a rifle and surrounded by others in tactical uniforms. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers gathers near a building with a sign that reads \"ambiance – not open to the public.\" The scene appears tense, unfolding in an urban area.'>\u003cfigcaption>Federal immigration authorities face off against protesters during an ICE raid at Ambiance Apparel in Downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. \u003cem>(J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This idea that all you have to do is pull out your driver’s license, or pull out some kind of documentation, that’s a fantasy,” said Caballero. “U.S. citizens have been detained and taken into custody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will\">investigation by ProPublica\u003c/a> found that at least 170 U.S. citizens have been wrongfully detained by ICE since the second Trump administration took office, prompting intense criticism from opponents. Top Democrats on the House and Senate government oversight committees, Rep. Robert Garcia of California and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, have opened an investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/esmeralda-soria-1989\">Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria\u003c/a>, another Merced Democrat and the daughter of Mexican immigrants, said ever since the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/la-immigration-sweeps-supreme-court/\">issued its racial profiling ruling\u003c/a> earlier this summer, she keeps her passport in her bag at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just because you may look like an immigrant — which I don’t even know what that really means — you know, I could also be targeted,” Soria said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘My voice will be heard’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Opponents of Newsom’s redistricting plan say the governor’s warnings about Election Day intimidation and interference from federal agents are exaggerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People see it for what it is. It’s politics, it’s headline-grabbing,” said Hector Barajas, a spokesperson for the No on 50 campaign.[aside postID=news_12061080 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2220045842-2000x1334.jpg']Barajas denounced Democrats for what he said was intentional disenfranchisement of nonwhite voters, since white college-educated voters are historically far more likely to turn out during off-year elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what happens with special elections, is people don’t turn out to vote, especially Hispanics, which is a sad tragedy in itself,” Barajas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said Democratic Party volunteers are for the first time urging voters to return their ballots early via mail or drop-off when they go door to door and handing out pamphlets with instructions for how to report any suspicious activity near polling sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party has also trained hundreds of volunteers as poll watchers who will monitor polling sites for signs of intimidation or federal interference starting the weekend before Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arana, with the Latino Community Foundation, said he’s choosing to vote in person as an act of defiance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m seeing this as a form of a declaration that I am a Latino man in the state,” he said. “My voice will be heard on this issue, and no one is ever gonna take that right away from me.”\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>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As in-person voting begins in California’s special election on redistricting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> has repeatedly asserted that the Trump administration could send immigration agents to polling places in an attempt to intimidate voters and depress turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s warnings, while unspecific, speak to what community leaders call real, palpable fears within some Latino communities that immigration agents could show up on Election Day. And ever since the Supreme Court greenlit using \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/la-immigration-sweeps-supreme-court/\">racial profiling in immigration stops\u003c/a>, even U.S. citizens are scared they could be detained simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going to likely see members of our military in and around polling booths and voting places all across this country,” Newsom warned last week during a virtual event with former President Barack Obama in support of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/prop-50/\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>. “I would say the same about ICE and Border Patrol, and I say that soberly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not provided any evidence to suggest that the Department of Homeland Security will deploy immigration agents to polling sites. But he pointed to the Los Angeles campaign launch event for Prop. 50, his plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats, where federal immigration agents blocked supporters from entering the area and detained a nearby strawberry vendor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement wrote in a statement that the agency “is not planning operations targeting polling locations,” but that if agents are tracking “a dangerous criminal alien” who goes near a voting site they could be arrested there. A spokesperson for Customs and Border Patrol did not respond to emailed questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251023_BAYRESISTANCE_HERNANDEZ-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man watches from an office window as protesters pass by during the Bay Resistance march in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governor argues that the Trump administration’s indiscriminate immigration raids, military and National Guard deployments are intended to suppress Democratic voters and keep Republicans in control of Congress for the duration of Trump’s presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the intention of this administration — to rig next year’s midterms,” Newsom told reporters recently. “It’s absolutely predictable. It’s a script that’s been written for centuries. It’s the authoritarian playbook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s Justice Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-monitor-polling-sites-california-new-jersey\">announced on Friday\u003c/a> that it will \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/proposition-50-election-monitors/\">deploy personnel to monitor polling sites in five counties\u003c/a>: Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside on Election Day. Fresno, Kern and Riverside counties are majority Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll monitors will “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,” according to the department. The administration has not said whether the agents will be stationed at polling sites in addition to county election offices where ballots are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats denounced the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deploying federal forces to ‘monitor’ elections is nothing more than an intimidation tactic meant to suppress the vote,” said Rusty Hicks, chair of the California Democratic Party. “What Republicans are really afraid of is record voter participation and a clear verdict from the people of California in support of Prop. 50.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Alarming’ number of Latinos fear ICE at polls\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of Californians vote by mail, especially since the state adopted universal mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just over 80% of votes cast in the 2024 presidential election were mail-in ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But casting a ballot in-person on Election Day is a point of pride for many American immigrants, especially Latinos, said Yvette Martinez, executive director of the California Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It’s a cultural thing,” said Martinez. “People want to show up and say, ‘I’m patriotic, here’s my civic duty. I’m here to vote, I’m here to make my voice heard.’ And when you quell that, it’s dangerous. And it’s actually sad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://latinocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.-LCF-Latino-Survey-Sept-2025-Results-by-Region.pdf\">September survey\u003c/a> of 1,200 registered Latino voters conducted by the Latino Community Foundation, a nonprofit that funds Latino advocacy, 53% said they planned to vote in person. Of those, more than half said they would vote on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same survey also found that two-thirds of the Latino voters surveyed said they were at least somewhat worried that ICE or Border Patrol agents could show up at polling places. The poll had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are citizens of this country. And if they are concerned about immigration or any type of federal presence at in-person voting sites, that is alarming,” said Christian Arana, who leads policy strategy for the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people want to vote in person, it is their fundamental right,” Arana said. “I never want us to buy into the fear that you can’t participate in democracy because immigration enforcement may show up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far in the race for Prop. 50, only 9% of registered Latino voters have returned their ballots, according to the most recent data available from Political Data Inc., compared to 19% of white voters and 13% of Black voters. California pollster Ben Tulchin, who recently surveyed Latino voters about Prop. 50, said those numbers “are not unusual” since Latino voters tend to lag other ethnic and racial groups in casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/anna-caballero-101330\">Sen. Anna Caballero\u003c/a>, Democrat of Merced, said U.S. citizens told her they’re afraid to go outside, especially when there have been reports of ICE sightings in the region. Many of her constituents come from mixed-status families in which some family members are citizens and others aren’t. She blames the Trump administration for terrifying those families so much that they don’t want to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/060625_ICE-Raid-DTLA_JWBH_CM_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt='A heavily armed individual in military-style gear and a gas mask stands behind yellow caution tape marked \"crime scene do not cross.\" They are holding a rifle and surrounded by others in tactical uniforms. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers gathers near a building with a sign that reads \"ambiance – not open to the public.\" The scene appears tense, unfolding in an urban area.'>\u003cfigcaption>Federal immigration authorities face off against protesters during an ICE raid at Ambiance Apparel in Downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. \u003cem>(J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This idea that all you have to do is pull out your driver’s license, or pull out some kind of documentation, that’s a fantasy,” said Caballero. “U.S. citizens have been detained and taken into custody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will\">investigation by ProPublica\u003c/a> found that at least 170 U.S. citizens have been wrongfully detained by ICE since the second Trump administration took office, prompting intense criticism from opponents. Top Democrats on the House and Senate government oversight committees, Rep. Robert Garcia of California and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, have opened an investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/esmeralda-soria-1989\">Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria\u003c/a>, another Merced Democrat and the daughter of Mexican immigrants, said ever since the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/la-immigration-sweeps-supreme-court/\">issued its racial profiling ruling\u003c/a> earlier this summer, she keeps her passport in her bag at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just because you may look like an immigrant — which I don’t even know what that really means — you know, I could also be targeted,” Soria said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘My voice will be heard’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Opponents of Newsom’s redistricting plan say the governor’s warnings about Election Day intimidation and interference from federal agents are exaggerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People see it for what it is. It’s politics, it’s headline-grabbing,” said Hector Barajas, a spokesperson for the No on 50 campaign.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie took a victory lap on Thursday after successfully convincing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061209/lurie-trump-is-calling-off-plans-to-send-federal-troops-to-san-francisco\">President Donald Trump to walk back plans\u003c/a> for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061080/federal-border-agents-to-arrive-in-bay-area-as-cities-brace-for-enforcement-surge\">federal immigration enforcement surge\u003c/a> in San Francisco — with some observers praising his political acumen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several city leaders are angered by the mayor telling the president during a late-night phone call this week that he still welcomes support from other federal law enforcement agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors representing neighborhoods with dense immigrant populations were quick to criticize Lurie for calling for additional federal law enforcement under the Trump administration, worried such cooperation could ultimately lead to more immigration-related arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Jackie Fielder, whose district includes the diverse Mission District, has been particularly vocal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I take issue with the mayor meeting with Pam Bondi and his statements to welcome ATF, FBI, DEA under Trump’s leadership, because they’ve all been deputized to carry out immigration enforcement,” Fielder said. “They are looking for any reason to criminalize immigrants, and lumping them in with drug dealers is only helping them with that task of having a mass deportation machine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Lurie, who has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">refrained from saying Trump’s name publicly\u003c/a>, said he spoke directly to Attorney General Pam Bondi about working with agencies like the FBI, DEA and ATF on drug enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061109\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a rally on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She echoed her willingness to partner with our local law enforcement to combat fentanyl and hold drug traffickers accountable,” Lurie said in a speech announcing Trump had changed his mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s swift pivot, after weeks of threatening to send in the National Guard, comes amid a backdrop of increasing arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents often directly outside San Francisco’s immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments after Lurie’s press conference on Thursday, announcing that Trump had backed off, Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who represents the Tenderloin, told reporters that one of his constituents had recently been arrested by ICE outside the city’s immigration courthouse.[aside postID=news_12061545 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg']“A man from Pakistan, which was the home country where my family is originally from, was detained at immigration court. These tactics create trauma and erode trust in the public institutions intended to serve and protect all residents,” Mahmood said. “[Trump] may be holding back for now, but whether it’s 100 agents or one, this is unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the mayor’s dealings with the Trump administration come as a relief to many who worried troops on the ground in San Francisco would only inspire more fear and chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Lurie deserves credit. There’s no doubt that he initiated some of these conversations, and it seems like a deliberate strategy to enlist the support of people such as Marc Benioff, a rich businessman, that Trump might listen to,” said Jason McDaniel, a politics professor at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who formerly supported Democratic candidates, came under fire for praising Trump and supporting calls to send the National Guard to San Francisco. Lurie spoke directly with Benioff, who later \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060384/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-walks-back-call-for-national-guard-to-san-francisco\">walked back his remarks and apologized\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As tensions this week over a potential National Guard deployment loomed, Lurie repeatedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061106/sf-mayor-directs-police-to-protect-immigrants-protestors-ahead-of-anticipated-raids\">affirmed the city’s sanctuary status\u003c/a>, meaning local police cannot aid federal immigration enforcement. But the city also can’t interfere with these agencies operating in San Francisco, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038606\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Police Department officer drives through the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco on May 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city already partners with agencies like the FBI, DEA and ATF as part of a \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/hendricks-sf-fentanyl-sanctuary\">multi-agency crackdown on fentanyl dealing in the Tenderloin\u003c/a>. These agencies also assist with immigration enforcement, have the power to arrest and can turn people over to ICE for potential deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some city leaders want to see more of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If drug dealers are undocumented immigrants and committing a crime in our city, they should be deported,” said Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who represents the South of Market neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. attorney general’s office has cut back on street-level drug-dealing cases, Dorsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was disappointing … having a good, strong cooperative federal partnership could mean a big difference,” Dorsey said, applauding the mayor’s negotiation with the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks with District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey before a press conference about strategies to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco, on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Previous administrations have also brought in state resources like the California Highway Patrol to assist with drug trafficking. Last year, Lurie made combating outdoor drug use and dealing a key component of his mayoral campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Asking for help from federal and state governments to bring more resources to bear is certainly something that I can see being a popular position and one that is consistent with the positions that Lurie has laid out,” McDaniel said of Lurie’s messaging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drug arrests and citations have increased in San Francisco this year, according to city data, and the first-term mayor claimed that the support of federal law enforcement has been helpful in that mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an ongoing partnership … to tackle fentanyl,” Lurie said when asked about concerns that increased law enforcement from other federal agencies could threaten immigrants. “We’ve made progress, but we still have a lot of work to do on this front. 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Trump also \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115424560133045127\">posted to Truth Social, praising Lurie\u003c/a> for the city’s progress on crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But outside City Hall, at a rally with labor unions, nurses echoed Fielder’s concerns. Many feared that immigrants with no connections to the drug trade could be targeted and racially profiled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said increasing law enforcement to handle street-level drug challenges, including fentanyl dealing and overdoses, could have adverse public health effects.[aside postID=news_12061209 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250428_WarrantlessSearches_GC-29_qed.jpg']“It would just exacerbate the problem,” said Amy Erb, a registered ICU nurse in San Francisco and member of the California Nurses Association board of directors. “If we need any help from the feds, it’s to help give us health care, housing and education. 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There’s no doubt that he initiated some of these conversations, and it seems like a deliberate strategy to enlist the support of people such as Marc Benioff, a rich businessman, that Trump might listen to,” said Jason McDaniel, a politics professor at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who formerly supported Democratic candidates, came under fire for praising Trump and supporting calls to send the National Guard to San Francisco. Lurie spoke directly with Benioff, who later \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060384/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-walks-back-call-for-national-guard-to-san-francisco\">walked back his remarks and apologized\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As tensions this week over a potential National Guard deployment loomed, Lurie repeatedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061106/sf-mayor-directs-police-to-protect-immigrants-protestors-ahead-of-anticipated-raids\">affirmed the city’s sanctuary status\u003c/a>, meaning local police cannot aid federal immigration enforcement. But the city also can’t interfere with these agencies operating in San Francisco, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038606\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250502-TENDERLOINTRIAGECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Police Department officer drives through the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco on May 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city already partners with agencies like the FBI, DEA and ATF as part of a \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/hendricks-sf-fentanyl-sanctuary\">multi-agency crackdown on fentanyl dealing in the Tenderloin\u003c/a>. These agencies also assist with immigration enforcement, have the power to arrest and can turn people over to ICE for potential deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some city leaders want to see more of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If drug dealers are undocumented immigrants and committing a crime in our city, they should be deported,” said Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who represents the South of Market neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. attorney general’s office has cut back on street-level drug-dealing cases, Dorsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was disappointing … having a good, strong cooperative federal partnership could mean a big difference,” Dorsey said, applauding the mayor’s negotiation with the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-002-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks with District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey before a press conference about strategies to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco, on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Previous administrations have also brought in state resources like the California Highway Patrol to assist with drug trafficking. 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