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"content": "\u003cp>A major component of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump’s\u003c/a> approach to cracking down on immigration focuses on so-called sanctuary jurisdictions — cities, counties and states that have laws or policies restricting local officials from helping with immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 13 states and hundreds of cities and counties nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016037/california-is-a-sanctuary-state-how-much-protection-will-that-give-immigrants-from-trumps-deportation-plans\">have policies\u003c/a> that set rules on how and when local police can assist federal authorities with immigration actions. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024325/sf-leaders-reaffirm-sanctuary-city-status-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown\">Supporters argue\u003c/a> the policies keep communities safe by ensuring that immigrants feel comfortable reporting crimes and cooperating with law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Trump’s political rise has forced this debate to the forefront, sanctuary laws and policies are not new, and some are decades old. However, they are facing renewed scrutiny in both courts and public opinion because of Trump’s aggressive stance against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since he took office on Jan. 20, Trump has issued an \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\">executive order\u003c/a> directing the federal government to cut off funding for sanctuary cities, counties and states. The Department of Justice issued two \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388531/dl?inline\">memos\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25501154-doj-all-staff-memo-jan-21/\">instructing\u003c/a> federal law enforcement to investigate and prosecute local officials who don’t actively assist in immigration enforcement. Additionally, the Department of Justice has filed lawsuits against Illinois and New York, challenging their sanctuary laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary jurisdictions have also gone on the offensive, with San Francisco and Santa Clara counties \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-07-Complaint.pdf\">leading a lawsuit\u003c/a> challenging the administration’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11367881/long-history-of-sanctuary-laws-debate-in-san-francisco\">Here’s how we got here in San Francisco\u003c/a>, which was among the first places to enact sanctuary policies and laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" 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 fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday, 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\u003ch2>How did sanctuary policies emerge?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary policies arose in the 1980s in response to civil wars in Central America and refugees fleeing war-torn countries in the region. Berkeley was the first to have one in the Bay Area, followed by San Francisco. Initially, these were either policy statements passed by lawmakers without legal teeth behind them or simply police agency policies. Eventually, many were passed into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then-President Ronald Reagan’s administration refused to recognize Central American migrants as asylum seekers. Federal immigration authorities would regularly show up at jails to look at records and question incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How did San Francisco become a sanctuary city?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The pivotal moment occurred in 1989 when San Francisco police officers joined federal immigration authorities to raid a Mission District dance club, Club Elegante. Dozens of people were detained for hours, some of them American citizens, and it sparked a political firestorm. Later that year, the city’s sanctuary ordinance was passed into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Has there always been support for these policies in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Generally, yes, but there have been moments of controversy, including after a horrific triple murder in 2008 when Gov. Gavin Newsom was San Francisco’s mayor. An undocumented gang member gunned down Tony Bologna and two of his children in a case of mistaken identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooter, Edwin Ramos, had previously been convicted of several violent felonies as a minor, but city officials didn’t turn him over to immigration officials because, at the time, San Francisco had a policy never to hand over juveniles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12027154 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240408-FCIDublin-012-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ensuing political outrage, including national attention, prompted Newsom to change city policy and begin turning over undocumented juveniles merely accused of felonies, a move that sparked backlash in the broader community and at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors ultimately passed a law clarifying only juveniles convicted of a felony should be handed over. (\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54\">Current state law\u003c/a> mandates that anyone convicted of serious or violent crime can be handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement from prisons and jails; thousands have been in recent years.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another tragic case in 2015 again focused attention on San Francisco when 32-year-old Kate Steinle was fatally shot as she walked along an Embarcadero pier. Her accused killer, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, had previously been deported five times and had just been released from San Francisco County Jail when the shooting occurred. He was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11633296/steinle-trial-verdict\">acquitted of murder\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although federal officials blamed San Francisco’s sanctuary policy in both cases, evidence shows immigration officials were aware of both men and could have deported them. Lopez-Sanchez was in federal custody before authorities transferred him to San Francisco to face a 20-year-old marijuana charge, a relatively minor offense. And the gun he used was stolen from a federal park ranger who had left it in his car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal authorities decided not to deport Ramos because they were trying to build a larger case around gang activity. Additionally, Ramos had applied for legal status, so they knew his whereabouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Did the controversies result in San Francisco changing its law?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There were attempts to tighten city law, but the 10 amendments to San Francisco’s sanctuary ordinance made it even harder for local officials to cooperate with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those changes were initiated not in response to a Republican administration in Washington, D.C., but to policies rolled out under former Democratic President Barack Obama. Most of the pushback focused on a program called “Secure Communities,” which automatically sent the fingerprints of every person booked into a jail to immigration officials so they could check their legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer escorts a man in handcuffs during an operation in Escondido on July 8, 2019. \u003ccite>(Gregory Bull/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It also allowed ICE to send requests to local jails to hold undocumented immigrants after they qualified for release. Some counties ignored the requests and sued. In 2014, a federal appeals court ruled that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/us/politics/fearing-lawsuits-sheriffs-balk-at-us-request-to-detain-noncitizens-for-extra-time.html?_r=0\">jails could be legally liable\u003c/a> for violating someone’s civil rights against unlawful detention since the requests were not legally binding warrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to Secure Communities, San Francisco passed a law in 2013 that limits the city’s cooperation with ICE to cases involving violent felons. A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB4\">similar law\u003c/a> was passed at the state level around the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, though, the city passed another law making it slightly easier for local officials to cooperate with ICE. The law lets the sheriff notify immigration officials about an incarcerated person accused of a violent felony if the person was convicted of a violent or serious felony in the past seven years and if a judge decides there’s probable cause for the current charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s at stake now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary jurisdictions like San Francisco believe the law is on their side and that constitutional provisions will protect them from the Trump administration’s attacks. Currently, the debate is largely playing out in court, with lawsuits pending in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">California\u003c/a>, Illinois and New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read more about the history of San Francisco’s sanctuary laws \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11367881/long-history-of-sanctuary-laws-debate-in-san-francisco\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since he took office on Jan. 20, Trump has issued an \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\">executive order\u003c/a> directing the federal government to cut off funding for sanctuary cities, counties and states. The Department of Justice issued two \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388531/dl?inline\">memos\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25501154-doj-all-staff-memo-jan-21/\">instructing\u003c/a> federal law enforcement to investigate and prosecute local officials who don’t actively assist in immigration enforcement. Additionally, the Department of Justice has filed lawsuits against Illinois and New York, challenging their sanctuary laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary jurisdictions have also gone on the offensive, with San Francisco and Santa Clara counties \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-07-Complaint.pdf\">leading a lawsuit\u003c/a> challenging the administration’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11367881/long-history-of-sanctuary-laws-debate-in-san-francisco\">Here’s how we got here in San Francisco\u003c/a>, which was among the first places to enact sanctuary policies and laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" 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 fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday, 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\u003ch2>How did sanctuary policies emerge?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary policies arose in the 1980s in response to civil wars in Central America and refugees fleeing war-torn countries in the region. Berkeley was the first to have one in the Bay Area, followed by San Francisco. Initially, these were either policy statements passed by lawmakers without legal teeth behind them or simply police agency policies. Eventually, many were passed into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then-President Ronald Reagan’s administration refused to recognize Central American migrants as asylum seekers. Federal immigration authorities would regularly show up at jails to look at records and question incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How did San Francisco become a sanctuary city?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The pivotal moment occurred in 1989 when San Francisco police officers joined federal immigration authorities to raid a Mission District dance club, Club Elegante. Dozens of people were detained for hours, some of them American citizens, and it sparked a political firestorm. Later that year, the city’s sanctuary ordinance was passed into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Has there always been support for these policies in San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Generally, yes, but there have been moments of controversy, including after a horrific triple murder in 2008 when Gov. Gavin Newsom was San Francisco’s mayor. An undocumented gang member gunned down Tony Bologna and two of his children in a case of mistaken identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooter, Edwin Ramos, had previously been convicted of several violent felonies as a minor, but city officials didn’t turn him over to immigration officials because, at the time, San Francisco had a policy never to hand over juveniles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ensuing political outrage, including national attention, prompted Newsom to change city policy and begin turning over undocumented juveniles merely accused of felonies, a move that sparked backlash in the broader community and at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors ultimately passed a law clarifying only juveniles convicted of a felony should be handed over. (\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54\">Current state law\u003c/a> mandates that anyone convicted of serious or violent crime can be handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement from prisons and jails; thousands have been in recent years.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another tragic case in 2015 again focused attention on San Francisco when 32-year-old Kate Steinle was fatally shot as she walked along an Embarcadero pier. Her accused killer, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, had previously been deported five times and had just been released from San Francisco County Jail when the shooting occurred. He was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11633296/steinle-trial-verdict\">acquitted of murder\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although federal officials blamed San Francisco’s sanctuary policy in both cases, evidence shows immigration officials were aware of both men and could have deported them. Lopez-Sanchez was in federal custody before authorities transferred him to San Francisco to face a 20-year-old marijuana charge, a relatively minor offense. And the gun he used was stolen from a federal park ranger who had left it in his car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal authorities decided not to deport Ramos because they were trying to build a larger case around gang activity. Additionally, Ramos had applied for legal status, so they knew his whereabouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Did the controversies result in San Francisco changing its law?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There were attempts to tighten city law, but the 10 amendments to San Francisco’s sanctuary ordinance made it even harder for local officials to cooperate with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those changes were initiated not in response to a Republican administration in Washington, D.C., but to policies rolled out under former Democratic President Barack Obama. Most of the pushback focused on a program called “Secure Communities,” which automatically sent the fingerprints of every person booked into a jail to immigration officials so they could check their legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020625-ICE-Arrest-AP-GB-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer escorts a man in handcuffs during an operation in Escondido on July 8, 2019. \u003ccite>(Gregory Bull/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It also allowed ICE to send requests to local jails to hold undocumented immigrants after they qualified for release. Some counties ignored the requests and sued. In 2014, a federal appeals court ruled that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/us/politics/fearing-lawsuits-sheriffs-balk-at-us-request-to-detain-noncitizens-for-extra-time.html?_r=0\">jails could be legally liable\u003c/a> for violating someone’s civil rights against unlawful detention since the requests were not legally binding warrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to Secure Communities, San Francisco passed a law in 2013 that limits the city’s cooperation with ICE to cases involving violent felons. A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB4\">similar law\u003c/a> was passed at the state level around the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, though, the city passed another law making it slightly easier for local officials to cooperate with ICE. The law lets the sheriff notify immigration officials about an incarcerated person accused of a violent felony if the person was convicted of a violent or serious felony in the past seven years and if a judge decides there’s probable cause for the current charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s at stake now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary jurisdictions like San Francisco believe the law is on their side and that constitutional provisions will protect them from the Trump administration’s attacks. Currently, the debate is largely playing out in court, with lawsuits pending in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">California\u003c/a>, Illinois and New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read more about the history of San Francisco’s sanctuary laws \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11367881/long-history-of-sanctuary-laws-debate-in-san-francisco\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026817/ice-schools-and-children-what-families-should-know\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pánico se ha extendido por las comunidades inmigrantes de California desde la toma de protesta del presidente Donald Trump ante sus promesas de llevar a cabo deportaciones masivas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunas familias inmigrantes en el Área de la Bahía \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025930/keeping-ice-out-of-classrooms-how-california-leaders-are-stepping-up-efforts\">dicen que esta sensación de miedo ya está afectando su vida cotidiana\u003c/a> y se agudiza por los frecuentes rumores de supuestos operativos del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (o ICE por sus siglas en inglés) a nivel local.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, la Casa Blanca recientemente anunció que los agentes de inmigración ahora pueden trabajar en “lugares delicados” como iglesias y escuelas. Esto ha elevado el pánico aún más entre familias inmigrantes: una madre del Este de la Bahía compartió con KQED que su hija adolescente se había dado cuenta de que muchos de sus compañeros de clase habían dejado de ir a la escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se quedan en casa porque tienen miedo de que los arresten”, dijo Reina, que pidió que no se revelara su apellido. “O de que se lleven a sus padres mientras están en clase”.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nSegún el Portal de Datos de Inmigrantes de California, en 2021, el 20% de los menores del estado, alrededor de 1.8 millones de personas, \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">eran indocumentados o vivían con alguien que no tenga papeles\u003c/a>. Este era el caso del \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">32% de los adolescentes y niños latinos y en el 19% de jóvenes asiáticos.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Así que si usted pertenece a una familia que se ha visto afectada por los planes de deportación de la administración, siga leyendo para saber cómo los expertos y defensores recomiendan a los padres y tutores hablar con los jóvenes sobre sus derechos en lo que respecta a la aplicación de la ley de inmigración, y cómo prepararse para los peores escenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenga en cuenta que esto no es asesoría legal, y siempre se recomienda que consulte a un abogado de inmigración para que le oriente sobre la situación específica de su familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Ir directo a:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"#schools\">¿Qué deben saber las familias sobre ICE en las escuelas?\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"#talk\">¿Cómo debe hablar con sus hijos sobre ICE en las noticias?\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>¿En qué consiste un “plan de preparación familiar”?\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kristina Lovato, directora del Centro de Inmigración e Iniciativa de Bienestar Infantil de la Universidad de California en Berkeley, dijo que es “muy importante” que todas las familias que puedan verse afectadas por la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración tengan lo que las agencias y organizaciones llaman “un plan de preparación familiar” en caso de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Plan%20De%20Preparacio%CC%81n%20Familiar_Nov%202024.pdf\">Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes\u003c/a> (ILRC por sus siglas en inglés) cuenta con un kit de herramientas muy completo que ofrece orientación sobre cómo prepararse para este tipo de situaciones, centrándose en un plan de cuidados para los niños.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ejemplo, el ILRC recomienda que los padres designen a un adulto de confianza para que cuide de sus hijos en caso de que sean detenidos o deportados. (Existe la posibilidad de que un niño \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement\">entre en el sistema de bienestar infantil\u003c/a> después de que uno de sus padres sea detenido o deportado).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hay tres vías para designar a un adulto de confianza para que cuide de su hijo:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buscar a otro adulto que pueda aceptar verbalmente cuidar de su hijo en una situación en la que usted no pueda hacerlo. La desventaja de un acuerdo verbal es que el adulto de confianza puede no ser capaz de tomar ciertas decisiones por su hijo, como decisiones médicas, en caso de que su padre o cuidador sea deportado.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Completar una \u003ca href=\"https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/caregiver.pdf\">Declaración Jurada de Autorización del Cuidador\u003c/a> para que el adulto de confianza también pueda tomar decisiones escolares y médicas en nombre de su hijo. Esta opción no afecta a sus derechos parentales.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haga que el tribunal \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-11/gc211.pdf\">nombre a un tutor para su hijo\u003c/a> completando un formulario GC-211. Este nuevo tutor puede, en determinadas situaciones, tomar más decisiones que un cuidador autorizado en nombre de su hijo, y la tutela también puede ser condicional, para «entrar en vigor» si un padre o cuidador es deportado. Esta vía no le quita sus derechos como padre, pero los suspende al otorgar la custodia legal de su hijo a otra persona, lo que la convierte en “una decisión seria”, señala el ILRC, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\"> y que debe ir acompañada de asesoramiento legal\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>En cualquier caso, los padres o cuidadores deben informar a sus hijos de su plan, recomienda ILRC, diciéndoles exactamente con quién se quedarían si ellos no estuvieran allí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El kit de herramientas también sugiere documentar los medicamentos y las condiciones médicas de su hijo, como las alergias, y entregar una copia a su escuela y otra al adulto que haya designado como cuidador de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independientemente de la nacionalidad de su hijo, los defensores sugieren asegurarse de que tenga un pasaporte.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"schools\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>¿Qué deben saber las familias sobre ICE en las escuelas?\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Familiarícese con la política de California\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde las elecciones, California se ha \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">preparado para impugnar las acciones de la administración Trump que el estado considere ilegales\u003c/a>. Y aunque \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">ICE todavía puede realizar operaciones en California\u003c/a>, el estado no les proporciona recursos para hacer cumplir las leyes de inmigración, excepto en casos de detención de personas \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299940659.html\">condenadas por delitos graves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No importa quién esté en la Casa Blanca, en California seguiremos liderando con los valores de California”, dijo el fiscal general del estado, Rob Bonta, en \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">un comunicado de prensa en diciembre\u003c/a>. “Mi oficina seguirá utilizando toda la fuerza de la ley y todas las herramientas a nuestra disposición para proteger los derechos de los inmigrantes de California, y necesitamos personal en estos lugares críticos para hacer lo mismo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No podemos permitir que la campaña de deportación de Trump cree una cultura de miedo y desconfianza que impida a los inmigrantes acceder a servicios públicos vitales”, dijo Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La ley de California \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">limita la participación estatal y local en las actividades de control migratorio\u003c/a>. La oficina de Bonta actualizó su guía oficial sobre el control migratorio en el estado, estipulando que los juzgados estatales, los centros de salud públicos y las escuelas públicas \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">están obligados a adoptar estas políticas “o políticas equivalentes”\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La guía actualizada del estado para el personal de escuelas y campus universitarios \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">establece que\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se debe notificar al administrador de la agencia educativa local de cualquier solicitud de un oficial de inmigración para entrar en el campus\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se pida ver y hacer copias de las credenciales del oficial, incluyendo el nombre y el número de placa; el número de teléfono de su supervisor; cualquier documentación que permita el acceso a la escuela, como una orden judicial\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se documente las acciones de cualquier oficial que entre en las instalaciones sin consentimiento\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se notifique a los representantes de los niños lo antes posible de cualquier actividad de ICE, y hacerlo antes de que un agente interrogue o retire a un estudiante con fines de cumplimiento de la ley de inmigración (“\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">a menos que lo impida una orden judicial o una citación\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se comparta con el Departamento de Justicia de California detalles de cualquier intento de un agente de inmigración de acceder a un centro escolar enviando un correo electrónico a \u003ca href=\"mailto:immigration@doj.ca.gov\">immigration@doj.ca.gov\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Según el fiscal general del estado, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">su familia y sus hijos tienen derecho a\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Una educación pública, independientemente del estatus migratorio de los padres o cuidadores.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Que los documentos permanezcan privados y protegidos por las escuelas, y que solo puedan ser divulgados con el permiso del tutor o en respuesta a una orden judicial o citación.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presentar una queja o denunciar un \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827832/what-is-a-hate-crime-and-what-you-can-do-if-you-experience-one\">delito de odio\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Si alguien en California sospecha que una escuela o su personal están ayudando a ICE, el fiscal general del estado, Rob Bonta, les instó a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">informar de estas preocupaciones a su oficina\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Conozca su derechos a permanecer en silencio\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un agente de ICE puede acercarse a un menor en un espacio público para hacerle preguntas o pedirle su identificación, dijo Lovato. Pero en este caso, y en \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">casi todos los casos con las fuerzas del orden\u003c/a>, el joven debe saber que no tiene que responder a ninguna pregunta, según los expertos legales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores aconsejan que los niños \u003ca href=\"https://mobilizationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/What-to-do-if-ICE-Comes-to-Your-School.pdf\">no huyan y traten de mantener la calma\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un menor puede declarar que quiere permanecer en silencio hasta que hable con un abogado”, dijo Lovato. “No conteste a ninguna pregunta sobre su lugar de nacimiento, su situación migratoria o cómo ha entrado en Estados Unidos”. Lovato también recomendó no dar a un agente de ICE “ninguna información personal sobre usted o sobre alguien de su familia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores dicen que también puede ser útil que un niño lleve consigo \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">una tarjeta que detalle sus derechos\u003c/a> cuando salga. Puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">encontrar una versión imprimible en el Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED también tiene una guía \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">sobre lo que los defensores y expertos legales dicen que puede hacer durante los encuentros con ICE\u003c/a>, que incluye detalles como cómo distinguir a un agente de ICE de un oficial de policía y lo que los defensores recomiendan hacer si ICE toca a su puerta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si es una acción segura, los expertos legales dicen que su hijo también puede intentar grabar las acciones de ICE. KQED también tiene una \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\">guía sobre sus derechos al grabar a los agentes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>¿Qué puede hacer ICE con los niños?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Immigration-Detention-Factsheet_FINAL.pdf\">está obligado a entregar a los niños\u003c/a> a la Oficina de Reasentamiento de Refugiados, que forma parte del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU., en un plazo de 72 horas. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf\">Sin embargo, esta norma ya se ha infringido anteriormente\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si está buscando a un menor que ha sido detenido, puede llamar, enviar un mensaje de texto o un mensaje (a través de Whatsapp) a la \u003ca href=\"https://acf.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/national-call-center-eng.pdf\">Oficina de Reasentamiento de Refugiados\u003c/a> al 1-800-203-7001 o enviar un correo electrónico a information@ORRNCC.com.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si su hijo tiene 18 años o más, puede utilizar el \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">Sistema de Localización de Detenidos en Línea de ICE\u003c/a> para buscarlo. Según el\u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\"> Proyecto de Defensa de los Solicitantes de Asilo\u003c/a>, es posible que una persona tarde unos días en aparecer en esta base de datos de ICE. Si esta persona sigue sin aparecer en la base de datos después de esos días, puede ponerse en contacto con organizaciones de defensa como \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a> a través de \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/reunite\">su formulario en línea\u003c/a> o llamando al 209-757-3733.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otras organizaciones que apoyan a los niños son \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/\">Legal Services for Children\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://supportkind.org/\">Kids in Need of Defense\u003c/a> y el \u003ca href=\"https://www.es.icwclaw.org/\">Immigration Center for Women and Children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-CITY-HALL-SF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-CITY-HALL-SF.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-CITY-HALL-SF-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-CITY-HALL-SF-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-CITY-HALL-SF-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-CITY-HALL-SF-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Vara (izquierda), con ell Latino Task Force, está de pie junto a un grupo de funcionarios electos y de seguridad pública, líderes sindicales y miembros de la comunidad que llenan los escalones frente al Ayuntamiento de San Francisco el 28 de enero durante una conferencia de prensa para reafirmar el compromiso de San Francisco de ser una ciudad santuario. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>¿Cómo debe hablar con sus hijos sobre ICE en la prensa?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lovato estudió el impacto de las deportaciones en las familias de Los Ángeles durante la primera administración Trump. Dijo que muchos jóvenes de estas familias se enfrentaban a una “\u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvjhzrh4\">pérdida incierta\u003c/a>” tras ver cómo uno de sus padres era separado de ellos por la fuerza, junto con la incertidumbre de cuándo podrían reunirse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es un tipo de pérdida que a menudo pasa desapercibida para el público en general”, dijo. También señaló que muchos de los niños del estudio que habían visto cómo deportaban a sus padres experimentaron la ansiedad de que ellos mismos, u otros miembros de la familia, serían los siguientes, incluso si tenían documentación.[aside label ='Más en español' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Es fácil para los jóvenes y los niños captar cualquier sensación de tensión a su alrededor, y los niños “lo oyen todo”, dijo Ioanna Angelakis, terapeuta familiar y matrimonial de San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pueden escuchar [algo] de una manera que no pueden entender y no pueden procesar”, dijo. “Este estrés puede manifestarse de diferentes maneras en los niños, como portarse mal en la escuela”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por eso, dijo que los padres y cuidadores deberían intentar explicar las cosas a sus hijos con un lenguaje adecuado a su edad. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-families-and-educators\">La Asociación Nacional de Psicólogos Escolares\u003c/a> (o NASP por sus siglas en inglés)ofrece este consejo sobre cómo explicar los traumas, especialmente en las escuelas, a diferentes grupos de edad. KQED también tiene \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915314/como-hablar-con-los-ninos-cuando-las-noticias-dan-miedo\">varias guías\u003c/a> sobre cómo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965530/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-traumatic-world-events\">hablar con los niños\u003c/a> cuando \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event\">las noticias son preocupantes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos consejos concretos que los defensores sugieren para padres y cuidadores:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dar seguridad a los hijos\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que, aunque puede ser difícil, los padres deben “controlar sus propios miedos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dijo que los padres deben explicar a sus hijos, incluso si son adolescentes, que su familia “seguirá protegiéndolos” y harán todo lo posible para “asegurarse de que los niños estén a salvo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No hay una solución fácil para todo esto y es realmente aterrador si una familia está en peligro”, dijo. Pero Angelakis dijo que el tono reconfortante de los padres puede ayudar a los niños a no desarrollar una ansiedad tremenda, o a no reflejar sus miedos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dígale a su hijo que tiene un plan\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que los padres deberían intentar “contener” la ansiedad que siente su hijo y hacerle saber que “nuestra familia tiene un plan y estamos haciendo todo lo posible para mantenernos a salvo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos planes incluirían las situaciones de guardería y tutela de apoyo sugeridas por el ILRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dígale a su hijo que no tiene que decir nada a la fuerzas del orden\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que los adultos, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/arrest#:~:text=Your%20child%20has%20the%20right,the%20court%20will%20appoint%20one.\">los niños tienen derecho a permanecer en silencio\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">cuando interactúan con ICE\u003c/a> de acuerdo con la ley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, los defensores reconocen que, para algunos niños, acudir a un agente de policía o proporcionar información a personas o escuelas podría no ser útil para ellos o sus familias. Este puede ser el caso de un niño de una familia de estatus mixto, o de un joven cuya comunidad ha experimentado históricamente respuestas violentas por parte de la policía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lovato explicó que las organizaciones de inmigración han estado animando a los padres a decírselo a sus hijos y a practicar en casa la costumbre de “decir no a ICE. En realidad, verbalmente, recitándolo y practicándolo: simplemente decir no”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Controle su propia ansiedad\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que en muchas situaciones, el miedo está justificado y es racional, ya que para muchos, los encabezados de ICE les llegan muy cerca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero enfatizó que los padres deben tratar de regular su reacción cuando hablan con sus hijos. Una manera de que los encargados de los niños controlen su propia ansiedad es consultar con otras personas de confianza en su vida, y asegurarse de que no se están “dejando llevar por sus propios temores”, dijo Angelakis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto incluye “asegurarse de respirar correctamente”, recomendó. Y que “transmitamos la información relevante al niño” de una manera que no “aumente la ansiedad de nadie”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las siguientes son \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/espanol/\">algunas de las sugerencias que hacen los defensores para lograrlo\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dejar que su hijo exprese sus sentimientos, pero no dejar que intente consolarle\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dar a un niño algunas medidas positivas de control, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/recuperar-seguridad-emocional/\">como decidir qué cenar o elegir un juego\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ser un modelo a seguir sobre cómo manejar la angustia y los conflictos, como asegurarse de que el enojo se presente como algo “controlado” en lugar de “fuera de control”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que, aunque las familias también pueden intentar limitar la información que reciben, reconoce que muchas familias están escuchando sobre situaciones “aterradoras” que son difíciles de ignorar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es muy importante que tengamos estas conversaciones con los niños y que minimicemos cualquier tipo de conversación que genere o aumente la ansiedad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero enfatiza: “Los niños son increíbles. Y súper fuertes y muy inteligentes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Este reportaje contiene información de las periodistas Tyche Hendricks y Ki Sung, de KQED.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y esa traducción fue editada por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nSegún el Portal de Datos de Inmigrantes de California, en 2021, el 20% de los menores del estado, alrededor de 1.8 millones de personas, \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">eran indocumentados o vivían con alguien que no tenga papeles\u003c/a>. Este era el caso del \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">32% de los adolescentes y niños latinos y en el 19% de jóvenes asiáticos.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Así que si usted pertenece a una familia que se ha visto afectada por los planes de deportación de la administración, siga leyendo para saber cómo los expertos y defensores recomiendan a los padres y tutores hablar con los jóvenes sobre sus derechos en lo que respecta a la aplicación de la ley de inmigración, y cómo prepararse para los peores escenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenga en cuenta que esto no es asesoría legal, y siempre se recomienda que consulte a un abogado de inmigración para que le oriente sobre la situación específica de su familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Ir directo a:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"#schools\">¿Qué deben saber las familias sobre ICE en las escuelas?\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"#talk\">¿Cómo debe hablar con sus hijos sobre ICE en las noticias?\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>¿En qué consiste un “plan de preparación familiar”?\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kristina Lovato, directora del Centro de Inmigración e Iniciativa de Bienestar Infantil de la Universidad de California en Berkeley, dijo que es “muy importante” que todas las familias que puedan verse afectadas por la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración tengan lo que las agencias y organizaciones llaman “un plan de preparación familiar” en caso de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Plan%20De%20Preparacio%CC%81n%20Familiar_Nov%202024.pdf\">Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes\u003c/a> (ILRC por sus siglas en inglés) cuenta con un kit de herramientas muy completo que ofrece orientación sobre cómo prepararse para este tipo de situaciones, centrándose en un plan de cuidados para los niños.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ejemplo, el ILRC recomienda que los padres designen a un adulto de confianza para que cuide de sus hijos en caso de que sean detenidos o deportados. (Existe la posibilidad de que un niño \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement\">entre en el sistema de bienestar infantil\u003c/a> después de que uno de sus padres sea detenido o deportado).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hay tres vías para designar a un adulto de confianza para que cuide de su hijo:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buscar a otro adulto que pueda aceptar verbalmente cuidar de su hijo en una situación en la que usted no pueda hacerlo. La desventaja de un acuerdo verbal es que el adulto de confianza puede no ser capaz de tomar ciertas decisiones por su hijo, como decisiones médicas, en caso de que su padre o cuidador sea deportado.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Completar una \u003ca href=\"https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/caregiver.pdf\">Declaración Jurada de Autorización del Cuidador\u003c/a> para que el adulto de confianza también pueda tomar decisiones escolares y médicas en nombre de su hijo. Esta opción no afecta a sus derechos parentales.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haga que el tribunal \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-11/gc211.pdf\">nombre a un tutor para su hijo\u003c/a> completando un formulario GC-211. Este nuevo tutor puede, en determinadas situaciones, tomar más decisiones que un cuidador autorizado en nombre de su hijo, y la tutela también puede ser condicional, para «entrar en vigor» si un padre o cuidador es deportado. Esta vía no le quita sus derechos como padre, pero los suspende al otorgar la custodia legal de su hijo a otra persona, lo que la convierte en “una decisión seria”, señala el ILRC, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\"> y que debe ir acompañada de asesoramiento legal\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>En cualquier caso, los padres o cuidadores deben informar a sus hijos de su plan, recomienda ILRC, diciéndoles exactamente con quién se quedarían si ellos no estuvieran allí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El kit de herramientas también sugiere documentar los medicamentos y las condiciones médicas de su hijo, como las alergias, y entregar una copia a su escuela y otra al adulto que haya designado como cuidador de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independientemente de la nacionalidad de su hijo, los defensores sugieren asegurarse de que tenga un pasaporte.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"schools\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>¿Qué deben saber las familias sobre ICE en las escuelas?\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Familiarícese con la política de California\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde las elecciones, California se ha \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">preparado para impugnar las acciones de la administración Trump que el estado considere ilegales\u003c/a>. Y aunque \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">ICE todavía puede realizar operaciones en California\u003c/a>, el estado no les proporciona recursos para hacer cumplir las leyes de inmigración, excepto en casos de detención de personas \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299940659.html\">condenadas por delitos graves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No importa quién esté en la Casa Blanca, en California seguiremos liderando con los valores de California”, dijo el fiscal general del estado, Rob Bonta, en \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">un comunicado de prensa en diciembre\u003c/a>. “Mi oficina seguirá utilizando toda la fuerza de la ley y todas las herramientas a nuestra disposición para proteger los derechos de los inmigrantes de California, y necesitamos personal en estos lugares críticos para hacer lo mismo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No podemos permitir que la campaña de deportación de Trump cree una cultura de miedo y desconfianza que impida a los inmigrantes acceder a servicios públicos vitales”, dijo Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La ley de California \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">limita la participación estatal y local en las actividades de control migratorio\u003c/a>. La oficina de Bonta actualizó su guía oficial sobre el control migratorio en el estado, estipulando que los juzgados estatales, los centros de salud públicos y las escuelas públicas \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">están obligados a adoptar estas políticas “o políticas equivalentes”\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La guía actualizada del estado para el personal de escuelas y campus universitarios \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">establece que\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se debe notificar al administrador de la agencia educativa local de cualquier solicitud de un oficial de inmigración para entrar en el campus\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se pida ver y hacer copias de las credenciales del oficial, incluyendo el nombre y el número de placa; el número de teléfono de su supervisor; cualquier documentación que permita el acceso a la escuela, como una orden judicial\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se documente las acciones de cualquier oficial que entre en las instalaciones sin consentimiento\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se notifique a los representantes de los niños lo antes posible de cualquier actividad de ICE, y hacerlo antes de que un agente interrogue o retire a un estudiante con fines de cumplimiento de la ley de inmigración (“\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">a menos que lo impida una orden judicial o una citación\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se comparta con el Departamento de Justicia de California detalles de cualquier intento de un agente de inmigración de acceder a un centro escolar enviando un correo electrónico a \u003ca href=\"mailto:immigration@doj.ca.gov\">immigration@doj.ca.gov\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Según el fiscal general del estado, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">su familia y sus hijos tienen derecho a\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Una educación pública, independientemente del estatus migratorio de los padres o cuidadores.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Que los documentos permanezcan privados y protegidos por las escuelas, y que solo puedan ser divulgados con el permiso del tutor o en respuesta a una orden judicial o citación.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presentar una queja o denunciar un \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827832/what-is-a-hate-crime-and-what-you-can-do-if-you-experience-one\">delito de odio\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Si alguien en California sospecha que una escuela o su personal están ayudando a ICE, el fiscal general del estado, Rob Bonta, les instó a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">informar de estas preocupaciones a su oficina\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Conozca su derechos a permanecer en silencio\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un agente de ICE puede acercarse a un menor en un espacio público para hacerle preguntas o pedirle su identificación, dijo Lovato. Pero en este caso, y en \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">casi todos los casos con las fuerzas del orden\u003c/a>, el joven debe saber que no tiene que responder a ninguna pregunta, según los expertos legales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores aconsejan que los niños \u003ca href=\"https://mobilizationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/What-to-do-if-ICE-Comes-to-Your-School.pdf\">no huyan y traten de mantener la calma\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un menor puede declarar que quiere permanecer en silencio hasta que hable con un abogado”, dijo Lovato. “No conteste a ninguna pregunta sobre su lugar de nacimiento, su situación migratoria o cómo ha entrado en Estados Unidos”. Lovato también recomendó no dar a un agente de ICE “ninguna información personal sobre usted o sobre alguien de su familia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores dicen que también puede ser útil que un niño lleve consigo \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">una tarjeta que detalle sus derechos\u003c/a> cuando salga. Puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">encontrar una versión imprimible en el Centro de Recursos Legales para Inmigrantes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED también tiene una guía \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">sobre lo que los defensores y expertos legales dicen que puede hacer durante los encuentros con ICE\u003c/a>, que incluye detalles como cómo distinguir a un agente de ICE de un oficial de policía y lo que los defensores recomiendan hacer si ICE toca a su puerta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si es una acción segura, los expertos legales dicen que su hijo también puede intentar grabar las acciones de ICE. KQED también tiene una \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871951/grabar-a-la-policia-lo-que-hay-que-saber-y-como-estar-seguro-al-hacerlo\">guía sobre sus derechos al grabar a los agentes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>¿Qué puede hacer ICE con los niños?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Immigration-Detention-Factsheet_FINAL.pdf\">está obligado a entregar a los niños\u003c/a> a la Oficina de Reasentamiento de Refugiados, que forma parte del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU., en un plazo de 72 horas. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf\">Sin embargo, esta norma ya se ha infringido anteriormente\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si está buscando a un menor que ha sido detenido, puede llamar, enviar un mensaje de texto o un mensaje (a través de Whatsapp) a la \u003ca href=\"https://acf.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/national-call-center-eng.pdf\">Oficina de Reasentamiento de Refugiados\u003c/a> al 1-800-203-7001 o enviar un correo electrónico a information@ORRNCC.com.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si su hijo tiene 18 años o más, puede utilizar el \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">Sistema de Localización de Detenidos en Línea de ICE\u003c/a> para buscarlo. Según el\u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\"> Proyecto de Defensa de los Solicitantes de Asilo\u003c/a>, es posible que una persona tarde unos días en aparecer en esta base de datos de ICE. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Es fácil para los jóvenes y los niños captar cualquier sensación de tensión a su alrededor, y los niños “lo oyen todo”, dijo Ioanna Angelakis, terapeuta familiar y matrimonial de San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pueden escuchar [algo] de una manera que no pueden entender y no pueden procesar”, dijo. “Este estrés puede manifestarse de diferentes maneras en los niños, como portarse mal en la escuela”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por eso, dijo que los padres y cuidadores deberían intentar explicar las cosas a sus hijos con un lenguaje adecuado a su edad. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-families-and-educators\">La Asociación Nacional de Psicólogos Escolares\u003c/a> (o NASP por sus siglas en inglés)ofrece este consejo sobre cómo explicar los traumas, especialmente en las escuelas, a diferentes grupos de edad. KQED también tiene \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915314/como-hablar-con-los-ninos-cuando-las-noticias-dan-miedo\">varias guías\u003c/a> sobre cómo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965530/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-traumatic-world-events\">hablar con los niños\u003c/a> cuando \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event\">las noticias son preocupantes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos consejos concretos que los defensores sugieren para padres y cuidadores:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dar seguridad a los hijos\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que, aunque puede ser difícil, los padres deben “controlar sus propios miedos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dijo que los padres deben explicar a sus hijos, incluso si son adolescentes, que su familia “seguirá protegiéndolos” y harán todo lo posible para “asegurarse de que los niños estén a salvo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No hay una solución fácil para todo esto y es realmente aterrador si una familia está en peligro”, dijo. Pero Angelakis dijo que el tono reconfortante de los padres puede ayudar a los niños a no desarrollar una ansiedad tremenda, o a no reflejar sus miedos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dígale a su hijo que tiene un plan\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que los padres deberían intentar “contener” la ansiedad que siente su hijo y hacerle saber que “nuestra familia tiene un plan y estamos haciendo todo lo posible para mantenernos a salvo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos planes incluirían las situaciones de guardería y tutela de apoyo sugeridas por el ILRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dígale a su hijo que no tiene que decir nada a la fuerzas del orden\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que los adultos, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/arrest#:~:text=Your%20child%20has%20the%20right,the%20court%20will%20appoint%20one.\">los niños tienen derecho a permanecer en silencio\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">cuando interactúan con ICE\u003c/a> de acuerdo con la ley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, los defensores reconocen que, para algunos niños, acudir a un agente de policía o proporcionar información a personas o escuelas podría no ser útil para ellos o sus familias. Este puede ser el caso de un niño de una familia de estatus mixto, o de un joven cuya comunidad ha experimentado históricamente respuestas violentas por parte de la policía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lovato explicó que las organizaciones de inmigración han estado animando a los padres a decírselo a sus hijos y a practicar en casa la costumbre de “decir no a ICE. En realidad, verbalmente, recitándolo y practicándolo: simplemente decir no”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Controle su propia ansiedad\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que en muchas situaciones, el miedo está justificado y es racional, ya que para muchos, los encabezados de ICE les llegan muy cerca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero enfatizó que los padres deben tratar de regular su reacción cuando hablan con sus hijos. Una manera de que los encargados de los niños controlen su propia ansiedad es consultar con otras personas de confianza en su vida, y asegurarse de que no se están “dejando llevar por sus propios temores”, dijo Angelakis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esto incluye “asegurarse de respirar correctamente”, recomendó. Y que “transmitamos la información relevante al niño” de una manera que no “aumente la ansiedad de nadie”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las siguientes son \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/espanol/\">algunas de las sugerencias que hacen los defensores para lograrlo\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dejar que su hijo exprese sus sentimientos, pero no dejar que intente consolarle\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dar a un niño algunas medidas positivas de control, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/recuperar-seguridad-emocional/\">como decidir qué cenar o elegir un juego\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ser un modelo a seguir sobre cómo manejar la angustia y los conflictos, como asegurarse de que el enojo se presente como algo “controlado” en lugar de “fuera de control”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Angelakis dijo que, aunque las familias también pueden intentar limitar la información que reciben, reconoce que muchas familias están escuchando sobre situaciones “aterradoras” que son difíciles de ignorar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es muy importante que tengamos estas conversaciones con los niños y que minimicemos cualquier tipo de conversación que genere o aumente la ansiedad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero enfatiza: “Los niños son increíbles. 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Unlike many other immigration-related agencies, ORR is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, not the Department of Homeland Security. 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S\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/document/ICE-CBP-ORR_Memorandum_of_Agreement.pdf\">everal officials, including Homan, signed the agreement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=’Related Coverage' tag='immigration']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, immigrant rights advocates objected to the data sharing, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/2018.06.07_aclu_comments_dhs_system_of_records_notice_dkt._2018-0013-0001.pdf\">arguing it would impede ORR’s ability to place children\u003c/a> with appropriate caregivers or be reunified with their family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R43599/31\">Congressional Research Service\u003c/a>, a nonpartisan research institute operating within the Library of Congress, “from July through November 2018, ICE reportedly arrested 170 potential sponsors — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/ICE-arrested-undocumented-adults-who-sought-to-13455142.php\">109 of whom had no previous criminal histories\u003c/a> — and placed them in deportation proceedings.” Some of the data collection requirements were later pulled back, the report notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homan told the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> at the start of the administration he wanted access to the data to verify the safety of children under ORR care. Homan has claimed that more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0jlre7mymo\">300,000 children\u003c/a> had been given to unvetted sponsors — a claim previously made by then vice presidential candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/federal-officials-testify-on-unaccompanied-migrant-children/634129\">JD Vance and Congressional Republicans\u003c/a>. Advocates and Democrats say there’s no evidence the claim is true. 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"content": "\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials appear to be considering a plan to convert \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/fci-dublin\">FCI Dublin\u003c/a>, a shuttered federal prison in the East Bay, into an immigrant detention center, according to union leaders representing facility workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“BOP Central Office staff, BOP Western Regional Staff and ICE representatives did a visual structural assessment on FCI Dublin,” said Edward Canales, president of Local 3584, the union representing 120 prison employees, referring to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union includes correctional officers, teachers, counselors, case managers, food service, medical and maintenance staff. Canales said union members who attended a walkthrough on Thursday informed him that the assessment involved inspecting the prison grounds, buildings and security fence for structural damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, can the prison hold detainees as is, or [does it] need repairs,” Canales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another union official said ICE representatives were at the facility as recently as Friday and that ICE and BOP recently finalized an agreement to detain immigrants in federal prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The administration’s push for what they want, it will require a lot of bed space. And when I say bed space, I’m talking about detention center bed spaces for detainees. And they don’t have it. 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This is a matter of basic humanity, and I won’t stand for this wanton cruelty and disregard for human rights, particularly in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the facility’s closure, hundreds of women were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984115/women-forced-to-relocate-from-fci-dublin-prison-report-traumatizing-journey-seek-compassionate-release\">quickly transferred to other federal prisons\u003c/a> throughout the country during the facility’s closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the past several years at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Dublin, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) has taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure — and most critical — employee misconduct,” then-BOP Director Colette S. 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Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation allocating $25 million to provide immigrants with legal services to fight immigration proceedings against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for ICE said officers do not target noncitizens indiscriminately. “ICE’s enforcement resources are based on intelligence-driven leads,” said Richard Beam, a spokesman for ICE’s Los Angeles office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people detained during the statewide crackdown said that’s not what it feels like on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just a regular morning,” said Loreal Duran from Echo Park in Los Angeles, describing her family’s before-school rush to get the kids out the door and loaded into the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the morning in question, Jan. 23, as her husband fastened their two young children into their seats, an immigration officer walked up, asking Loreal to show identification. “As he got closer to the car, he saw my husband, and basically, he just went around to the other side to grab my husband out of the car and take him away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loreal Duran holds a photo of her with her husband Giovanni Duran at her apartment in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: The Durans’ 1-year-old daughter, whose identity is being withheld for privacy concerns, eats breakfast at their apartment in Los Angeles. Right: The Durans’ 8-year-old son, whose identity is being withheld for privacy concerns, sits on their bed at their apartment on Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Giovanni Duran, 42, came to California from El Salvador without federal authorization when he was 2 years old, brought by his family. He worked as a busser in a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles, Loreal said. Duran is now being held in the Adelanto detention facility, run by a private company under contract to ICE, awaiting deportation to a country he doesn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t talked to him in almost two days,” said Loreal last week. She’s had to get counseling for her 7-year-old son after he saw his dad taken away by officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was telling his classmates, ‘Oh, daddy got arrested for not wearing his seatbelt,’” Duran recounted. Later, the second grader asked his mom, “Did daddy get arrested because he’s Brown? I replied back to him, I go: ‘Yea, he kinda did.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported on social media 8,276 arrests nationwide between Jan. 22 and Jan. 31. The agency would not break out those numbers for California or different cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Casting a wide net\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>ProPublica and the \u003cem>Texas Tribune\u003c/em> reported less than half of the approximately 8,200 people arrested from Jan. 20 through Feb. 2, so far have criminal convictions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders\">according to government data they obtained\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the apparently broad crackdown has immigrant advocates working around the clock. There have been several high-profile protests — one that shuttered a freeway in Los Angeles and another that prompted police to fire off tear gas at people in National City. Social media channels have been flooded by reported sightings of immigration officers and phones have been ringing nonstop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can sense that kind of panic and also hunger; hunger for correct, reliable information as to what they should do in times of a raid or in times of an encounter with an immigration agent,” said Ian M. Seruelo, an immigration attorney in San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after President Donald Trump visited wildfire-scarred Los Angeles, promising to work with California on needed federal assistance for recovery, his administration \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dealosangeles/status/1883584230804140075?s=46\">announced, with few details, immigration enforcement operations\u003c/a> in the city carried out by federal agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Justice Department, “and other federal law enforcement partners.” Video released with the announcement showed officers in camouflaged uniforms and bullet-proof vests approaching apartment buildings and standing around armored vehicles and mobile command centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump authorized law enforcement agents from across the federal government to participate in immigration enforcement activities. He also lifted longtime guidelines restricting ICE from operating at “sensitive locations” such as schools, churches or hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE messaging about its enforcement actions has emphasized the apprehension of criminals. Last week, Enforcement and Removal Operations Los Angeles, a part of the agency, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/EROLosAngeles/status/1886819216638255342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886819216638255342%7Ctwgr%5E8a2028151efab540da31db22ebeb7629d80c687a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxla.com%2Fnews%2Fice-raids-california-protests-immigration\">said officers arrested\u003c/a> a 47-year-old noncitizen who was convicted of DUI. “This noncitizen had previously been arrested for driving without a license and evading a peace officer,” officials said on social media. They also \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/EROLosAngeles/status/1886433176761057748\">said they arrested\u003c/a> an “unlawfully present Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member. This noncitizen is currently in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Law enforcement officials spread out through an apartment complex during a raid in Denver on Feb. 5, 2025. Officials have also been conducting immigration enforcement activities across California. \u003ccite>(David Zalubowski/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nayna Gupta, the policy director at the American Immigration Council, an advocacy group for immigrants, said for the Trump administration to deport millions of people as the president \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/18/there-arent-20-million-people-deport-trump-will-certainly-try/\">promised\u003c/a>, it will have to target people who have not had contact with the criminal system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on recent data, we know that fewer than 1 in 10 undocumented immigrants has a criminal record,” said Gupta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://dornsife.usc.edu/eri/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/07/Final_SOILA2024_ExecSummary_v5.pdf\">one in three people in Los Angeles County (PDF)\u003c/a> are immigrants, according to a report last year from the University of Southern California. Tens of thousands of county residents had to evacuate following a series of wildfires that began in early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is unconscionable to have or plan for immigration enforcement activities in a natural disaster,” said Angelica Salas, the executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. ICE did not respond to a request for comment on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the name of public safety\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Republicans appear to be on board with Trump’s actions so far. They urged Newsom to veto two bills signed into law last week. One was the $25 million for immigrant legal defense and the other allocated another $25 million for Attorney General Rob Bonta to pursue litigation against the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a public safety problem in California, and a big component of that is international gangs and cartels. Human trafficking has exploded, and it knows no bounds,” said Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, a Republican from Santa Clarita, during a floor debate on the legislation.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12026959,news_12026817,news_12026582\"]During his campaign, Trump and his advisors repeatedly invoked hardened criminals and threats to national security when promising mass detentions and deportations of undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what Estefany Peña, 30, from Lincoln, California, believed when she supported Trump for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought they were going to be targeting criminals. No one mentioned during the campaigning of Donald Trump that residents …\u003cem> legal residents\u003c/em> … were going to have to go through this,” she said. Her husband, who came to the country legally in 1999 and has a green card, went to an immigration office in San Francisco for a check-in in late January and still hasn’t come home, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything just came crumbling down,” she said of when immigration officers wouldn’t let her husband leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The husband, Joel Jacuinde, 40, is the breadwinner for his family, working at a rice dryer company east of San Francisco. Peña said he also volunteers for his church and provides the primary source of transportation for the family, regularly taking their 11-year-old son for treatment for his asthma. Both children are covered for health care under Jacuinde’s Medi-Cal account, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My kids are very close to their dad, so it’s taken a terrible toll on them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacuinde doesn’t show up in a database of people being detained by ICE. Peña said he was told he was not free to leave the immigration office and that agents were holding him to pressure him to sign a voluntary removal form. The family has contacted dozens of attorneys but hasn’t been able to secure legal representation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Tijuana, outside a federal shelter set up to assist recently deported Mexicans, a 16-year-old told CalMatters he had been detained trying to reach Stockton to find work. “They grabbed me,” he said, and within hours, he was back in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving the same Tijuana shelter, Mario Guerra, 39, a construction worker from Bakersfield, said he ran from about seven or eight ICE agents on Jan. 31. Though he grew up in Bakersfield, he said he was in the U.S. without federal authorization. Guerra said the agents caught him, detained him, and sent him back to Mexico after two days in detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027019\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather over US Route 101 in Downtown Los Angeles in support of the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ march on Feb. 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Guerra said the officers handcuffed his feet and hands and left him in a transportation van for hours from Bakersfield to San Ysidro with no restroom breaks and nothing to drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were, basically, telling them that we needed to use the restroom, but they didn’t answer at all,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kids are the ones who are going to suffer the most,” he added about his children who are still in Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vilma Ordóñez, 34, said she and her husband and children went out to eat in East Los Angeles on Jan. 26. As they got out of the car in front of the restaurant, two agents wearing bulletproof vests approached “and told my husband that he looked like someone they were looking for,” Ordóñez described.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her stomach dropped as she remembered advice she’d read online, telling her husband, who is in the U.S. without legal status, “Let’s not say anything; let’s just look for an attorney.” The agents kept insisting the couple show them their IDs, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He had to take out his ID,” she said. “He showed it to them, and they said, ‘Oh, we knew you were not the right person.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They knew he was not the right person, but yet they still insisted on asking him for his ID?” she asked in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s possible the agents were looking for indications on Ordóñez’s husband’s ID that he was not an authorized immigrant. In 2013, California passed the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act, granting undocumented residents the ability to obtain driver’s licenses. More than a million undocumented Californians \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/01/drivers-licenses-undocumented-immigrants/\">got the special licenses\u003c/a>, which look slightly different than regular state licenses. Some advocates worried at the time the licenses could be misused by immigration authorities to identify people who are undocumented. ICE did not respond to a request for comment about whether it is identifying immigrants without legal status by their AB60 driver’s licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ordóñez said the agents let them go, so they went into the restaurant with their children and had dinner. But when they returned to the parking lot, four agents were standing around their car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They told him he had signed a voluntary return in 1996 and had not left the country, and so they were going to detain him and take him,” she said, adding that he’s currently being held in a California detention facility. Ordóñez said her husband never signed the voluntary return form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The father has a very important role in the family, and right now, our children are traumatized. More than anything, our kids are suffering,” said Ordóñez. “My husband has always paid his taxes every single year since he entered, and he’s always worked and taken care of his family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Attention: If someone close to you has recently been detained by immigration agents, and you want to share your story, please reach out to CalMatters via \u003ca href=\"mailto:wendy@calmatters.org\">wendy@calmatters.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Atención: Si tienes un ser querido que recientemente ha sido detenido por agentes de migración y quieres compartir tu historia, por favor comunícate con CalMatters: \u003ca href=\"mailto:wendy@calmatters.org\">wendy@calmatters.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for ICE said officers do not target noncitizens indiscriminately. “ICE’s enforcement resources are based on intelligence-driven leads,” said Richard Beam, a spokesman for ICE’s Los Angeles office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people detained during the statewide crackdown said that’s not what it feels like on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just a regular morning,” said Loreal Duran from Echo Park in Los Angeles, describing her family’s before-school rush to get the kids out the door and loaded into the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the morning in question, Jan. 23, as her husband fastened their two young children into their seats, an immigration officer walked up, asking Loreal to show identification. “As he got closer to the car, he saw my husband, and basically, he just went around to the other side to grab my husband out of the car and take him away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020825_Duran-Family_JAJ_CM_07-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loreal Duran holds a photo of her with her husband Giovanni Duran at her apartment in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: The Durans’ 1-year-old daughter, whose identity is being withheld for privacy concerns, eats breakfast at their apartment in Los Angeles. Right: The Durans’ 8-year-old son, whose identity is being withheld for privacy concerns, sits on their bed at their apartment on Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Giovanni Duran, 42, came to California from El Salvador without federal authorization when he was 2 years old, brought by his family. He worked as a busser in a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles, Loreal said. Duran is now being held in the Adelanto detention facility, run by a private company under contract to ICE, awaiting deportation to a country he doesn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t talked to him in almost two days,” said Loreal last week. She’s had to get counseling for her 7-year-old son after he saw his dad taken away by officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was telling his classmates, ‘Oh, daddy got arrested for not wearing his seatbelt,’” Duran recounted. Later, the second grader asked his mom, “Did daddy get arrested because he’s Brown? I replied back to him, I go: ‘Yea, he kinda did.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported on social media 8,276 arrests nationwide between Jan. 22 and Jan. 31. The agency would not break out those numbers for California or different cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Casting a wide net\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>ProPublica and the \u003cem>Texas Tribune\u003c/em> reported less than half of the approximately 8,200 people arrested from Jan. 20 through Feb. 2, so far have criminal convictions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders\">according to government data they obtained\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the apparently broad crackdown has immigrant advocates working around the clock. There have been several high-profile protests — one that shuttered a freeway in Los Angeles and another that prompted police to fire off tear gas at people in National City. Social media channels have been flooded by reported sightings of immigration officers and phones have been ringing nonstop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can sense that kind of panic and also hunger; hunger for correct, reliable information as to what they should do in times of a raid or in times of an encounter with an immigration agent,” said Ian M. Seruelo, an immigration attorney in San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after President Donald Trump visited wildfire-scarred Los Angeles, promising to work with California on needed federal assistance for recovery, his administration \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dealosangeles/status/1883584230804140075?s=46\">announced, with few details, immigration enforcement operations\u003c/a> in the city carried out by federal agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Justice Department, “and other federal law enforcement partners.” Video released with the announcement showed officers in camouflaged uniforms and bullet-proof vests approaching apartment buildings and standing around armored vehicles and mobile command centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump authorized law enforcement agents from across the federal government to participate in immigration enforcement activities. He also lifted longtime guidelines restricting ICE from operating at “sensitive locations” such as schools, churches or hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE messaging about its enforcement actions has emphasized the apprehension of criminals. Last week, Enforcement and Removal Operations Los Angeles, a part of the agency, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/EROLosAngeles/status/1886819216638255342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886819216638255342%7Ctwgr%5E8a2028151efab540da31db22ebeb7629d80c687a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxla.com%2Fnews%2Fice-raids-california-protests-immigration\">said officers arrested\u003c/a> a 47-year-old noncitizen who was convicted of DUI. “This noncitizen had previously been arrested for driving without a license and evading a peace officer,” officials said on social media. They also \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/EROLosAngeles/status/1886433176761057748\">said they arrested\u003c/a> an “unlawfully present Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member. This noncitizen is currently in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020525-ICE-Raid-AP-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Law enforcement officials spread out through an apartment complex during a raid in Denver on Feb. 5, 2025. Officials have also been conducting immigration enforcement activities across California. \u003ccite>(David Zalubowski/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nayna Gupta, the policy director at the American Immigration Council, an advocacy group for immigrants, said for the Trump administration to deport millions of people as the president \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/18/there-arent-20-million-people-deport-trump-will-certainly-try/\">promised\u003c/a>, it will have to target people who have not had contact with the criminal system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on recent data, we know that fewer than 1 in 10 undocumented immigrants has a criminal record,” said Gupta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://dornsife.usc.edu/eri/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2024/07/Final_SOILA2024_ExecSummary_v5.pdf\">one in three people in Los Angeles County (PDF)\u003c/a> are immigrants, according to a report last year from the University of Southern California. Tens of thousands of county residents had to evacuate following a series of wildfires that began in early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is unconscionable to have or plan for immigration enforcement activities in a natural disaster,” said Angelica Salas, the executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. ICE did not respond to a request for comment on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the name of public safety\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Republicans appear to be on board with Trump’s actions so far. They urged Newsom to veto two bills signed into law last week. One was the $25 million for immigrant legal defense and the other allocated another $25 million for Attorney General Rob Bonta to pursue litigation against the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a public safety problem in California, and a big component of that is international gangs and cartels. Human trafficking has exploded, and it knows no bounds,” said Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, a Republican from Santa Clarita, during a floor debate on the legislation.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>During his campaign, Trump and his advisors repeatedly invoked hardened criminals and threats to national security when promising mass detentions and deportations of undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what Estefany Peña, 30, from Lincoln, California, believed when she supported Trump for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought they were going to be targeting criminals. No one mentioned during the campaigning of Donald Trump that residents …\u003cem> legal residents\u003c/em> … were going to have to go through this,” she said. Her husband, who came to the country legally in 1999 and has a green card, went to an immigration office in San Francisco for a check-in in late January and still hasn’t come home, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything just came crumbling down,” she said of when immigration officers wouldn’t let her husband leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The husband, Joel Jacuinde, 40, is the breadwinner for his family, working at a rice dryer company east of San Francisco. Peña said he also volunteers for his church and provides the primary source of transportation for the family, regularly taking their 11-year-old son for treatment for his asthma. Both children are covered for health care under Jacuinde’s Medi-Cal account, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My kids are very close to their dad, so it’s taken a terrible toll on them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacuinde doesn’t show up in a database of people being detained by ICE. Peña said he was told he was not free to leave the immigration office and that agents were holding him to pressure him to sign a voluntary removal form. The family has contacted dozens of attorneys but hasn’t been able to secure legal representation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Tijuana, outside a federal shelter set up to assist recently deported Mexicans, a 16-year-old told CalMatters he had been detained trying to reach Stockton to find work. “They grabbed me,” he said, and within hours, he was back in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving the same Tijuana shelter, Mario Guerra, 39, a construction worker from Bakersfield, said he ran from about seven or eight ICE agents on Jan. 31. Though he grew up in Bakersfield, he said he was in the U.S. without federal authorization. Guerra said the agents caught him, detained him, and sent him back to Mexico after two days in detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027019\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/020325_Day-Without-Immigrants_JWH_06-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather over US Route 101 in Downtown Los Angeles in support of the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ march on Feb. 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Guerra said the officers handcuffed his feet and hands and left him in a transportation van for hours from Bakersfield to San Ysidro with no restroom breaks and nothing to drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were, basically, telling them that we needed to use the restroom, but they didn’t answer at all,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kids are the ones who are going to suffer the most,” he added about his children who are still in Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vilma Ordóñez, 34, said she and her husband and children went out to eat in East Los Angeles on Jan. 26. As they got out of the car in front of the restaurant, two agents wearing bulletproof vests approached “and told my husband that he looked like someone they were looking for,” Ordóñez described.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her stomach dropped as she remembered advice she’d read online, telling her husband, who is in the U.S. without legal status, “Let’s not say anything; let’s just look for an attorney.” The agents kept insisting the couple show them their IDs, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He had to take out his ID,” she said. “He showed it to them, and they said, ‘Oh, we knew you were not the right person.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They knew he was not the right person, but yet they still insisted on asking him for his ID?” she asked in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s possible the agents were looking for indications on Ordóñez’s husband’s ID that he was not an authorized immigrant. In 2013, California passed the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act, granting undocumented residents the ability to obtain driver’s licenses. More than a million undocumented Californians \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/01/drivers-licenses-undocumented-immigrants/\">got the special licenses\u003c/a>, which look slightly different than regular state licenses. Some advocates worried at the time the licenses could be misused by immigration authorities to identify people who are undocumented. ICE did not respond to a request for comment about whether it is identifying immigrants without legal status by their AB60 driver’s licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ordóñez said the agents let them go, so they went into the restaurant with their children and had dinner. But when they returned to the parking lot, four agents were standing around their car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They told him he had signed a voluntary return in 1996 and had not left the country, and so they were going to detain him and take him,” she said, adding that he’s currently being held in a California detention facility. Ordóñez said her husband never signed the voluntary return form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The father has a very important role in the family, and right now, our children are traumatized. More than anything, our kids are suffering,” said Ordóñez. “My husband has always paid his taxes every single year since he entered, and he’s always worked and taken care of his family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Attention: If someone close to you has recently been detained by immigration agents, and you want to share your story, please reach out to CalMatters via \u003ca href=\"mailto:wendy@calmatters.org\">wendy@calmatters.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Atención: Si tienes un ser querido que recientemente ha sido detenido por agentes de migración y quieres compartir tu historia, por favor comunícate con CalMatters: \u003ca href=\"mailto:wendy@calmatters.org\">wendy@calmatters.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n the first day of his second term, President Trump sat behind neat stacks of executive orders in the Oval Office and started signing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023109/3-california-members-jan-6-committee-pardoned-biden-trump-takes-office\">pardoned\u003c/a> the more than 1,500 “hostages,” as he called them, who’d been convicted or charged in connection with the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol. He went on to sign a slew of immigration-related orders, including one titled “\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion/\">Protecting The American People Against Invasion\u003c/a>,” which called for a dramatic surge in border enforcement and, among other things, the dissolution of the Family Reunification Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The task force was born out of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11964656/settlement-over-trump-family-separations-at-the-border-limits-future-separations-for-8-years\">federal settlement agreement\u003c/a>, reached in 2023 between the Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union after a yearslong lawsuit, that required the government to reunite thousands of families who were forcibly separated during Trump’s first term. The separations were part of the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” immigration policy, a crackdown on illegal border crossings in 2018. As reports emerged of weeping children being taken from their parents’ arms and languishing behind chain-link fences, the policy drew global condemnation for its inhumane treatment of people seeking asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked by a reporter if he expected his new immigration orders to be challenged in the courts, Trump responded that he didn’t think they could be. “They’re very straight up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration and civil rights attorneys who work with separated families disagree, saying the sweeping changes will test the strength of the federal settlement agreement, which also banned most separations for eight years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s broad focus on total enforcement of all immigration laws, without specifying who exactly the orders apply to, has the ACLU and immigrant advocates on alert for anything that resembles a new family separation policy or undermines the settlement. And they’re spring-loaded to fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will be monitoring very closely to see whether the Trump administration faithfully applies the settlement,” said Lee Gelernt, the ACLU attorney who led the lawsuit. “And if they don’t, we’ll be back in court immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly seven years after Zero Tolerance, hundreds of children remain apart from their families. For the more than 3,000 families who have already been reunited and for thousands more making their way toward the border today, even a relatively minor or temporary policy change could jeopardize their claims for asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, [the administration is] trying to shut down the border again to all asylum seekers,” said Laura Peña, director of the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR). “And that is going to affect children. It is going to affect families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know about family separation under President Trump, then and now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A ‘shameful chapter’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To understand how so many families ended up separated, you have to go back to pre-Trump America. Unauthorized entry to the U.S. is illegal, but for decades, adults who crossed the border illegally with their children, many of whom were fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries, were generally not prosecuted for that infraction alone. Instead, families would either be allowed to stay in the U.S. pending immigration rulings or be deported together. But things changed after Trump took office in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spring, the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, started toying with a new way to deter people from crossing the border illegally: prosecute every adult, including those crossing with kids. In April of 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1049751/dl\">took the policy border-wide\u003c/a>, dubbing it “Zero Tolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution,” Sessions \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/speech/attorney-general-sessions-addresses-recent-criticisms-zero-tolerance-church-leaders#:~:text=That%20is%20what%20the%20law,to%20jail%20with%20their%20parents.\">later said\u003c/a> of the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11797878]Now, when families were apprehended at the border, federal agents began sending children and their parents or guardians to separate holding facilities. A 14-year-old boy and his older sister, who had raised him, crossed the border into Texas, where they surrendered to the Border Patrol. “On the third day, they took me out of my cage and said I would be separated from my sister, but they didn’t tell me where I was going,” the boy later \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/11/written-testimony-kids-cages-inhumane-treatment-border\">told a visitor from Human Rights Watch\u003c/a>. “I don’t understand why they separated us. They didn’t give me a chance to say goodbye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three months after Zero Tolerance was formally implemented, the Trump administration began touting a dip in illegal border crossings but did not mention it was a small dip, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/19/did-zero-tolerance-policy-reduce-illegal-immigrati/\">typical for that time of year\u003c/a>. Meanwhile, border-area prosecutors complained that their dockets were overwhelmed by all the misdemeanor immigration cases and that people accused of serious crimes were \u003ca href=\"https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/21-028_0.pdf\">slipping through the cracks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was an even more problematic consequence of Zero Tolerance: the massive number of children who were suddenly in the care of the federal government. Children went to holding pens — many of them \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\">tents\u003c/a> erected for the purpose — while they waited to be placed in shelters or foster homes. Over 40% of those detention centers were located in California, Arizona and Texas. Humanitarian workers reported that federal authorities were not prepared to care for them, so older children took care of younger ones and illnesses went untreated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the government lost track of which children belonged to which parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11899567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/ap_19276669107972-4157dfa405bb5b5b5ae1512bc469aa8dc930c533-e1639768153780.jpg\" alt=\"Children walk in a line past barricades toward a large white tent.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrant youth line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida., in Feb. 2019. The American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys filed a lawsuit in October 2019, on behalf of thousands of families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. \u003ccite>(Wilfredo Lee/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caseworkers and therapists asked traumatized kids who they came with, while immigration lawyers tried to calm hysterical parents who had no idea where authorities had taken their children. Many kids panicked, \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy\">crying endlessly\u003c/a>, or went catatonic. In one case, after Border Patrol agents forcibly removed a Honduran father’s 3-year-old son from his hands, the man became so agitated he had to be moved to a Texas jail, where he \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-family-was-separated-at-the-border-and-this-distraught-father-took-his-own-life/2018/06/08/24e40b70-6b5d-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html\">strangled himself to death\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU filed its class-action lawsuit on behalf of these families, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/cases/ms-l-v-ice\">Ms. L v. ICE\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, in February of 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June of that year, under growing public pressure, Trump ordered an end to family separations without revoking Zero Tolerance. Separations slowed but didn’t stop. By the time Trump left office, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782685/new-tally-totals-over-5500-kids-taken-from-parents-at-the-border\">well over 5,000 children\u003c/a> had been taken from their families. While many had been reunited by then, some parents had been deported, leaving their children in the United States with other family members or in foster care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December of 2023, the Biden administration settled the ACLU’s lawsuit by agreeing to aid in the reunification of separated families and to provide a pathway for their claims to asylum, including access to work permits, various forms of support and a three-year legal status called humanitarian parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before approving the settlement, federal judge Dana Sabraw, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/08/separation-families-border-ruling-00130938\">said\u003c/a> family separation “represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Out of the frying pan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ACLU’s Gelernt said there could be as many as 1,000 children still separated from their parents or guardians. Those families have been identified using the sparse records kept by the Trump administration during Zero Tolerance, which often yield little more than a name. The government and a coalition of nonprofit advocacy organizations have not been able to find them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11843100]Lesly Tayes, an attorney in Guatemala, has been working to track down separated parents by combing through Guatemalan government records for information on their possible whereabouts. When she finds them, often in rural indigenous communities, she helps them travel to the Guatemalan capital to formally regain custody of their kids. But some parents Tayes worked with had never been to a city in their lives. “I had to support them with transportation or hotels,” she said. “Many of them didn’t even speak Spanish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who want to join their children in the U.S. and seek asylum often need help removing bureaucratic obstacles first; a sibling may need a passport for the journey or a legal guardian proof of their relationship with the child from whom they were separated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after families are together again in the United States, their struggle is hardly over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alfonso Mercado, a psychologist in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, has spent the last several years conducting clinical research and consulting as an expert witness in family separation cases at the border. “There was trauma everywhere,” he said. “These children were experiencing difficulties integrating into an environment that abused them,” by which he meant the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joanna Dreby, a sociologist at the State University of New York at Albany who has studied the impact of immigration policies on families for the past two decades, said that even after separated families are reunited, parents and children can struggle to repair their relationships. In some cases, children who were separated when very young are reunited with parents they don’t remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids might be like, ‘Why did they even go? Why did they do that? It led to this mess,’” Dreby said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11843880]The \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em> settlement agreement promises that, once reunified in the United States, families will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/court-approves-historic-settlement-in-aclus-family-separation-lawsuit\">supported\u003c/a> with mental health and other medical care, housing and legal assistance and the ability to apply for work permits. But advocates say these resources have fallen short of what’s needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The increase in mental health services for this population is still very scarce and very limited,” Mercado said. “There’s no continuity of care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the U.S., families face an avalanche of urgent problems. Tayes said parents and guardians often wait months to get authorization to work. “Some of them were struggling with food, housing. It wasn’t easy for them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanging over these families is the specter of another deportation. According to the ACLU, the 2023 court settlement should supersede any immigration-related orders from the Trump administration. But the agreement doesn’t guarantee asylum, and the application process can be difficult to navigate, even with the help of an attorney. Non-governmental organizations serving Ms L. class members say they have struggled to provide pro bono legal help, especially after family separations were no longer a front-page issue and funding sources dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of legal status can be complicated by the fact that members of separated families are often pursuing separate immigration cases. Children’s asylum claims, for example, were often filed after the initial separation, when the government designated them as “unaccompanied.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If [parents] lose their asylum cases,” Gelernt said, “then they’re going to be in real trouble of being removed and/or re-separated from their children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Separations continue\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In settling \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em>, the federal government agreed to halt further family separation at the border through 2031, though there are exceptions that have allowed \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/october-2024-monthly-report-on-separated-children.pdf\">hundreds more separations\u003c/a> since the settlement went into effect. For example, parents and children crossing the border illegally are still detained separately when the adults are deemed a national security or public safety risk, a danger to their children or if they’ve been charged with a felony other than crossing the border without authorization. However, the wording of the exceptions allows for broad interpretation. “You can basically run an 18-wheeler through them,” said one immigration law expert with knowledge of family separations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877202\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman protests family separations at the border as a coalition of activist groups and labor unions participate in a May Day march in Los Angeles for workers and human rights in 2021. \u003ccite>(David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Peña, whose organization ProBAR is a project of the American Bar Association, said cases in which border crossers are flagged for national security reasons are hard for attorneys like her to challenge because they often involve classified information. “The government can cite national security risk without revealing what information exactly is underlying that determination,” she said. “So it’s hard to determine the source of the risk and advocate for family reunification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a parent is flagged under one of the exceptions, they often go into federal immigration custody while their child goes to a shelter operated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Many parents are later released from custody if they successfully fight their case, but because the government has become legally responsible for their children’s welfare, strict guidelines kick in for releasing them into the care of someone else — even their parents. As a result, it can take much longer to reunite a family than to separate them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement agreement mandates that families who are separated be given written notice of the reason. Agencies have to facilitate communication between parents and children, and if parents are being deported, they must be given the option to be deported with or without their children. But Peña said this doesn’t always happen: “There are certain rights that the parents have under this settlement agreement that they’re not going to know about if they don’t have a lawyer who is also educated on these.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelernt said the ACLU is relying on organizations like Peña’s to report apparent patterns in immigration enforcement. Cases of parents being flagged under the exceptions could suddenly increase, for example, creating what, in effect, becomes a new separation policy. If that happens, Gelernt said, “We’d go back to court and say, it can’t be that four out of five parents all of a sudden are abusing their children, or four out of every five parents are a public safety threat to the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thinks the Trump administration knows better than to try to renegotiate or oppose the settlement agreement or to reestablish a formal separation policy. “I’d be surprised if they do forcible separation again, given the outcry against it,” he said. “But I’ve been wrong before about where they’re willing to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The next chapter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorneys and immigrants’ rights advocates say it’s too early to tell how Trump’s spiking the task force, which has been a collaboration between the departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, State, and Justice, will impact reunification efforts. The group’s main purpose in recent months has been to determine whether separated families were eligible for relief under the settlement agreement and to smooth the way for reunification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em> settlement agreement remains in effect, Gelernt said, so even without a task force, the Trump administration will have to do something to meet its requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House could not immediately be reached for comment as to whether the Trump administration intends to honor the court-ordered settlement. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses several federal agencies involved in immigration issues, did not respond to the same question by publication time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NGOs working with separated families said that, so far, the government appears to be meeting its obligations under the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/family-reunification-task-force\">the task force’s website\u003c/a> was updated to reflect the new secretaries of Homeland Security and the State Department, Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio, and to remove references to the Biden-Harris administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11907020]The settlement agreement stipulates that the federal website where separated families can register for relief, \u003ca href=\"http://together.gov/\">Together.gov\u003c/a>, has to stay up and that the registration process has to remain open until December 2026. Gelernt worries that potential class members may be afraid to come forward in the current enforcement climate but urges them to register: “Otherwise, they are very vulnerable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the dismantling of the task force is only symbolic, Gelernt sees it as a tactic to erase Zero Tolerance from the collective consciousness. “That they immediately eliminated the task force highlights the Trump administration’s failure to admit there was such a policy, much less acknowledge the brutal abuse it inflicted on little children,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even without a formal policy of family separation, sweeping changes to the bureaucracy — especially when they’re rushed — can get messy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peña worries that, as Trump’s orders take effect, there may not be clear guidance for immigration authorities on the ground. “Law enforcement agencies could really be looking at anybody who’s not a citizen and trying to figure out, ‘Okay, are they a priority or not?’” she said. “Because of the complexity, a lot of people who should not be on this priority list are going to get caught up in it. And that’s where we’re going to see mass family separations, potentially not just at the border, but across the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU believes they should be notified if class members are picked up for removal, but Gelernt acknowledges the government may hold a different view. DHS did not respond to questions about how it will handle those encounters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erika Pinheiro, executive director of Al Otro Lado, an organization that supports migrants on both the U.S. and Mexican sides of the border, said her office has been fielding calls from separated families asking how the new executive orders could affect them. “Unfortunately, we can tell them what we know, which isn’t much at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dreby, the sociologist, has observed that the mere threat of deportation and separation weighs heavily on immigrants, even those with legal status. “The ongoing anxiety is a really big deal,” she said, adding that cultural shifts can matter, as well as changes in policy. “When you have moments of really strong anti-immigrant rhetoric, the anxiety bubbles to the surface.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercado put it more succinctly: “As a psychologist, I am very concerned about what’s to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Gelernt and other legal advocates are confident that the \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em> settlement agreement, and their fight against Zero Tolerance during Trump’s first term, have prepared them for potential legal battles. “By the time we understood that it was systematic, it had already been happening for months and months,” Gelernt said of the original wave of family separations. “This time, I think everyone’s attuned to watching for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>February 13, 8:50 p.m. This story has been updated to reflect that “Protecting The American People Against Invasion” was not Trump’s second executive order; it was signed later in the same sitting. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>February 13, 5:30 p.m.: This story was updated to clarify that the Ms. L settlement agreement may not require the government to alert the ACLU when it detains a member of the settlement class. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s broad focus on total enforcement of all immigration laws, without specifying who exactly the orders apply to, has the ACLU and immigrant advocates on alert for anything that resembles a new family separation policy or undermines the settlement. And they’re spring-loaded to fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will be monitoring very closely to see whether the Trump administration faithfully applies the settlement,” said Lee Gelernt, the ACLU attorney who led the lawsuit. “And if they don’t, we’ll be back in court immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly seven years after Zero Tolerance, hundreds of children remain apart from their families. For the more than 3,000 families who have already been reunited and for thousands more making their way toward the border today, even a relatively minor or temporary policy change could jeopardize their claims for asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, [the administration is] trying to shut down the border again to all asylum seekers,” said Laura Peña, director of the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR). “And that is going to affect children. It is going to affect families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know about family separation under President Trump, then and now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A ‘shameful chapter’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To understand how so many families ended up separated, you have to go back to pre-Trump America. Unauthorized entry to the U.S. is illegal, but for decades, adults who crossed the border illegally with their children, many of whom were fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries, were generally not prosecuted for that infraction alone. Instead, families would either be allowed to stay in the U.S. pending immigration rulings or be deported together. But things changed after Trump took office in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spring, the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, started toying with a new way to deter people from crossing the border illegally: prosecute every adult, including those crossing with kids. In April of 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1049751/dl\">took the policy border-wide\u003c/a>, dubbing it “Zero Tolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution,” Sessions \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/speech/attorney-general-sessions-addresses-recent-criticisms-zero-tolerance-church-leaders#:~:text=That%20is%20what%20the%20law,to%20jail%20with%20their%20parents.\">later said\u003c/a> of the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Now, when families were apprehended at the border, federal agents began sending children and their parents or guardians to separate holding facilities. A 14-year-old boy and his older sister, who had raised him, crossed the border into Texas, where they surrendered to the Border Patrol. “On the third day, they took me out of my cage and said I would be separated from my sister, but they didn’t tell me where I was going,” the boy later \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/11/written-testimony-kids-cages-inhumane-treatment-border\">told a visitor from Human Rights Watch\u003c/a>. “I don’t understand why they separated us. They didn’t give me a chance to say goodbye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three months after Zero Tolerance was formally implemented, the Trump administration began touting a dip in illegal border crossings but did not mention it was a small dip, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/19/did-zero-tolerance-policy-reduce-illegal-immigrati/\">typical for that time of year\u003c/a>. Meanwhile, border-area prosecutors complained that their dockets were overwhelmed by all the misdemeanor immigration cases and that people accused of serious crimes were \u003ca href=\"https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/21-028_0.pdf\">slipping through the cracks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was an even more problematic consequence of Zero Tolerance: the massive number of children who were suddenly in the care of the federal government. Children went to holding pens — many of them \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\">tents\u003c/a> erected for the purpose — while they waited to be placed in shelters or foster homes. Over 40% of those detention centers were located in California, Arizona and Texas. Humanitarian workers reported that federal authorities were not prepared to care for them, so older children took care of younger ones and illnesses went untreated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the government lost track of which children belonged to which parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11899567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/ap_19276669107972-4157dfa405bb5b5b5ae1512bc469aa8dc930c533-e1639768153780.jpg\" alt=\"Children walk in a line past barricades toward a large white tent.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrant youth line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida., in Feb. 2019. The American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys filed a lawsuit in October 2019, on behalf of thousands of families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. \u003ccite>(Wilfredo Lee/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caseworkers and therapists asked traumatized kids who they came with, while immigration lawyers tried to calm hysterical parents who had no idea where authorities had taken their children. Many kids panicked, \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy\">crying endlessly\u003c/a>, or went catatonic. In one case, after Border Patrol agents forcibly removed a Honduran father’s 3-year-old son from his hands, the man became so agitated he had to be moved to a Texas jail, where he \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-family-was-separated-at-the-border-and-this-distraught-father-took-his-own-life/2018/06/08/24e40b70-6b5d-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html\">strangled himself to death\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU filed its class-action lawsuit on behalf of these families, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/cases/ms-l-v-ice\">Ms. L v. ICE\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, in February of 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June of that year, under growing public pressure, Trump ordered an end to family separations without revoking Zero Tolerance. Separations slowed but didn’t stop. By the time Trump left office, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782685/new-tally-totals-over-5500-kids-taken-from-parents-at-the-border\">well over 5,000 children\u003c/a> had been taken from their families. While many had been reunited by then, some parents had been deported, leaving their children in the United States with other family members or in foster care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December of 2023, the Biden administration settled the ACLU’s lawsuit by agreeing to aid in the reunification of separated families and to provide a pathway for their claims to asylum, including access to work permits, various forms of support and a three-year legal status called humanitarian parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before approving the settlement, federal judge Dana Sabraw, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/08/separation-families-border-ruling-00130938\">said\u003c/a> family separation “represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Out of the frying pan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ACLU’s Gelernt said there could be as many as 1,000 children still separated from their parents or guardians. Those families have been identified using the sparse records kept by the Trump administration during Zero Tolerance, which often yield little more than a name. The government and a coalition of nonprofit advocacy organizations have not been able to find them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Lesly Tayes, an attorney in Guatemala, has been working to track down separated parents by combing through Guatemalan government records for information on their possible whereabouts. When she finds them, often in rural indigenous communities, she helps them travel to the Guatemalan capital to formally regain custody of their kids. But some parents Tayes worked with had never been to a city in their lives. “I had to support them with transportation or hotels,” she said. “Many of them didn’t even speak Spanish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who want to join their children in the U.S. and seek asylum often need help removing bureaucratic obstacles first; a sibling may need a passport for the journey or a legal guardian proof of their relationship with the child from whom they were separated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after families are together again in the United States, their struggle is hardly over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alfonso Mercado, a psychologist in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, has spent the last several years conducting clinical research and consulting as an expert witness in family separation cases at the border. “There was trauma everywhere,” he said. “These children were experiencing difficulties integrating into an environment that abused them,” by which he meant the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joanna Dreby, a sociologist at the State University of New York at Albany who has studied the impact of immigration policies on families for the past two decades, said that even after separated families are reunited, parents and children can struggle to repair their relationships. In some cases, children who were separated when very young are reunited with parents they don’t remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids might be like, ‘Why did they even go? Why did they do that? It led to this mess,’” Dreby said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em> settlement agreement promises that, once reunified in the United States, families will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/court-approves-historic-settlement-in-aclus-family-separation-lawsuit\">supported\u003c/a> with mental health and other medical care, housing and legal assistance and the ability to apply for work permits. But advocates say these resources have fallen short of what’s needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The increase in mental health services for this population is still very scarce and very limited,” Mercado said. “There’s no continuity of care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the U.S., families face an avalanche of urgent problems. Tayes said parents and guardians often wait months to get authorization to work. “Some of them were struggling with food, housing. It wasn’t easy for them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanging over these families is the specter of another deportation. According to the ACLU, the 2023 court settlement should supersede any immigration-related orders from the Trump administration. But the agreement doesn’t guarantee asylum, and the application process can be difficult to navigate, even with the help of an attorney. Non-governmental organizations serving Ms L. class members say they have struggled to provide pro bono legal help, especially after family separations were no longer a front-page issue and funding sources dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question of legal status can be complicated by the fact that members of separated families are often pursuing separate immigration cases. Children’s asylum claims, for example, were often filed after the initial separation, when the government designated them as “unaccompanied.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If [parents] lose their asylum cases,” Gelernt said, “then they’re going to be in real trouble of being removed and/or re-separated from their children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Separations continue\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In settling \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em>, the federal government agreed to halt further family separation at the border through 2031, though there are exceptions that have allowed \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/october-2024-monthly-report-on-separated-children.pdf\">hundreds more separations\u003c/a> since the settlement went into effect. For example, parents and children crossing the border illegally are still detained separately when the adults are deemed a national security or public safety risk, a danger to their children or if they’ve been charged with a felony other than crossing the border without authorization. However, the wording of the exceptions allows for broad interpretation. “You can basically run an 18-wheeler through them,” said one immigration law expert with knowledge of family separations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877202\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1232636077-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman protests family separations at the border as a coalition of activist groups and labor unions participate in a May Day march in Los Angeles for workers and human rights in 2021. \u003ccite>(David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Peña, whose organization ProBAR is a project of the American Bar Association, said cases in which border crossers are flagged for national security reasons are hard for attorneys like her to challenge because they often involve classified information. “The government can cite national security risk without revealing what information exactly is underlying that determination,” she said. “So it’s hard to determine the source of the risk and advocate for family reunification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a parent is flagged under one of the exceptions, they often go into federal immigration custody while their child goes to a shelter operated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Many parents are later released from custody if they successfully fight their case, but because the government has become legally responsible for their children’s welfare, strict guidelines kick in for releasing them into the care of someone else — even their parents. As a result, it can take much longer to reunite a family than to separate them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement agreement mandates that families who are separated be given written notice of the reason. Agencies have to facilitate communication between parents and children, and if parents are being deported, they must be given the option to be deported with or without their children. But Peña said this doesn’t always happen: “There are certain rights that the parents have under this settlement agreement that they’re not going to know about if they don’t have a lawyer who is also educated on these.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelernt said the ACLU is relying on organizations like Peña’s to report apparent patterns in immigration enforcement. Cases of parents being flagged under the exceptions could suddenly increase, for example, creating what, in effect, becomes a new separation policy. If that happens, Gelernt said, “We’d go back to court and say, it can’t be that four out of five parents all of a sudden are abusing their children, or four out of every five parents are a public safety threat to the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thinks the Trump administration knows better than to try to renegotiate or oppose the settlement agreement or to reestablish a formal separation policy. “I’d be surprised if they do forcible separation again, given the outcry against it,” he said. “But I’ve been wrong before about where they’re willing to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The next chapter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorneys and immigrants’ rights advocates say it’s too early to tell how Trump’s spiking the task force, which has been a collaboration between the departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, State, and Justice, will impact reunification efforts. The group’s main purpose in recent months has been to determine whether separated families were eligible for relief under the settlement agreement and to smooth the way for reunification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em> settlement agreement remains in effect, Gelernt said, so even without a task force, the Trump administration will have to do something to meet its requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House could not immediately be reached for comment as to whether the Trump administration intends to honor the court-ordered settlement. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses several federal agencies involved in immigration issues, did not respond to the same question by publication time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NGOs working with separated families said that, so far, the government appears to be meeting its obligations under the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/family-reunification-task-force\">the task force’s website\u003c/a> was updated to reflect the new secretaries of Homeland Security and the State Department, Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio, and to remove references to the Biden-Harris administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The settlement agreement stipulates that the federal website where separated families can register for relief, \u003ca href=\"http://together.gov/\">Together.gov\u003c/a>, has to stay up and that the registration process has to remain open until December 2026. Gelernt worries that potential class members may be afraid to come forward in the current enforcement climate but urges them to register: “Otherwise, they are very vulnerable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the dismantling of the task force is only symbolic, Gelernt sees it as a tactic to erase Zero Tolerance from the collective consciousness. “That they immediately eliminated the task force highlights the Trump administration’s failure to admit there was such a policy, much less acknowledge the brutal abuse it inflicted on little children,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even without a formal policy of family separation, sweeping changes to the bureaucracy — especially when they’re rushed — can get messy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peña worries that, as Trump’s orders take effect, there may not be clear guidance for immigration authorities on the ground. “Law enforcement agencies could really be looking at anybody who’s not a citizen and trying to figure out, ‘Okay, are they a priority or not?’” she said. “Because of the complexity, a lot of people who should not be on this priority list are going to get caught up in it. And that’s where we’re going to see mass family separations, potentially not just at the border, but across the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU believes they should be notified if class members are picked up for removal, but Gelernt acknowledges the government may hold a different view. DHS did not respond to questions about how it will handle those encounters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erika Pinheiro, executive director of Al Otro Lado, an organization that supports migrants on both the U.S. and Mexican sides of the border, said her office has been fielding calls from separated families asking how the new executive orders could affect them. “Unfortunately, we can tell them what we know, which isn’t much at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dreby, the sociologist, has observed that the mere threat of deportation and separation weighs heavily on immigrants, even those with legal status. “The ongoing anxiety is a really big deal,” she said, adding that cultural shifts can matter, as well as changes in policy. “When you have moments of really strong anti-immigrant rhetoric, the anxiety bubbles to the surface.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercado put it more succinctly: “As a psychologist, I am very concerned about what’s to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Gelernt and other legal advocates are confident that the \u003cem>Ms. L\u003c/em> settlement agreement, and their fight against Zero Tolerance during Trump’s first term, have prepared them for potential legal battles. “By the time we understood that it was systematic, it had already been happening for months and months,” Gelernt said of the original wave of family separations. “This time, I think everyone’s attuned to watching for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>February 13, 8:50 p.m. This story has been updated to reflect that “Protecting The American People Against Invasion” was not Trump’s second executive order; it was signed later in the same sitting. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027395/ice-las-escuelas-y-los-ninos-lo-que-las-familias-deberian-saber\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]P[/dropcap]anic has continued to spread through immigrant communities across California ever since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in the light of his promises to conduct mass deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some immigrant families in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025930/keeping-ice-out-of-classrooms-how-california-leaders-are-stepping-up-efforts\">say this sense of fear is already affecting their daily lives\u003c/a> — and heightened by frequent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026582/fake-flyer-warning-sf-area-ice-raids-shows-how-false-rumors-spread-fear\">rumors\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings locally\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns have also been stoked by the new administration’s reversal of a 2011 Department of Homeland Security policy that kept immigration agents away from “sensitive locations” like schools and churches. One East Bay mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025930/keeping-ice-out-of-classrooms-how-california-leaders-are-stepping-up-efforts\">told KQED\u003c/a> that her teenage daughter noticed many of her classmates stopped showing up to school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re staying home because they’re afraid they could be arrested,” said Reina, who asked not to have her last name shared. “Or their parents could be taken away while they’re in class.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the California Immigrant Data Portal, in 2021, 20% of minors in the state — around 1.8 million people — were either \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">undocumented or living with someone undocumented\u003c/a>. This was true for \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group&raceth=03\">32% of Latino teens and children, and 19% of Asian American youth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you are part of a family that has been affected by the administration’s deportation plans, keep reading for how experts and advocates recommend parents and guardians can talk to young people about their rights when it comes to immigration enforcement — and how to prepare for worst-case scenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that this is not legal advice, and it’s always recommended that you consult an immigration attorney for guidance on your family’s specific situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#schools\">What should families know about ICE in schools?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#talk\">How should you talk to your kids about ICE in the news?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What does a ‘family preparedness plan’ look like?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kristina Lovato, the director of the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative at UC Berkeley, said that it’s “really important” for every family who could be affected by immigration enforcement to have what agencies and organizations call “a family preparedness plan” in case of an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\">Immigrant Legal Resource Center has a thorough tool kit\u003c/a> with guidance on ways to prepare for such a scenario, focusing on a care plan for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024332]For example, ILRC suggests that parents should identify a trusted adult to take care of their kids, in case they are detained or deported. (There is a possibility that a child \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement\">may end up in the child welfare system\u003c/a> after a parent is detained or deported.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three avenues to designate a trusted adult to care for for your child:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Find another adult who can verbally agree to take care of your child in a situation where you cannot. The downside of a verbal agreement is that the trusted adult may not be able to make certain decisions for your child, like medical decisions, in the event that their parent or caregiver is deported.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Complete \u003ca href=\"https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/caregiver.pdf\">a Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (PDF)\u003c/a> so that the trusted adult can also make school and medical decisions on behalf of your child. This option does not impact your parental rights.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have the court \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-11/gc211.pdf\">appoint a guardian for your child (PDF)\u003c/a> by filling out a GC-211 form. This new guardian can, in certain situations, make more decisions than an authorized caregiver on behalf of your child, and the guardianship can also be made conditional, to “kick in” if a parent or caregiver is deported. This route does not take away your parental rights, but it does suspend them by granting legal custody of your child to someone else — making it \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\">“a serious decision” to embark on, notes ILRC\u003c/a>, and one which should be accompanied by legal advice.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, parents or caregivers should let their children know about their plan, recommends ILRC — telling them exactly who they would stay with if they were not there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The toolkit also suggests documenting your child’s medications and medical conditions — like allergies — and giving a copy to their school, and another to the adult you designated as an emergency caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of your child’s nationality, advocates suggest making sure they have a passport.\u003ca id=\"schools\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should families know about ICE in schools?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be familiar with California policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the election, California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">prepared to challenge Trump administration actions the state deems illegal\u003c/a>. And while \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">ICE can still operate in California\u003c/a>, the state is not providing resources to them for immigration enforcement, except for cases of detaining people \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299940659.html\">convicted of serious crimes\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter who is in the White House, in California, we will continue to lead with California values,” State Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">said in a December news release\u003c/a>. “My office will continue to use the full force of the law and every tool at our disposal to protect the rights of California’s immigrants — and we need staff at these critical locations to do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot let the Trump deportation machine create a culture of fear and mistrust that prevents immigrants from accessing vital public services,” said Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025930]California law \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">limits state and local participation in immigration enforcement activities\u003c/a>. Bonta’s office updated its official guidance surrounding immigration enforcement in the state, stipulating that state courthouses, public health care facilities and public schools are \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">required to adopt these policies “or equivalent policies.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">updated guidance for staff at schools and campuses\u003c/a> asks that they do the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Notify the local educational agency administrator of any immigration officer’s request to enter campus.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask to see — and make copies or notes of — the officer’s credentials, including name and badge number; the phone number of their supervisor; any documentation that allows school access, like a warrant.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Document the actions of any officer who enters the premises without consent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify children’s guardians as soon as possible of ICE activity, and do so before an officer questions or removes a student for immigration-enforcement purposes (“\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">unless prevented by a judicial warrant or subpoena\u003c/a>”).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify the California Department of Justice of any attempt by an immigration officer to access a school site or a student by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:immigration@doj.ca.gov\">immigration@doj.ca.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>According to the state attorney general, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">your family and your children have the right to\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>a public education, regardless of a parent or caregiver’s immigration status;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>have documents remain private and protected by schools, which can only be released by guardian permission or in response to a court order or subpoena;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>file a complaint or report a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827832/what-is-a-hate-crime-and-what-you-can-do-if-you-experience-one\">hate crime.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If anyone in California suspects that a school or its staff are assisting ICE, state Attorney General Rob Bonta urged them to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/report\">report these concerns to his office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know your right to remain silent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE agent can approach a minor in a public space to ask questions or ask for their identification, said Lovato. But in this case — and almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">all cases with law enforcement\u003c/a> — the young person should know that they do not need to respond to any questions, according to legal experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates counsel that children \u003ca href=\"https://mobilizationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/What-to-do-if-ICE-Comes-to-Your-School.pdf\">should not run away, and try to stay calm (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A minor can state that they want to remain silent until they speak with a lawyer,” Lovato said. “Do not answer any questions about your birthplace, immigration status or how you’ve entered the United States.” Lovato also recommended not giving an ICE agent “any personal information about yourself or anyone in your family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say it may also be helpful for a child to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">carry a card that details their rights\u003c/a> with them when they go out. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">find a printable version from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">what advocates and legal experts say you can do during ICE encounters\u003c/a>, which includes details like how to tell an ICE agent from a police officer and what advocates recommend you do if ICE knocks on your door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025647]If it is safe, legal experts say your child can also attempt to record ICE’s actions. KQED also has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">guide on your rights when recording officers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can ICE do with children?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE is \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Immigration-Detention-Factsheet_FINAL.pdf\">obligated to hand children over (PDF)\u003c/a> to the Office of Refugee Resettlement — part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — in 72 hours. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf\">This rule has, however, been violated before [PDF]\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for a minor who has been detained, you can call, text, or message (through Whatsapp) \u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/national-call-center-eng.pdf\">the Office of Refugee Resettlement (PDF)\u003c/a> at 1-800-203-7001 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:information@ORRNCC.com\">information@ORRNCC.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your child is 18 or over, you can use \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System\u003c/a> to search for them. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\">Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project\u003c/a>, it might take a few days for a person to show up in this ICE database. If this person has still not shown up in the database after those few days, you can contact advocacy organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a> through \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/reunite\">their form online\u003c/a> or call 209-757-3733.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations that support children include \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/\">Legal Services for Children, Kids in Need of Defense\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.icwclaw.org/\">Immigration Center for Women and Children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Vara (left), with the Latino Task Force, stands with a group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28 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\u003ch2>How should you talk to your kids about ICE in the news?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lovato studied the impact of deportations on Los Angeles families during the first Trump administration. She said many young people in these families faced an “\u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvjhzrh4\">ambiguous loss\u003c/a>” after seeing a parent forcibly separated from them, coupled with the uncertainty of when they may be reunited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a type of loss that is often unnoticed by the general public,” she said. She also noted many children in the study who had seen their parents deported then experienced anxiety that they themselves — or other family members — would be next, even if they had documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy for young people and children to pick up on any sense of tension around them — and kids “overhear everything,” said Ioanna Angelakis, a marriage and family therapist based in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might hear [something] in a certain way that they can’t understand and they can’t process,” she said. This stress can appear in different ways for kids, like acting out in school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of this, she said parents and caregivers should try to explain things to their child in age-appropriate language. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">National Association of School Psychologists has this advice\u003c/a> on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups. KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59143/war-crisis-tragedy-how-to-talk-with-kids-when-the-news-is-scary\">multiple guides\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965530/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-traumatic-world-events\">how to talk to children\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event\">the news is disturbing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11764070]Some concrete advice advocates suggest for parents and caregivers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reassure your children\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while it may be difficult, parents need “to get their own fears under control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that parents should explain to their children — even if they’re teenagers — that their family will “continue to protect them” and will do everything they can to “make sure that the kids remain safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no easy solution for all of this and it is truly terrifying if a family is in danger,” she said. But Angelakis said that a parent’s reassuring tone can help children from developing tremendous anxiety — or from mirroring their family’s stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child you have a plan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said parents should try “putting some containment” on the anxiety their child is feeling, and let them know that “our family has a plan and we’re doing everything that we can to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These plans would include the back-up child care and guardian situations suggested by the ILRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child they don’t have to say anything to law enforcement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like adults, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/arrest#:~:text=Your%20child%20has%20the%20right,the%20court%20will%20appoint%20one.\">children have the right to remain silent\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">interacting with ICE \u003c/a>under the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, for some children, advocates acknowledge that going to a police officer or providing information to people or schools might not be helpful for them or their families. This can be the case for a child from a mixed-status family, or a young person whose community has historically experienced violent responses from the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lovato explained that immigration organizations have been encouraging parents to tell their kids and engage in a household practice of “saying no to ICE. Actually verbally, reciting it and practicing: just saying no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Regulate your own anxiety\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said in many situations, fear is warranted and rational — since for so many, ICE headlines hit close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasized that parents should try to regulate their response when talking to their children. A way for guardians to check on their own anxiety by consulting with other trusted people in their life, and make sure they are not getting “caught in [their] own head,” said Angelakis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes “making sure you breathe right,” she recommended. And that “we pass on the relevant information to the child” in a way that isn’t “skyrocketing anyone’s anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ways \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">advocates suggest you can do this include\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>having your child express their feelings, but not letting them try to comfort you;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>giving a child some positive forms of control, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">deciding what to have for dinner or choosing a game to play;\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>being a role model on how to handle distress and conflict, like making sure anger looks “in-control” rather than “out-of-control.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while families can also try to limit their news intake, she acknowledges that many families are hearing about “terrifying” situations which are hard to ignore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important that we do have these conversations with kids, and [that] we do minimize any kind of anxiety evoking or anxiety increasing conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasizes: “Kids are pretty incredible. And super resilient and awfully smart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED’s Tyche Hendricks and Ki Sung.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For example, ILRC suggests that parents should identify a trusted adult to take care of their kids, in case they are detained or deported. (There is a possibility that a child \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement\">may end up in the child welfare system\u003c/a> after a parent is detained or deported.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three avenues to designate a trusted adult to care for for your child:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Find another adult who can verbally agree to take care of your child in a situation where you cannot. The downside of a verbal agreement is that the trusted adult may not be able to make certain decisions for your child, like medical decisions, in the event that their parent or caregiver is deported.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Complete \u003ca href=\"https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/caregiver.pdf\">a Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (PDF)\u003c/a> so that the trusted adult can also make school and medical decisions on behalf of your child. This option does not impact your parental rights.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have the court \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-11/gc211.pdf\">appoint a guardian for your child (PDF)\u003c/a> by filling out a GC-211 form. This new guardian can, in certain situations, make more decisions than an authorized caregiver on behalf of your child, and the guardianship can also be made conditional, to “kick in” if a parent or caregiver is deported. This route does not take away your parental rights, but it does suspend them by granting legal custody of your child to someone else — making it \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\">“a serious decision” to embark on, notes ILRC\u003c/a>, and one which should be accompanied by legal advice.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, parents or caregivers should let their children know about their plan, recommends ILRC — telling them exactly who they would stay with if they were not there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The toolkit also suggests documenting your child’s medications and medical conditions — like allergies — and giving a copy to their school, and another to the adult you designated as an emergency caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of your child’s nationality, advocates suggest making sure they have a passport.\u003ca id=\"schools\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should families know about ICE in schools?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be familiar with California policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the election, California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">prepared to challenge Trump administration actions the state deems illegal\u003c/a>. And while \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">ICE can still operate in California\u003c/a>, the state is not providing resources to them for immigration enforcement, except for cases of detaining people \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299940659.html\">convicted of serious crimes\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter who is in the White House, in California, we will continue to lead with California values,” State Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">said in a December news release\u003c/a>. “My office will continue to use the full force of the law and every tool at our disposal to protect the rights of California’s immigrants — and we need staff at these critical locations to do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot let the Trump deportation machine create a culture of fear and mistrust that prevents immigrants from accessing vital public services,” said Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California law \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">limits state and local participation in immigration enforcement activities\u003c/a>. Bonta’s office updated its official guidance surrounding immigration enforcement in the state, stipulating that state courthouses, public health care facilities and public schools are \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">required to adopt these policies “or equivalent policies.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">updated guidance for staff at schools and campuses\u003c/a> asks that they do the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Notify the local educational agency administrator of any immigration officer’s request to enter campus.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask to see — and make copies or notes of — the officer’s credentials, including name and badge number; the phone number of their supervisor; any documentation that allows school access, like a warrant.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Document the actions of any officer who enters the premises without consent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify children’s guardians as soon as possible of ICE activity, and do so before an officer questions or removes a student for immigration-enforcement purposes (“\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">unless prevented by a judicial warrant or subpoena\u003c/a>”).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify the California Department of Justice of any attempt by an immigration officer to access a school site or a student by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:immigration@doj.ca.gov\">immigration@doj.ca.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>According to the state attorney general, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">your family and your children have the right to\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>a public education, regardless of a parent or caregiver’s immigration status;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>have documents remain private and protected by schools, which can only be released by guardian permission or in response to a court order or subpoena;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>file a complaint or report a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827832/what-is-a-hate-crime-and-what-you-can-do-if-you-experience-one\">hate crime.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If anyone in California suspects that a school or its staff are assisting ICE, state Attorney General Rob Bonta urged them to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/report\">report these concerns to his office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know your right to remain silent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE agent can approach a minor in a public space to ask questions or ask for their identification, said Lovato. But in this case — and almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">all cases with law enforcement\u003c/a> — the young person should know that they do not need to respond to any questions, according to legal experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates counsel that children \u003ca href=\"https://mobilizationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/What-to-do-if-ICE-Comes-to-Your-School.pdf\">should not run away, and try to stay calm (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A minor can state that they want to remain silent until they speak with a lawyer,” Lovato said. “Do not answer any questions about your birthplace, immigration status or how you’ve entered the United States.” Lovato also recommended not giving an ICE agent “any personal information about yourself or anyone in your family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say it may also be helpful for a child to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">carry a card that details their rights\u003c/a> with them when they go out. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">find a printable version from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">what advocates and legal experts say you can do during ICE encounters\u003c/a>, which includes details like how to tell an ICE agent from a police officer and what advocates recommend you do if ICE knocks on your door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If it is safe, legal experts say your child can also attempt to record ICE’s actions. KQED also has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">guide on your rights when recording officers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can ICE do with children?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE is \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Immigration-Detention-Factsheet_FINAL.pdf\">obligated to hand children over (PDF)\u003c/a> to the Office of Refugee Resettlement — part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — in 72 hours. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf\">This rule has, however, been violated before [PDF]\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for a minor who has been detained, you can call, text, or message (through Whatsapp) \u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/national-call-center-eng.pdf\">the Office of Refugee Resettlement (PDF)\u003c/a> at 1-800-203-7001 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:information@ORRNCC.com\">information@ORRNCC.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your child is 18 or over, you can use \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System\u003c/a> to search for them. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\">Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project\u003c/a>, it might take a few days for a person to show up in this ICE database. If this person has still not shown up in the database after those few days, you can contact advocacy organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a> through \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/reunite\">their form online\u003c/a> or call 209-757-3733.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations that support children include \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/\">Legal Services for Children, Kids in Need of Defense\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.icwclaw.org/\">Immigration Center for Women and Children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Vara (left), with the Latino Task Force, stands with a group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28 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\u003ch2>How should you talk to your kids about ICE in the news?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lovato studied the impact of deportations on Los Angeles families during the first Trump administration. She said many young people in these families faced an “\u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvjhzrh4\">ambiguous loss\u003c/a>” after seeing a parent forcibly separated from them, coupled with the uncertainty of when they may be reunited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a type of loss that is often unnoticed by the general public,” she said. She also noted many children in the study who had seen their parents deported then experienced anxiety that they themselves — or other family members — would be next, even if they had documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy for young people and children to pick up on any sense of tension around them — and kids “overhear everything,” said Ioanna Angelakis, a marriage and family therapist based in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might hear [something] in a certain way that they can’t understand and they can’t process,” she said. This stress can appear in different ways for kids, like acting out in school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of this, she said parents and caregivers should try to explain things to their child in age-appropriate language. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">National Association of School Psychologists has this advice\u003c/a> on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups. KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59143/war-crisis-tragedy-how-to-talk-with-kids-when-the-news-is-scary\">multiple guides\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965530/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-traumatic-world-events\">how to talk to children\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event\">the news is disturbing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some concrete advice advocates suggest for parents and caregivers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reassure your children\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while it may be difficult, parents need “to get their own fears under control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that parents should explain to their children — even if they’re teenagers — that their family will “continue to protect them” and will do everything they can to “make sure that the kids remain safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no easy solution for all of this and it is truly terrifying if a family is in danger,” she said. But Angelakis said that a parent’s reassuring tone can help children from developing tremendous anxiety — or from mirroring their family’s stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child you have a plan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said parents should try “putting some containment” on the anxiety their child is feeling, and let them know that “our family has a plan and we’re doing everything that we can to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These plans would include the back-up child care and guardian situations suggested by the ILRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child they don’t have to say anything to law enforcement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like adults, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/arrest#:~:text=Your%20child%20has%20the%20right,the%20court%20will%20appoint%20one.\">children have the right to remain silent\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">interacting with ICE \u003c/a>under the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, for some children, advocates acknowledge that going to a police officer or providing information to people or schools might not be helpful for them or their families. This can be the case for a child from a mixed-status family, or a young person whose community has historically experienced violent responses from the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lovato explained that immigration organizations have been encouraging parents to tell their kids and engage in a household practice of “saying no to ICE. Actually verbally, reciting it and practicing: just saying no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Regulate your own anxiety\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said in many situations, fear is warranted and rational — since for so many, ICE headlines hit close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasized that parents should try to regulate their response when talking to their children. A way for guardians to check on their own anxiety by consulting with other trusted people in their life, and make sure they are not getting “caught in [their] own head,” said Angelakis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes “making sure you breathe right,” she recommended. And that “we pass on the relevant information to the child” in a way that isn’t “skyrocketing anyone’s anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ways \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">advocates suggest you can do this include\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>having your child express their feelings, but not letting them try to comfort you;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>giving a child some positive forms of control, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">deciding what to have for dinner or choosing a game to play;\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>being a role model on how to handle distress and conflict, like making sure anger looks “in-control” rather than “out-of-control.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while families can also try to limit their news intake, she acknowledges that many families are hearing about “terrifying” situations which are hard to ignore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important that we do have these conversations with kids, and [that] we do minimize any kind of anxiety evoking or anxiety increasing conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasizes: “Kids are pretty incredible. And super resilient and awfully smart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Over the weekend, a flyer on a supposed Department of Homeland Security letterhead spread through social channels, warning of impending \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">ICE raids\u003c/a> around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the undated notice, immigration officials would be visiting five locations — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025930/keeping-ice-out-of-classrooms-how-california-leaders-are-stepping-up-efforts\">three schools\u003c/a> and two malls in San Francisco and San Mateo County — at 1:30 p.m. “tomorrow,” looking for people who remained in the U.S. past their visa expiration and “jobs that smuggle immigrants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFydy_nSNLU/?img_index=1\">notice was fake\u003c/a>, but the rippling panic it spread through fearful immigrant communities wasn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s physically very draining for a lot of folks and mentally draining for a lot of folks to have to respond or get panicked by false reports,” said Gabriel Medina, the executive director of La Raza Community Resource Center. The center is one of 21 partner organizations that form the \u003ca href=\"https://sfildc.org/our-work/rapid-response/\">San Francisco Rapid Response Network\u003c/a>, which verifies and responds to reports of immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medina said the number of calls coming into the network’s 24-hour hotline has soared since President Trump took office, calling for mass deportations and crackdowns on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">sanctuary cities such as San Francisco\u003c/a>. On a day when the network might usually get five calls, it’s answering 50, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flyer that circulated over the weekend, which warned that so-called “415-650 Worksite Inspections” were coming, said agents would target Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco, Westlake Shopping Center in Daly City, and three San Mateo County schools. At the bottom, it said it was signed by Donald Trump, using a cursive typeface but not his actual signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Presser_IMG_5746-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General Rob Bonta (second from right), City Attorney David Chiu (center), Gabriel Medina from La Raza immigration services and others, at a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, to announce preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order. \u003ccite>(Gilare Zada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco Rapid Response Network infographic on Instagram debunked the message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some fake reports have been born of legitimate concern — the rapid response team hears from concerned residents every day, including when a San Francisco public school student told school officials they had seen an ICE agent on the 29 Sunset Muni bus last month. Though quickly squashed, the rumor prompted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFL1mQ5y4vg/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">district email to some school communities\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/23/ice-agent-muni-bus-visitacion-valley/\">media frenzy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others have had more questionable intentions. Last week, a man wearing a windbreaker with “ICE Immigration” across the back and chest and a red baseball hat embroidered with “Trump Won” was spotted eating at a taqueria in the Mission District, which has significant Latinx and immigrant communities. The \u003cem>San Francisco Standard \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/07/daniel-goodwyn-ice-impersonator-mission-taqueria/\">identified the man\u003c/a> as Daniel Goodwyn — among those Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023252/2-californians-on-fbis-most-wanted-list-among-capitol-rioters-pardoned-by-trump\">pardoned in connection with the Jan. 6 riot\u003c/a>, and a leader of a San Francisco conservative group — who also \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtynSmJw_a/\">posted a photo on his Instagram account wearing the outfit\u003c/a> in front of City Hall at a Lunar New Year event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a terrorist seeking to intimidate our immigrant community,” Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who represents the Mission, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFyul7wywsK/?img_index=2\">wrote on Instagram\u003c/a> after the man’s visit to the taqueria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025647 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1243312873-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks are trying to stoke fear with flyers, with jackets, with phone calls to different agencies, to different emails, letters,” Medina said. “That is their ultimate tool that has the most capacity, but it’s also the one that can be most easily defeated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there has been some authenticated ICE activity around the Bay Area since Trump took office — including attempts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024442/ice-agents-tried-to-enter-downtown-sf-office-buildings-janitors-union-says\">enter downtown San Francisco office buildings\u003c/a> that Democrats and union officials said were in search of janitorial workers, as well as operations in San José — most of the reports haven’t been true. Medina said that during La Raza’s week on call for San Francisco’s rapid response hotline at the end of January, there were seven warrants issued and five arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all individual warrants for individual folks, specific locations, specific person. To date, no raid has taken place,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medina said people who think they see ICE activity should first inform the network so its trained workers can sift through and verify apparent sightings. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online#what-does-ice-look-like\">Advocates say\u003c/a> this is a better option than posting on social media or communicating through personal channels right away since that can cause unnecessary panic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all have to take a little bit of a deep breath when we hear any of these calls and assess them,” Medina said. “We’re all impacted by it, but we also have to keep in mind who we represent, who we’re fighting for, and make sure to verify and give out good information and be extra careful and understand the impact of any information we share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>President Donald Trump returned to office last month with a major show of force on immigration, issuing numerous orders and directives to dramatically increase enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve sparked glee from his supporters, condemnation from his opponents, fear from immigrant communities amid nationwide raids — and also \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2025-01-31/north-state-ice-sightings-circulating-on-social-media-likely-false-claims\">plenty of false alarms\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flurry of new policies — some pushing long-held legal boundaries — are part of a “shock and awe” strategy meant to amplify the promises of a military-assisted mass deportation, experts said. Among the administration’s goals is for fearful immigrants to “voluntarily depart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big issue is this basically full-court press (from the administration) on immigration enforcement and the fear it’s generated,” said UC Davis immigration law professor Kevin Johnson. “(The fear) probably is the biggest impact of all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty over immigrants’ futures has led communities to question whether workers should continue to show up to businesses, children to school and patients to doctors’ offices — and whether there will be economic disruptions and school funding consequences as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/immigrant-communities-hiding-ice.html\">are staying home\u003c/a>. Others have little choice but to continue their routines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kern County, an immigrant citrus picker who spoke on the condition that her name not be used because she fears deportation said, like many of her coworkers, she stayed home for a day in the wake of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/01/kern-county-immigration-sweep/\">a Border Patrol operation last month\u003c/a> — conducted before Trump took office — that seemed to target farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she has bills to pay, so she’s continued going to work and sending her child to daycare. Rumors of immigration authority sightings have also continued to spread, including one that prompted the contractor she works for to keep her crew in the orange grove at the end of a recent workday. The contractor didn’t release them to go home until checking that the roads were clear, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody goes out with fear,” she said. “But one has needs. And my needs are bigger than the fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s actions have the potential to drastically remake the immigration landscape. Here’s what’s changed so far and how California is responding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Targeting birthright citizenship\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Trump’s first-day executive orders sought to end the century-plus-old practice of granting citizenship to all children born on U.S. soil, even if their parents are undocumented. Courts have affirmed the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship since 1898, in the case of a San Francisco man whose parents were from China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two federal judges, responding to separate lawsuits, quickly halted the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third lawsuit, brought by 18 states, including California and the city of San Francisco, was heard in a Massachusetts federal court last Friday. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office says the executive order would strip citizenship rights from about 24,500 children who are born in California each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expanding ICE’s reach\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration has directed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to \u003ca href=\"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01720.pdf\">expand\u003c/a> use of a process called “expedited removal”: deportations that are allowed to bypass immigration courts, where a judge would normally decide the merit of allowing someone to stay in the country. In the past, immigrants without legal status and who do not make an asylum claim can be placed in this process if they’re arrested within 14 days of entering the country and within 100 miles of the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That already covered most of California. The new order expands the process to the entire country and to immigrants arrested within two years of entering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could have a huge effect” on the number of people authorities can arrest and put in the fast-tracked deportation process far from the border, said UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration courts have a longstanding backlog that, in \u003ca href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12492\">late 2024, rose to 3.5 million cases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Trump actions could also dramatically increase those cases:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>He revoked a policy prohibiting agents from making arrests in “sensitive locations” such as churches, schools and hospitals;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And he signed the Laken Riley Act, a GOP bill that had some Democratic support, directing ICE to detain and deport immigrants who are charged — not just convicted — with certain crimes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Experts say much of how this is carried out still depends on how much Congress is willing to allow ICE to spend. The agency, which operates on about $9 billion a year, estimates it needs $27 billion to carry out the Laken Riley Act, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5262921/laken-riley-act-deportation-ice\">NPR has reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reach of ICE’s recent activity is also unclear. The agency in the last week of January posted daily arrest numbers on the social media platform X, showing nationwide an average of about 800 arrests a day. That’s far higher than daily arrests during the Biden administration, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tracking-administrative-arrests-ice/\">averaged about 300 in 2024\u003c/a>, according to ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear how many people have been held in detention, released with immigration court cases pending, or deported: ICE spokesperson Richard Beam said those figures aren’t available, nor was a state-by-state breakdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency also would not provide figures of how many of those arrested have the criminal convictions the administration says it’s targeting. An NBC News report in late January \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-trump-deportations-numbers-rcna188937\">found for one of the days\u003c/a>, nearly half of those arrested were nonviolent offenders or had no criminal record.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cancelling legal immigration paths\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In addition to targeting immigrants without legal status, Trump is revoking pathways for immigrants to arrive legally, often on humanitarian grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump suspended refugee admissions in one Day-One order. In other actions, he’s gone after the temporary legal statuses of immigrants whom the Biden administration allowed to enter. Trump’s administration has called those statuses another way to allow illegal immigration under the guise of government support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, his Homeland Security department canceled the temporary status of about 300,000 Venezuelans that had allowed them protections from deportation and work permits. That status, intended to protect people from tumultuous home countries, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5285470/venezuelans-florida-tps-immigration-trump\">expires in April\u003c/a>, and another 250,000 protected Venezuelans’ status expires in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration also is preparing, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-immigrants-deportation.html\">according to the New York Times\u003c/a>, to strip the temporary legal status of immigrants from four countries (Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti) that the Biden administration had allowed to enter — and gain work permits — if they found American sponsors, as a way to curb illegal border crossings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, on Day One, Trump ended a Biden-era program allowing migrants at the border to schedule appointments to be temporarily allowed into the U.S. with work permits while they wait for immigration cases to be decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because many of those immigrants are newer arrivals, Kathleen Bush-Joseph, policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said, they’re particularly likely to be put in the fast-tracked deportation process.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trying to secure local cooperation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The administration is again trying to overturn local and state sanctuary laws, meaning we’re likely to see a return to the California-versus-federal showdown from the first Trump administration on how much the state can be required to help immigration agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those fights, Arulanantham said, “really are fundamental to balance of power between the federal government and states with respect to how immigration enforcement plays out on the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label=’Related Coverage' tag='immigration']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the arresting immigration agents to the detention bed space to the judges considering whether to order deportations, the Trump administration doesn’t have nearly the capacity to carry out the level of crackdown he vows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, his orders seek to sign on more local police as partners in the effort. The administration is also suing Chicago and Cook County over their non-cooperation policies, accusing the cities of “thwarting” enforcement, and has threatened to prosecute local officials who fail to cooperate with immigration agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On her first day as attorney general, Pam Bondi ordered the Justice Department to once again pause grants for sanctuary cities and states. That could include California, which in 2017 passed a law barring police and sheriffs from arresting or detaining immigrants on behalf of federal agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the previous iteration of this standoff, California won in court when the federal government tried to withhold funding. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/immigrant-communities-hiding-ice.html\">are staying home\u003c/a>. Others have little choice but to continue their routines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kern County, an immigrant citrus picker who spoke on the condition that her name not be used because she fears deportation said, like many of her coworkers, she stayed home for a day in the wake of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/01/kern-county-immigration-sweep/\">a Border Patrol operation last month\u003c/a> — conducted before Trump took office — that seemed to target farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she has bills to pay, so she’s continued going to work and sending her child to daycare. Rumors of immigration authority sightings have also continued to spread, including one that prompted the contractor she works for to keep her crew in the orange grove at the end of a recent workday. The contractor didn’t release them to go home until checking that the roads were clear, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody goes out with fear,” she said. “But one has needs. And my needs are bigger than the fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s actions have the potential to drastically remake the immigration landscape. Here’s what’s changed so far and how California is responding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Targeting birthright citizenship\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Trump’s first-day executive orders sought to end the century-plus-old practice of granting citizenship to all children born on U.S. soil, even if their parents are undocumented. Courts have affirmed the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship since 1898, in the case of a San Francisco man whose parents were from China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two federal judges, responding to separate lawsuits, quickly halted the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third lawsuit, brought by 18 states, including California and the city of San Francisco, was heard in a Massachusetts federal court last Friday. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office says the executive order would strip citizenship rights from about 24,500 children who are born in California each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Expanding ICE’s reach\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration has directed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to \u003ca href=\"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01720.pdf\">expand\u003c/a> use of a process called “expedited removal”: deportations that are allowed to bypass immigration courts, where a judge would normally decide the merit of allowing someone to stay in the country. In the past, immigrants without legal status and who do not make an asylum claim can be placed in this process if they’re arrested within 14 days of entering the country and within 100 miles of the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That already covered most of California. The new order expands the process to the entire country and to immigrants arrested within two years of entering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could have a huge effect” on the number of people authorities can arrest and put in the fast-tracked deportation process far from the border, said UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration courts have a longstanding backlog that, in \u003ca href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12492\">late 2024, rose to 3.5 million cases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Trump actions could also dramatically increase those cases:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>He revoked a policy prohibiting agents from making arrests in “sensitive locations” such as churches, schools and hospitals;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And he signed the Laken Riley Act, a GOP bill that had some Democratic support, directing ICE to detain and deport immigrants who are charged — not just convicted — with certain crimes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Experts say much of how this is carried out still depends on how much Congress is willing to allow ICE to spend. The agency, which operates on about $9 billion a year, estimates it needs $27 billion to carry out the Laken Riley Act, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5262921/laken-riley-act-deportation-ice\">NPR has reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reach of ICE’s recent activity is also unclear. The agency in the last week of January posted daily arrest numbers on the social media platform X, showing nationwide an average of about 800 arrests a day. That’s far higher than daily arrests during the Biden administration, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tracking-administrative-arrests-ice/\">averaged about 300 in 2024\u003c/a>, according to ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear how many people have been held in detention, released with immigration court cases pending, or deported: ICE spokesperson Richard Beam said those figures aren’t available, nor was a state-by-state breakdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency also would not provide figures of how many of those arrested have the criminal convictions the administration says it’s targeting. An NBC News report in late January \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-trump-deportations-numbers-rcna188937\">found for one of the days\u003c/a>, nearly half of those arrested were nonviolent offenders or had no criminal record.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cancelling legal immigration paths\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In addition to targeting immigrants without legal status, Trump is revoking pathways for immigrants to arrive legally, often on humanitarian grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump suspended refugee admissions in one Day-One order. In other actions, he’s gone after the temporary legal statuses of immigrants whom the Biden administration allowed to enter. Trump’s administration has called those statuses another way to allow illegal immigration under the guise of government support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, his Homeland Security department canceled the temporary status of about 300,000 Venezuelans that had allowed them protections from deportation and work permits. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:55 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, joined by three other cities and counties across the country, are suing the Trump administration over its threats to punish jurisdictions that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023560/bay-area-officials-vow-uphold-sanctuary-immigrants-despite-threats-from-trump\">sanctuary immigration policies\u003c/a>, calling the moves unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit, filed in the Northern District of California, asks the court to declare the Trump administration’s actions unlawful and prevent the federal government from implementing them. The two Bay Area counties brought similar lawsuits during the first Trump administration and won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys say the Trump administration is violating the 10th Amendment, which says that powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states. The amendment has been interpreted as prohibiting the federal government from forcing states to use their resources to carry out federal responsibilities, such as immigration enforcement. The suit also alleges that Trump’s actions violate the separation of powers, spending clause, due process clause and administrative procedures act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the federal government illegally asserting a right it does not have, telling cities how to use their resources, and commandeering local law enforcement,” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said. “This is the federal government coercing local officials to bend to their will or face defunding or prosecution. That is illegal and authoritarian. As local officials, we have a right to do our jobs without threats and interference from the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is also joined by Portland, Oregon, New Haven, Connecticut, and King County, Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office, he and his administration have made a number of moves to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024342/trump-wants-to-break-californias-sanctuary-state-law-5-things-to-know\">crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions\u003c/a> — generally cities, counties and states that prohibit local officials from participating in most immigration enforcement activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025344\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/trump-with-executive-order.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/trump-with-executive-order.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/trump-with-executive-order.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/trump-with-executive-order-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/trump-with-executive-order-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Trump issued an \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\">executive order\u003c/a> calling for sanctuary cities, counties and states to lose federal funds, and the administration issued Department of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388531/dl?inline\">memos\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25501154-doj-all-staff-memo-jan-21/\">instructing\u003c/a> federal law enforcement to investigate and civilly and criminally prosecute local officials who don’t actively assist in immigration enforcement. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/nyregion/ny-sheriff-ithaca-immigration.html\">threatened to prosecute a local sheriff\u003c/a> in New York state for releasing an undocumented immigrant who had pleaded guilty to assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Thursday, the federal government filed suit against Chicago, Cook County and Illinois, challenging their sanctuary laws. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5288871/justice-department-sues-chicago-and-illinois-over-sanctuary-laws\">In that suit, the administration charged\u003c/a> that sanctuary jurisdictions make it more difficult for and deliberately impede federal immigration officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu said that lawsuit made “the prosecution of state and local officials for following their local laws a reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanctuary jurisdictions like San Francisco do not prevent the federal government from carrying out its own immigration enforcement. And California’s statewide sanctuary laws include provisions that require state prison and local jail officials to hand over people lacking legal status after they serve their sentence if they are convicted of serious and violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025395 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-04-BL.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the laws make a clear distinction between federal immigration enforcement and local law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say San Francisco’s law, in place since 1989, is aimed at ensuring that immigrants, with legal status or not, feel comfortable reporting crimes to local police. Supporters, including Chiu, argue that such laws make communities safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump Administration’s actions have nothing to do with public safety because we know that sanctuary laws improve public safety,” said Chiu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti added that both counties are “striving to create a culture of trust and security within our communities so that our residents know that they can come to the county when they are in need or when they can be of help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first Trump administration, San Francisco and Santa Clara sued the federal government for attempting to withhold federal funds based on their sanctuary policies; the two counties prevailed in that suit before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the policies were legal and the withholding of funds were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024439\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Vara, with the Latino Task Force, stands with a group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday, 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>Chiu said the latest threats to withhold funding are identical to the first time around, noting Trump used the same exact executive order language that was struck down before — but that this time, the administration also expanded the offensive to include investigations both civil and criminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The federal government can’t weaponize federal funding to bully us away from that commitment to trust and security,” LoPresti said. “We worked hand in hand with San Francisco in 2017 to enforce the Constitution against the Trump administration. 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Although Reina is a U.S. citizen, KQED is not using the women’s last names because of María’s uncertain immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were among hundreds of anxious families who had turned out for the event, organized by the Pittsburg Unified School District and \u003ca href=\"https://standtogethercontracosta.org/about/our-partners/\">Stand Together Contra Costa\u003c/a>, an immigrant legal services network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, schools and colleges have become some of the places where fear is hitting immigrants the hardest amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing pledge of mass deportations. That’s especially true since \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/21/statement-dhs-spokesperson-directives-expanding-law-enforcement-and-ending-abuse\">the administration last month reversed\u003c/a> a Department of Homeland Security policy dating back to 2011 \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/21_1027_opa_guidelines-enforcement-actions-in-near-protected-areas.pdf\">that kept immigration agents away\u003c/a> from schools, churches and other so-called “protected” areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reina, 50, said she’s hearing from her teenage daughter that a lot of high school students aren’t showing up for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re staying home because they’re afraid they could be arrested,” she said, “Or their parents could be taken away while they’re in class.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María said when she walks her 8-year-old son to school, she meets other immigrant mothers looking anxiously at passing cars, some too scared to approach the campus. For her part, María said she sometimes couldn’t eat or sleep out of fear of being sent back to Honduras, adding that she was forced to abandon her coffee farm and flee the country four years ago after receiving death threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she sees the climate of fear affecting her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He can tell things are changing, and he asks if we’re going to get deported,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024761\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02022-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ixchel Barragán, left, and Maria Zavaleta, a legal assistant and attorney respectively with Bean, Lloyd, Mukherji, & Taylor, LLP, meet with a woman seeking legal advice at an informational session about immigration services at Willow Cove Elementary in Pittsburg on Jan. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Safeguarding schools\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621200/governor-jerry-brown-signs-sanctuary-state-bill-setting-up-standoff-with-trump-adminstration\">already limits\u003c/a> the use of state and local resources in immigration enforcement. However, some state legislators want to go a step further to protect students in classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after assuming power, the Trump administration began launching high-profile immigration enforcement operations in a handful of cities across the country — although there have so far been no known reports of such actions at any school sites. While officials have said they’re targeting dangerous criminals, agents have also arrested people with no criminal history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODarHnNiNs\">asked last month on CBS News \u003c/a>whether she thought immigrants with criminal records were likely to be found in churches, hospitals and schools, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded: “I’m saying those are not going to be safe zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, California lawmakers have recently introduced three new bills in the state Legislature that aim to keep immigration agents away from schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=more on immigration\" tag=\"immigration\"]One, AB 49, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016440/california-bill-would-protect-schools-child-care-centers-from-immigration-raids\">introduced by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi\u003c/a> (D–Torrance), would prohibit school or child care center employees from letting ICE officers enter their sites without a valid ID, statement of purpose, court order and approval from the school district’s superintendent or child care center director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another, SB 48, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018681/california-lawmaker-seeks-keep-ice-agents-1-mile-from-schools\">introduced by state Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez\u003c/a> (D–Los Angeles), would prohibit local police from assisting ICE agents in the 1-mile radius around a school and bar immigration authorities from entering schools or obtaining information about students, their families and school employees without a judicial warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third bill, SB 98, \u003ca href=\"https://sd25.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-perez-introduces-safe-act-expand-school-alert-systems-warn-immigration-enforcement\">introduced by state Sen. Sasha Renee Pérez\u003c/a> (D–Alhambra) would require schools and colleges to create an alert system and notify students, parents, faculty and staff whenever immigration officers come onto the campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muratsuchi said his goal is to ensure that children — and their parents — feel safe going to school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of how you feel about efforts to establish a safe and secure border or in pursuing undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes, that’s not what we’re talking about here,” he said. “We’re talking about kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024764\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02323-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pittsburg School Board President Heliodoro Moreno leads a “Know Your Rights” workshop at an informational session about immigration services at Willow Cove Elementary in Pittsburg on Jan. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>California’s ‘sanctuary state’ protections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new proposed measures would build on existing safeguards for California’s large immigrant population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54\">2017 California Values Act\u003c/a> (SB 54), passed at the start of Trump’s first term, schools and universities, as well as police, courts, county hospitals and other public institutions, are discouraged from voluntarily working with immigration agents. In adopting the law, California became the first in the nation to enact a statewide ‘sanctuary law,’ aimed at promoting trust and cooperation between local authorities and the communities they serve, regardless of immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Secretary of State Rob \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">Bonta recently issued guidance\u003c/a> for schools and other institutions on how to put the law into practice. He acknowledged that the federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws, including arresting — and potentially deporting — people living in California. However, he noted that federal courts have upheld the state’s right not to use its resources to assist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024765\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_02460-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Valencia, 5, blows bubbles with her cousin Blanca Valencia, of Pittsburg, Calif., on a lawn outside of an informational session about immigration services at Willow Cove Elementary in Pittsburg on Jan. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And he added, “Every child has the right to a free public education, regardless of their immigration status. Every child and family also has the right to keep their education records and personal information confidential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Pittsburg, schools Superintendent Janet Schulze said her district has already implemented the SB 54 policies Bonta outlined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We already had a process in place for the unlikely event if immigration comes to any of our schools,” she said. “So we reviewed that, made sure it was in alignment with the attorney general, and then had our board recommit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she said, her district is training the front office staff at every school so they know how to keep student records confidential and refer all law enforcement officials to her office to verify any warrants or requests for access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And hosting the Saturday immigration clinic was another way to combat the fear that many immigrant families in the district are feeling, Schulze said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an important event for all of our community members to understand what’s happening, to know their rights, and to know what services are available,” she said. “That just makes us stronger as a school district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Cardenas, a legal assistant with Stand Together Contra Costa, registers participants at an informational session about immigration services at Willow Cove Elementary in Pittsburg on Jan. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘A lot of worries and uncertainty’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, public universities in California have long offered financial, legal and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/student-success/undocumented-students\">support to their undocumented students\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, the University of California sued the first Trump administration to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA, as it’s commonly known, provides temporary protection from deportation and a work permit to hundreds of thousands of otherwise undocumented young people who came to the U.S. as children. Though the courts allowed the program to stand, they barred it from accepting new applicants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ju Hong runs the \u003ca href=\"https://labor.ucla.edu/our-projects/dream-resource-center/\">Dream Resource Center\u003c/a> at UCLA. He said undocumented students, with and without DACA, are anxious — and hungry for information about fast-changing federal policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of worries and uncertainty,” Hong said. “They just want some policy updates. … And definitely legal support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, however, UC leadership has said little. The UC Office of the President declined KQED’s request for an interview and instead issued a short statement that reads in part: “We are monitoring the [presidential] transition closely and assessing the potential impacts to the UC community. In the meantime, we proudly welcome students from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, regardless of immigration status.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not enough assurance for many students, including a group at UC Berkeley who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024593/uc-berkeley-students-march-for-undocumented-classmates-say-school-isnt-doing-enough\">marched on campus\u003c/a> last week demanding more support for immigrant students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_01725-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alejandra Villagrán, a community health coordinator with Monument Impact, tables at an informational session about immigration services at Willow Cove Elementary in Pittsburg on Jan. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Afraid it could be a trap’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While they waited to meet with an immigration lawyer at Pittsburg’s Willow Cove Elementary, Reina and María, the Honduran sisters, sat in on a “Know Your Rights” workshop, led by school board president Heliodoro Moreno, in the library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Switching seamlessly between English and Spanish, Moreno, who’s also an immigration attorney with the Contra Costa Public Defender’s Office, told attendees that they’re not legally obliged to open the door of their homes to ICE agents unless agents show a warrant signed by a judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The information was helpful, María said, but she was sorry more people weren’t taking advantage of the forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told a lot of my friends they should come today,” she said. “But they said no. They were afraid it could be a trap, and immigration agents could come and take us all away.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>California’s ‘sanctuary state’ protections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new proposed measures would build on existing safeguards for California’s large immigrant population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54\">2017 California Values Act\u003c/a> (SB 54), passed at the start of Trump’s first term, schools and universities, as well as police, courts, county hospitals and other public institutions, are discouraged from voluntarily working with immigration agents. In adopting the law, California became the first in the nation to enact a statewide ‘sanctuary law,’ aimed at promoting trust and cooperation between local authorities and the communities they serve, regardless of immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Secretary of State Rob \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">Bonta recently issued guidance\u003c/a> for schools and other institutions on how to put the law into practice. He acknowledged that the federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws, including arresting — and potentially deporting — people living in California. 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Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And he added, “Every child has the right to a free public education, regardless of their immigration status. Every child and family also has the right to keep their education records and personal information confidential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Pittsburg, schools Superintendent Janet Schulze said her district has already implemented the SB 54 policies Bonta outlined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We already had a process in place for the unlikely event if immigration comes to any of our schools,” she said. “So we reviewed that, made sure it was in alignment with the attorney general, and then had our board recommit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she said, her district is training the front office staff at every school so they know how to keep student records confidential and refer all law enforcement officials to her office to verify any warrants or requests for access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And hosting the Saturday immigration clinic was another way to combat the fear that many immigrant families in the district are feeling, Schulze said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an important event for all of our community members to understand what’s happening, to know their rights, and to know what services are available,” she said. “That just makes us stronger as a school district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00499-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Cardenas, a legal assistant with Stand Together Contra Costa, registers participants at an informational session about immigration services at Willow Cove Elementary in Pittsburg on Jan. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘A lot of worries and uncertainty’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, public universities in California have long offered financial, legal and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/student-success/undocumented-students\">support to their undocumented students\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, the University of California sued the first Trump administration to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA, as it’s commonly known, provides temporary protection from deportation and a work permit to hundreds of thousands of otherwise undocumented young people who came to the U.S. as children. Though the courts allowed the program to stand, they barred it from accepting new applicants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ju Hong runs the \u003ca href=\"https://labor.ucla.edu/our-projects/dream-resource-center/\">Dream Resource Center\u003c/a> at UCLA. He said undocumented students, with and without DACA, are anxious — and hungry for information about fast-changing federal policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of worries and uncertainty,” Hong said. “They just want some policy updates. … And definitely legal support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, however, UC leadership has said little. The UC Office of the President declined KQED’s request for an interview and instead issued a short statement that reads in part: “We are monitoring the [presidential] transition closely and assessing the potential impacts to the UC community. 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