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"content": "\u003cp>“No Kings” protests large and small, are planned across the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area’s nine counties\u003c/a> on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers said the Trump administration’s threats to immigrants’ rights, health care coverage and the First Amendment are just some of the issues galvanizing protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They expect larger crowds — and more gatherings — than the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044426/no-kings-protests-draw-thousands-across-the-bay-area-to-rally-against-president-trump\"> first “No Kings” event on June 14\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, more than 2,500 protests are expected to take place on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is, I think, an increasing awareness by the general public that the Trump atrocities are not slowing down, they’re not going away,” IdaRose Sylvester, a Silicon Valley organizer and founder of Together We Will, told KQED. She will join activists across the South Bay at protests taking place at 16 intersections along eight miles of El Camino Real.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why are people protesting?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the protests are framed as a broad rejection of President Donald Trump’s presidency, organizers cited the ramp-up of immigration enforcement, cuts to essential services like nutrition assistance and health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very concerned with immigration status. We’re concerned with the billionaires that seem to think, along with Trump, that they can run this country. We’re concerned with working families with collective bargaining rights for unions,” said Diane McClure, vice president of National Nurses United, the largest union representing registered nurses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. 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The concern followed comments Trump made at the White House in an Oct. 15 meeting with FBI Director Kash Patel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump called San Francisco “a mess” and said he is encouraging his administration to consider the city for future federal law enforcement interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seeing what’s happening in Chicago, what’s happened in LA, the blowing up of ships in Venezuela — everything is just sending us lots and lots of people to attend,” said Patty Hoyt, one of the organizers of the Marin County “No Kings” rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alongside the slogan “No Kings,” many of the Bay Area protests will be promoting a “Yes on Prop. 50” message. The measure seeks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053140/california-lawmakers-pass-redistricting-plan-now-it-heads-to-voters\">redraw current congressional maps\u003c/a> to favor Democrats in hopes of winning back the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I find my local ‘No Kings’ protests?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Protests are planned across the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In San Francisco \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protest attendees will start gathering at\u003ca href=\"https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/CsNAC73Al2SyRmR7TRuDuoVPEu?domain=maps.app.goo.gl\"> Sue Bierman Park\u003c/a> at 1:30 p.m. The march will begin at 2 p.m., moving down Market Street toward\u003ca href=\"https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/JEY_C829m0uQkjk4szCPuyLm3Q?domain=maps.app.goo.gl\"> Civic Center Plaza\u003c/a>. 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Mark McGuire, D-Sonoma, will speak about climate change and immigrants’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In the South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents will gather at 16 \u003ca href=\"https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/842759/\">different\u003c/a> intersections on El Camino Real, from Sunnyvale to Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In the East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters will march from Wilma Chan Park to the Lake Merritt Amphitheater at noon in Oakland. In Berkeley, demonstrators will cross the University Avenue Bridge at 1 p.m. and display signs to passing traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What safety measures are in place?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco city officials said Friday they expected the protest to be largely peaceful, like the June event. Still, the march is anticipated to bring thousands onto Market Street, the city’s main artery, where a 69-year-old marcher \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045304/tesla-driver-charged-with-running-into-69-year-old-no-kings-protester-in-sf\">was run over by a Tesla\u003c/a> during the last “No Kings” protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the weekend protest, the city’s Department of Emergency Management said it will closely monitor 911 call volume, EMS availability and police and fire resources. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has coordinated transit reroutes throughout the city, which will impact multiple lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042524\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042524\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie walks with Captain Liza Johansen, from the Mission Police Station, and Santiago Lerma, with the Department of Emergency Management, during a public safety walk in San Francisco’s Mission District on April 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Derrick Lew said at a Friday press conference that all public safety departments “will be fully staffed and ready for anything that may occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public officials encouraged protesters to exercise their right to protest — peacefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will always, always protect the right to free speech and peaceful protests … But I also wanna be very clear,” said San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie. “We will not tolerate any violent or destructive behavior, whether it’s directed at an attendee or one of our local businesses or one of our members of law enforcement. If you commit an act of violence, you will be arrested.”[aside postID=news_12060033 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250609-LuriePresser-04-BL_qed.jpg']Organizers said they are coordinating with city officials to keep the protests peaceful — even family-friendly. In Pleasanton, the “No Kings” event will feature an art-making station, a playlist of songs of dissent and opportunities for people to show off their homemade protest signs. Costumes are encouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michele Brynjulson, an organizer and member of Indivisible Tri-Valley, formed after the 2024 election, said she’s seen the “No Kings” movement grow over the past year, both nationally and locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of us protested in the ’60s, a lot of us are retired,” she said. “But outreach to the local high schools and community colleges in the area has gotten the young people involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking at the map of Saturday’s events, even in just the East Bay, she said, “It seems like we have about double the amount of protest rallies that we had before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoyt said Marin County drew about 6,000 people in June and expects even more this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to thank the right wing for calling it a ‘hate America rally,’ because we’re just getting more and more people signing up to attend,” Hoyt said, referring to comments by House Speaker Mike Johnson. “Really, it’s nothing about hating America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Amanda Hernandez and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">\u003cem>Elize Manoukian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The Yes on A campaign has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059539/with-measure-a-santa-clara-county-hopes-to-keep-hospitals-afloat\">run on a message\u003c/a> of “Save Our Local Hospitals,” leaning heavily on the potential threat to these medical centers.[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/measure-a,Learn about Measure A in Santa Clara County' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aside-2025-Special-Election-Voter-Guide-Santa-Clara-County-Measure-A-1200x675-1.png]Local government officials are not allowed to use taxpayer dollars to explicitly advocate for or against a ballot measure or candidate, but they can provide residents with informational materials about issues on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This doesn’t even do that — it doesn’t mention the measure,” Williams said. “This is talking about the federal cuts, and we unquestionably have the ability to do that, but more importantly, the responsibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Supreme Court has ruled that judges should evaluate claims of illegal electioneering by analyzing whether the \u003ca href=\"https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/stanson-v-mott-27987\">“style, tenor, and timing”\u003c/a> of the communication makes it campaign-related or informational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davina Hurt, director of government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said the Santa Clara County mailer “gets right up to the borderline” between ethical and unethical behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The timing and the tone truly matter,” she said. “And here, there are definitely language and words used that make you question whether this is more advocacy rather than informing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hurt, the former mayor of Belmont, said it is also important to consider whether similar community updates are regularly sent to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said the county has generally provided updates alongside property tax bills. 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The outcry led the administration to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621798823/speaker-ryan-plans-immigration-votes-amid-doubts-that-bills-can-pass\">shutter the program\u003c/a>, but thousands of families remained shattered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Academy of Pediatrics called the policy “government-sanctioned child abuse.” Physicians who examined statements from many separated parents and children noted that most met the diagnostic criteria for major mental health disorders as a result of their experience at the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A class-action lawsuit followed, and the Biden administration later \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/documents/ms-l-amended-settlement\">settled the case.\u003c/a> In the settlement agreement, the federal government promised to repair some of the damage by reuniting the families in the U.S. and providing them with a path to asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the second Trump administration is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">quietly abandoning that promise\u003c/a>, putting thousands of once-separated families at risk of being split up a second time. At least four families have been deported already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the original lawsuit, known as \u003cem>Ms. L. v. ICE\u003c/em>, on behalf of separated families. The ACLU filed a motion in federal court on Tuesday asking for the recently deported families to be returned to the U.S., alleging that at least one of the deportations violated an explicit court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s only one skirmish in a pitched battle that the ACLU and advocates across the country have been fighting since Trump was reelected. The organization said the settlement agreement is now in danger of unraveling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060144 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1403\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters stand outside the James A. Musick Facility, a detention center that houses unauthorized immigrants, to protest President Trump’s immigration policies and demand that children be reunited with their families in Irvine on Saturday, June 30, 2018. \u003ccite>(Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since April, the administration has chipped away at \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> in a series of technical maneuvers that have profoundly impacted families covered by the settlement, according to ACLU filings. Most notably, the government pulled funding for services laid out in the agreement — like help navigating the complex immigration process, assistance with housing and medical costs, and mental health treatment. Defending its actions in court, government lawyers cited the president’s agenda to cut costs and purge contractors with diversity, equity and inclusion policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the services were eventually restored, the families are still facing the consequences of the lapse, and the government has only continued to make things harder for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite orders from a judge to give \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> class members more time to stay in the country legally while plodding through the asylum process, court filings say the administration has failed to demonstrate that it is doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It started off slowly, but now we’re seeing breach after breach” of the settlement agreement, said Lee Gelernt, the ACLU’s lead attorney in the case. “The administration, while claiming the settlement is still in place, is trying to undermine it in various ways that will have the effect of allowing families to be reseparated and deported.”[aside postID=news_12026959 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBP-family-border-1020x680.jpg']It’s not unusual or improper for the government to renegotiate court-ordered settlement agreements, said David Super, an administrative law expert at Georgetown University who has litigated against both Democratic and Republican administrations. But, he said, it’s “extraordinary” for the government to change its policy before receiving permission from the court, as the DOJ has done in \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the government unilaterally stops complying, that’s not negotiation,” he said. “That’s contempt of court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice declined to answer questions about its challenges to the settlement agreement, saying it doesn’t comment on matters that are in litigation. But in hearings before Judge Dana M. Sabraw, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego, DOJ attorneys have maintained that government agencies are “trying to meet their obligations under the settlement agreement,” and that the deportations are legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Newsroom also asked the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, how it avoids reseparating families that are entitled to protection under the \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ICE does not separate families,” an unnamed DHS spokesperson wrote in an email. “Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those deported was a mother of five who was detained at a routine ICE check-in, along with her two youngest children, according to an ACLU court filing. The woman, whose family members had been separated during the first Trump presidency, had permission to stay in the United States under the terms of the settlement. She and the toddlers were deported to Honduras anyway, while the rest of their family was left behind in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My two youngest children cry for their father and siblings every day,” the woman, who was identified only by her initials, wrote in a declaration to the court. “It breaks my heart to see them in such pain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The sole purpose of causing them harm’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Upon approving the \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> settlement agreement in December 2023, Sabraw called family separation “one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the federal government\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45266\"> rarely separated families\u003c/a> at the border, often allowing them to stay in the country together while they pursued asylum. But soon after Trump took office in 2017, immigration officials began a coordinated effort to apprehend all adults who crossed without authorization, including those with children in tow. While adults were detained and deported, kids — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/the-weekly/trump-immigration-border-separation-family.html\">some only a few months old\u003c/a> — were placed in federal custody. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\">slept on the floors\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/trump-admin-s-tent-cities-cost-more-keeping-migrant-kids-n884871\">makeshift detention centers\u003c/a> and were later sent to other relatives or foster homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11844000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent.jpg\" alt=\"CBP agent detains migrants\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them into custody in 2018 near McAllen, Texas. The families were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation as part of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy toward undocumented immigrants. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration called the policy “zero tolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its rush to scale up the campaign, the government \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/politics/undocumented-immigrant-children-not-located-detention-released\">lost track\u003c/a> of which children belonged to which families. Anguished parents were \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/migrant-parents-in-their-own-words-tell-a-judge-whats-like\">kept in the dark\u003c/a> about where immigration officials had taken their kids — and when they could see them again. Families \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/12/16/we-need-take-away-children/zero-accountability-six-years-after-zero-tolerance\">remained separated\u003c/a> for weeks, months, and in some cases even years. As many as 1,000 children, parents and guardians may still be separated today, according to the ACLU, which is struggling to locate and reunite them all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump officials have said, both during and since “zero tolerance,” that the explicit purpose of family separation was to make the crossing so painful that it would discourage other families from trying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pain has lasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These events caused by the government have integrated into the psyche,” said Alfonso Mercado, a psychologist in South Texas who has done clinical research and consulted as an expert witness in family separation cases at the border. The trauma, he added, makes it difficult for families to function as they struggle to move on with a new life in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11331900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11331900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol.jpg\" alt=\"Border Patrol agents take Central American immigrants into custody on January 4, 2017 near McAllen, Texas. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children, most from Central America, are crossing the border illegally to request asylum in the U.S. from violence and poverty in their home countries.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Border Patrol agents take Central American immigrants into custody on Jan. 4, 2017, near McAllen, Texas. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were intentionally tearing parents and kids from each other with the sole purpose of causing them harm,” said Sara Van Hofwegen of Acacia Center for Justice, the main contractor tasked with providing separated families with legal help. “Part of what the government did through \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> was it promised to help people rebuild their lives and give them a small piece of redress for everything that they went through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, the \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> settlement agreement applies to roughly 8,000 people, including close family members who were affected by the separation. California is home to the largest proportion — about 12% — of class members with known addresses, according to Acacia. The organization placed two of its eight contractors in California to manage the heavier caseload.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of the families came to the U.S. seeking refuge from violence or persecution in their home countries, Van Hofwegen said. But before pursuing asylum cases, attorneys working with families through Acacia’s legal-services contract have helped them establish temporary immigration status and get permission to work, so they can support themselves and not worry about being deported during the asylum process, which can take years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That work ground to a halt with little warning in April, when the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037508/aclu-fights-trump-court-preserve-legal-aid-border-separated-families\">abruptly cut off funding\u003c/a> for Acacia’s legal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rolling back protections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pulling the plug on the Acacia contract was only the first of a series of government steps that have made it more difficult for formerly separated families to stay in the U.S., according to the ACLU’s court filings and advocates who provide services to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, for example, the government stopped paying travel expenses for reuniting families. It also lets invoices pile up from an adjudicator who handles disputes about who qualifies for protections. Both services are required under the settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060151 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Honduran migrant and his daughter, who are taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S., rest as they wait to cross the border from Ciudad Tecun Uman in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on Oct. 22, 2018. \u003ccite>(Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The next month, the DOJ let another contract lapse, this one with Oakland-based Seneca Family of Agencies, which provided mental health care, medical copays and general case management for separated families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the ACLU fought to get funding reinstated, some families couldn’t afford medications or access mental health care on their own. Some parents, who should have been flying to reunite with their children, were stuck in their home countries. One of the deported mothers searched for legal help to keep her family in the country, but none was available during the lapse of Acacia’s contract, according to the recent ACLU filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the M.O.s of the Trump administration in this case has been to wait until there’s almost no time to fix things and then force us to rush into court,” said Gelernt, the ACLU attorney. “But while we’re litigating that issue, there’s this lapse in services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DOJ lawyers defended cutting off the Acacia contract by saying it would be cheaper for the agency to provide some legal services itself and let pro bono lawyers do the rest. The ACLU argued there aren’t enough private lawyers with the willingness and expertise to do that. The Justice Department also told the court that the government had only “temporarily paused” the travel and adjudication payments while officials reviewed the contracts for cost savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11692190\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ap_18207644894177-bf4e7bceee939dda2a4262cf80ca6777a3d16a80-e1536865057762.jpg\" alt=\"Asylum seekers line up at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. The ACLU announced today a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration to allow some parents already in the U.S. but separated from their children at the border to apply for asylum.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asylum seekers line up at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sept. 13, 2018. The ACLU announced on Tuesday a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration to allow some parents already in the U.S. but separated from their children at the border to apply for asylum. \u003ccite>(Gregory Bull/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for the checks the government stopped cutting to Seneca, the administration suggested the organization’s efforts to hire a diverse staff may have violated anti-discrimination laws, an allegation that Seneca rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take pride in our compliance with civil rights and employment laws and have received no specific evidence of any violations,” Seneca wrote in a June statement. “Should such information emerge, we would welcome the opportunity to review and address it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In four separate orders throughout the summer, Sabraw found the government was in breach of the settlement agreement by withholding funding for services. After a series of failed attempts to push back, the DOJ finally reinstated the Acacia and Seneca contracts and paid for the other lapsed services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say they welcome the reversal, but don’t expect the government to give up its fight against the settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’re really grateful that our contract is reinstated and that people are getting services,” Acacia’s Van Hofwegen said, “we’re prepared for ongoing attempts to roll back protections for class members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘In real jeopardy’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In fact, while Acacia and Seneca scramble to rebuild teams they were forced to lay off during the lapse in services, slog through their backlog of cases and attempt to reach families they’d turned away, the government has continued to undermine the settlement agreement and fight the court on multiple fronts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, it challenged Sabraw’s standing order that requires DHS to notify the ACLU within 24 hours if it detains anyone covered by the settlement agreement, and to provide a list of those already in ICE custody or required to check in with the agency. The DOJ told Sabraw that following the orders would be too “operationally challenging,” and in early September, it appealed them in the 9th Circuit. The case is not scheduled to be heard until December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11868594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11868594\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/ap21089772775412-a8735e2cecb75d66dc4f6b59c06f7845a07e1342-scaled-e1760642201475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young migrants lie down inside a pod at a Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, on March 30, 2021. The minors are housed by the hundreds in eight pods that are about 3,200 square feet in size. Many of the pods have more than 500 children in them. \u003ccite>(Dario Lopez-Mills/AP/Pool)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the ACLU remains in the dark about how many \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> families are at risk of being swept up by immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s entitled to notice and everyone’s entitled to good faith in the exercise of their contractual rights,” Sabraw told DOJ lawyers during a July 17 hearing. “The fear, of course, is that the government is detaining and removing people, and to the extent they fall within the corners of the settlement agreement, it seems to me it would have an obligation, no matter how burdensome, to get it right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOJ also recently opened an entirely new objection to the settlement agreement, arguing that noncitizens applying for legal status — including \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> families — should pay hundreds of dollars in fees per person and be required to reapply annually, as laid out in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in July. Under the settlement agreement, applying should be free and status should last for three years at a time, according to an ACLU court filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In declarations filed with the court, legal services providers wrote that nearly 30 people protected by the settlement agreement have already been denied work authorization renewals over the fees, even though Sabraw has not yet ruled on whether they should have to pay. According to one example in the ACLU’s court filings, a family of 10 could not come up with the $2,475 to renew their papers. Several of them have lost their jobs because their work authorization expired during the lapse in legal services.[aside postID=news_12038327 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1020x680.jpg']If the chaos continues, Van Hofwegen said, the added burden of renewing status more often will also tax legal-services providers, delay asylum applications and ultimately eat away at the support the settlement agreement is supposed to provide for separated families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes every piece of this legal process that’s supposed to exist for them harder and harder, with the goal of denying permanency in the U.S. to as many class members as possible,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the lapse in legal services, Sabraw recently extended deadlines for class members to apply for immigration documents and ordered the government to reinstate their legal status or work authorizations that expired during the stoppage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s unclear if the government has complied with that order, according to the filings. Attorneys advising class members say the administration has not responded to their requests for proof of the extension. Without official documents, the attorneys said, \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> families can’t show they have a right to be in the country if they’re stopped by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the administration eventually complies with the court’s orders, say advocates, formerly separated families can only be protected by the settlement agreement if the government is willing to honor it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the work the court did and all the work the parties did over two years to reach this settlement is in real jeopardy,” Gelernt told the court during one of many hearings this summer. “We cannot leave these families drifting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced with \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom\">\u003cem>The California Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a collaboration of public media outlets throughout the state. \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>Now the second Trump administration is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">quietly abandoning that promise\u003c/a>, putting thousands of once-separated families at risk of being split up a second time. At least four families have been deported already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the original lawsuit, known as \u003cem>Ms. L. v. ICE\u003c/em>, on behalf of separated families. The ACLU filed a motion in federal court on Tuesday asking for the recently deported families to be returned to the U.S., alleging that at least one of the deportations violated an explicit court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s only one skirmish in a pitched battle that the ACLU and advocates across the country have been fighting since Trump was reelected. The organization said the settlement agreement is now in danger of unraveling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060144 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1403\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty2-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters stand outside the James A. Musick Facility, a detention center that houses unauthorized immigrants, to protest President Trump’s immigration policies and demand that children be reunited with their families in Irvine on Saturday, June 30, 2018. \u003ccite>(Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since April, the administration has chipped away at \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> in a series of technical maneuvers that have profoundly impacted families covered by the settlement, according to ACLU filings. Most notably, the government pulled funding for services laid out in the agreement — like help navigating the complex immigration process, assistance with housing and medical costs, and mental health treatment. Defending its actions in court, government lawyers cited the president’s agenda to cut costs and purge contractors with diversity, equity and inclusion policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the services were eventually restored, the families are still facing the consequences of the lapse, and the government has only continued to make things harder for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite orders from a judge to give \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> class members more time to stay in the country legally while plodding through the asylum process, court filings say the administration has failed to demonstrate that it is doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It started off slowly, but now we’re seeing breach after breach” of the settlement agreement, said Lee Gelernt, the ACLU’s lead attorney in the case. “The administration, while claiming the settlement is still in place, is trying to undermine it in various ways that will have the effect of allowing families to be reseparated and deported.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It’s not unusual or improper for the government to renegotiate court-ordered settlement agreements, said David Super, an administrative law expert at Georgetown University who has litigated against both Democratic and Republican administrations. But, he said, it’s “extraordinary” for the government to change its policy before receiving permission from the court, as the DOJ has done in \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the government unilaterally stops complying, that’s not negotiation,” he said. “That’s contempt of court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice declined to answer questions about its challenges to the settlement agreement, saying it doesn’t comment on matters that are in litigation. But in hearings before Judge Dana M. Sabraw, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego, DOJ attorneys have maintained that government agencies are “trying to meet their obligations under the settlement agreement,” and that the deportations are legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Newsroom also asked the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, how it avoids reseparating families that are entitled to protection under the \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ICE does not separate families,” an unnamed DHS spokesperson wrote in an email. “Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those deported was a mother of five who was detained at a routine ICE check-in, along with her two youngest children, according to an ACLU court filing. The woman, whose family members had been separated during the first Trump presidency, had permission to stay in the United States under the terms of the settlement. She and the toddlers were deported to Honduras anyway, while the rest of their family was left behind in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My two youngest children cry for their father and siblings every day,” the woman, who was identified only by her initials, wrote in a declaration to the court. “It breaks my heart to see them in such pain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The sole purpose of causing them harm’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Upon approving the \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> settlement agreement in December 2023, Sabraw called family separation “one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the federal government\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45266\"> rarely separated families\u003c/a> at the border, often allowing them to stay in the country together while they pursued asylum. But soon after Trump took office in 2017, immigration officials began a coordinated effort to apprehend all adults who crossed without authorization, including those with children in tow. While adults were detained and deported, kids — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/the-weekly/trump-immigration-border-separation-family.html\">some only a few months old\u003c/a> — were placed in federal custody. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\">slept on the floors\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/trump-admin-s-tent-cities-cost-more-keeping-migrant-kids-n884871\">makeshift detention centers\u003c/a> and were later sent to other relatives or foster homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11844000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent.jpg\" alt=\"CBP agent detains migrants\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/CBPAgent-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them into custody in 2018 near McAllen, Texas. The families were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation as part of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy toward undocumented immigrants. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration called the policy “zero tolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its rush to scale up the campaign, the government \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/politics/undocumented-immigrant-children-not-located-detention-released\">lost track\u003c/a> of which children belonged to which families. Anguished parents were \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/migrant-parents-in-their-own-words-tell-a-judge-whats-like\">kept in the dark\u003c/a> about where immigration officials had taken their kids — and when they could see them again. Families \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/12/16/we-need-take-away-children/zero-accountability-six-years-after-zero-tolerance\">remained separated\u003c/a> for weeks, months, and in some cases even years. As many as 1,000 children, parents and guardians may still be separated today, according to the ACLU, which is struggling to locate and reunite them all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump officials have said, both during and since “zero tolerance,” that the explicit purpose of family separation was to make the crossing so painful that it would discourage other families from trying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pain has lasted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These events caused by the government have integrated into the psyche,” said Alfonso Mercado, a psychologist in South Texas who has done clinical research and consulted as an expert witness in family separation cases at the border. The trauma, he added, makes it difficult for families to function as they struggle to move on with a new life in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11331900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11331900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol.jpg\" alt=\"Border Patrol agents take Central American immigrants into custody on January 4, 2017 near McAllen, Texas. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children, most from Central America, are crossing the border illegally to request asylum in the U.S. from violence and poverty in their home countries.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/ChildBorderPatrol-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Border Patrol agents take Central American immigrants into custody on Jan. 4, 2017, near McAllen, Texas. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were intentionally tearing parents and kids from each other with the sole purpose of causing them harm,” said Sara Van Hofwegen of Acacia Center for Justice, the main contractor tasked with providing separated families with legal help. “Part of what the government did through \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> was it promised to help people rebuild their lives and give them a small piece of redress for everything that they went through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, the \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> settlement agreement applies to roughly 8,000 people, including close family members who were affected by the separation. California is home to the largest proportion — about 12% — of class members with known addresses, according to Acacia. The organization placed two of its eight contractors in California to manage the heavier caseload.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of the families came to the U.S. seeking refuge from violence or persecution in their home countries, Van Hofwegen said. But before pursuing asylum cases, attorneys working with families through Acacia’s legal-services contract have helped them establish temporary immigration status and get permission to work, so they can support themselves and not worry about being deported during the asylum process, which can take years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That work ground to a halt with little warning in April, when the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037508/aclu-fights-trump-court-preserve-legal-aid-border-separated-families\">abruptly cut off funding\u003c/a> for Acacia’s legal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rolling back protections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pulling the plug on the Acacia contract was only the first of a series of government steps that have made it more difficult for formerly separated families to stay in the U.S., according to the ACLU’s court filings and advocates who provide services to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, for example, the government stopped paying travel expenses for reuniting families. It also lets invoices pile up from an adjudicator who handles disputes about who qualifies for protections. Both services are required under the settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12060151 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/FamilySeparationGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Honduran migrant and his daughter, who are taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S., rest as they wait to cross the border from Ciudad Tecun Uman in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on Oct. 22, 2018. \u003ccite>(Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The next month, the DOJ let another contract lapse, this one with Oakland-based Seneca Family of Agencies, which provided mental health care, medical copays and general case management for separated families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the ACLU fought to get funding reinstated, some families couldn’t afford medications or access mental health care on their own. Some parents, who should have been flying to reunite with their children, were stuck in their home countries. One of the deported mothers searched for legal help to keep her family in the country, but none was available during the lapse of Acacia’s contract, according to the recent ACLU filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the M.O.s of the Trump administration in this case has been to wait until there’s almost no time to fix things and then force us to rush into court,” said Gelernt, the ACLU attorney. “But while we’re litigating that issue, there’s this lapse in services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DOJ lawyers defended cutting off the Acacia contract by saying it would be cheaper for the agency to provide some legal services itself and let pro bono lawyers do the rest. The ACLU argued there aren’t enough private lawyers with the willingness and expertise to do that. The Justice Department also told the court that the government had only “temporarily paused” the travel and adjudication payments while officials reviewed the contracts for cost savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11692190\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/ap_18207644894177-bf4e7bceee939dda2a4262cf80ca6777a3d16a80-e1536865057762.jpg\" alt=\"Asylum seekers line up at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. The ACLU announced today a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration to allow some parents already in the U.S. but separated from their children at the border to apply for asylum.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asylum seekers line up at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sept. 13, 2018. The ACLU announced on Tuesday a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration to allow some parents already in the U.S. but separated from their children at the border to apply for asylum. \u003ccite>(Gregory Bull/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for the checks the government stopped cutting to Seneca, the administration suggested the organization’s efforts to hire a diverse staff may have violated anti-discrimination laws, an allegation that Seneca rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take pride in our compliance with civil rights and employment laws and have received no specific evidence of any violations,” Seneca wrote in a June statement. “Should such information emerge, we would welcome the opportunity to review and address it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In four separate orders throughout the summer, Sabraw found the government was in breach of the settlement agreement by withholding funding for services. After a series of failed attempts to push back, the DOJ finally reinstated the Acacia and Seneca contracts and paid for the other lapsed services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say they welcome the reversal, but don’t expect the government to give up its fight against the settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’re really grateful that our contract is reinstated and that people are getting services,” Acacia’s Van Hofwegen said, “we’re prepared for ongoing attempts to roll back protections for class members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘In real jeopardy’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In fact, while Acacia and Seneca scramble to rebuild teams they were forced to lay off during the lapse in services, slog through their backlog of cases and attempt to reach families they’d turned away, the government has continued to undermine the settlement agreement and fight the court on multiple fronts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, it challenged Sabraw’s standing order that requires DHS to notify the ACLU within 24 hours if it detains anyone covered by the settlement agreement, and to provide a list of those already in ICE custody or required to check in with the agency. The DOJ told Sabraw that following the orders would be too “operationally challenging,” and in early September, it appealed them in the 9th Circuit. The case is not scheduled to be heard until December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11868594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11868594\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/ap21089772775412-a8735e2cecb75d66dc4f6b59c06f7845a07e1342-scaled-e1760642201475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young migrants lie down inside a pod at a Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, on March 30, 2021. The minors are housed by the hundreds in eight pods that are about 3,200 square feet in size. Many of the pods have more than 500 children in them. \u003ccite>(Dario Lopez-Mills/AP/Pool)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the ACLU remains in the dark about how many \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> families are at risk of being swept up by immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s entitled to notice and everyone’s entitled to good faith in the exercise of their contractual rights,” Sabraw told DOJ lawyers during a July 17 hearing. “The fear, of course, is that the government is detaining and removing people, and to the extent they fall within the corners of the settlement agreement, it seems to me it would have an obligation, no matter how burdensome, to get it right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOJ also recently opened an entirely new objection to the settlement agreement, arguing that noncitizens applying for legal status — including \u003cem>Ms. L.\u003c/em> families — should pay hundreds of dollars in fees per person and be required to reapply annually, as laid out in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in July. 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"content": "\u003cp>A man who was charged with sending racist and threatening emails to Oakland Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a> has struggled with mental health issues in the past, according to court records and his father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Brooks Pokorny was arrested Oct. 7 in Southern California on suspicion of sending numerous emails with “extremely racist tones and threats to kill multiple different government officials,” including the mayor, according to a statement of probable cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pokorny, 45, pleaded not guilty Oct. 10 to one felony count of threatening public officials or judges with a hate crime enhancement. An Alameda County judge set Pokorny’s bail at $70,000. As of Thursday, he remained in custody at the Santa Rita Jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by phone on Wednesday, Pokorny’s father, Gary Pokorny, said his son hasn’t lived in the Bay Area for years and does not have a permanent address that he is aware of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he knew his son had been arrested but didn’t know why, and had been trying to reach him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Pokorny, a former city manager for El Cerrito and Walnut Creek, said he had no idea why his son would make threats against Lee but expressed sadness at his arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11918236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11918236\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56996_GettyImages-1321825234-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A blue door framed by a fence with a sign at the top saying "Alameda County Sheriff's Office"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1155\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56996_GettyImages-1321825234-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56996_GettyImages-1321825234-qut-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56996_GettyImages-1321825234-qut-1020x614.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56996_GettyImages-1321825234-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56996_GettyImages-1321825234-qut-1536x924.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intake, transfer and release area at the Santa Rita Jail, in Dublin, on Aug. 4, 2016. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He has had some mental health issues in the past,” Gary Pokorny said. “That’s all I’ll say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public records show Pokorny’s parents asked for a court’s protection several times in 2014 and 2015 after they said their son had been violent or threatened them and was taken to a mental health facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May 2014, the Pokornys alleged, the father and son were involved in a physical altercation that left Gary Pokorny “severely bruised” and ended with David Pokorny getting into an ambulance to go to a crisis stabilization unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, in July, David threatened his mother after she did not immediately move a TV set for him, according to a statement included in a May 2015 request for a restraining order filed by Gary Pokorny.[aside postID=news_12055131 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed.jpg']According to the statement, David Pokorny threatened and physically assaulted his mother. He allegedly told police responding to a 911 call that day that he had considered suicide many times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He talked at length about conspiracies to control thought, i.e., ‘My mind has been hijacked by the Russians.’ He wanted Gary to get a tape recorder to record him talking about all these things,” the document reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Pokorny was restrained and hospitalized after the incident, according to his parents’ statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, his parents filed another request for a restraining order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are deeply worried and anxious about David’s health. He must get help, or his [and our] future is bleak,” they wrote in a detailed description of an incident in which they returned from a trip to Europe and were unable to reach David, who was house-sitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Pokorny eventually called his mother, telling his parents “to go back to Europe and die” and that he was tired of being pushed around for 35 years. He later arrived at his parents’ home and tried to spit on his father, they alleged, telling him to “kneel down in front of me and lick the bottom of my shoe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pokorny’s parents wrote that they later discovered their son had sent them emails containing statements like, “Do not try to call me, visit me, or text me. I have fucking had it with you two,” and “You are a brutal, sick, twisted individual, and I do not like you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the May 2015 statement, his parents wrote that they told a police officer they had previously been granted temporary restraining orders but had not served them because they thought they could work things out and get David into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036987\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-BARBARA-LEE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee holds a press conference in Oakland on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are asking for a temporary restraining order today and will serve it to make it permanent this time as his condition and his threatening behavior is worsening with time,” they wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That month, a court barred David Pokorny from coming within 100 yards of his parents, their home or his father’s workplace. It expired in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Pokorny declined to comment on the restraining order in a phone call with KQED, saying that it was “in the past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pokorny said his son previously worked in coding and was once an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley. He said he couldn’t recall the last time he had spoken to his son.[aside postID=news_12059022 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/258_KQED_NewFolsomPrisonSacramento_04132023-1020x680.jpg']On Wednesday, David Pokorny appeared in a downtown Oakland courtroom alongside his public defender, wearing a red Alameda County Jail shirt and glasses. His greying beard appeared unkempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted, Pokorny could face up to six years in state prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police records describe threatening emails to Lee reminiscent of the violent language Pokorny’s parents said he used with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators first became aware of the recent threats against Lee and other government officials after a staff member in the mayor’s office discovered a large number of explicit threats from an unfamiliar Google account in the mayor’s inbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first email, sent on Sept. 7, according to a declaration of probable cause for warrantless arrest filed in Alameda County, was rife with racist slurs, saying that Black people in Oakland “and the people that want to keep them alive are enemy combatants, and I have a legal right to kill them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we should kill all of the government officials in Oakland and all of the police officers and judges in Oakland as well,” the email continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another email, sent to Lee on Sept. 21, read: “You are a psychopath, and I’m going to torture and murder you,” according to the declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A city staffer provided police with screenshots and a USB with a large number of other emails, including some with references to slavery and people in cages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement following Pokorny’s arrest, Lee said: “Violence has no place in our city or our democracy. Intimidation and hate will not silence Oakland public servants or the communities we represent. We will continue to do the people’s work — regardless of circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pokorny is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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During the standoff, one U.S. citizen was arrested after slashing the tires on an ICE vehicle, while another was pepper-sprayed unprompted alongside a journalist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052975/federal-officers-detain-protester-after-clash-outside-san-francisco-ice-office\">reporting on the altercation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most mornings, like Tuesday, are calm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the line of immigrants grew along most of Sansome Street, Jeung and the Rev. Deborah Lee, who heads IMHI, spoke with terrified families, offered prayers of safety and took down asylum seekers’ alien registration numbers and emergency contact information to be passed along to the city’s Rapid Response Network. If they don’t come out of an appointment, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049326/as-ice-operations-expand-how-are-immigrant-allies-responding\">group of immigrant rights organizations\u003c/a> connects them to legal representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The volunteers greeted and stood with people they recognized, like a grandfather who two weeks ago was instructed to return to his appointment that morning “with documents so we can deport you,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Deborah Lee (center left) and members of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity gather for a prayer outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He could get deported to a country that he hasn’t been in since he was 3 years old,” she told KQED. The man was born in Laos but has been in California with his family for 40 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For decades, he’s been here in the Bay Area and contributing,” Lee said. “Our economy needs him, our community needs him, his family needs him — and probably we could say the same thing about every single person in this line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and three others were detained on Tuesday, Lee told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across downtown, half a dozen protesters stood outside the multi-use building that houses San Francisco’s immigration court, where they gather on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few were set up behind a fold-out table covered in legal resource flyers and red, pocket-sized \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">“Know Your Rights”\u003c/a> cards that contain translated scripts immigrants are encouraged to use if they encounter ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059883\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernesto Reyes holds a sign outside the San Francisco Immigration Court in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once a week, the cohort is joined by a troupe of clowns who put on a show mocking immigration officials. Other days, artists sketch chalk drawings on the sidewalks and bands play music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also stations a few people just outside the building’s entrance to offer interpretation and accompaniment to anyone headed to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not all like militarized confrontation as the federal government would have you believe,” said Ernesto Reyes, 27, who’s been joining the protests weekly since June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just helping immigrants out by accompanying them and helping them not feel so alone,” they told KQED. As a Spanish speaker, Reyes said they can help immigrants navigate to the right room and explain what’s happening during the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059882\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People line up outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025, for scheduled check-ins and immigration-related appointments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the person being escorted is detained, they also coordinate with the Rapid Response Network. Even if no one is accompanying a person who is arrested, protesters often try to write down the person’s name or a phone number to call on their behalf as immigration officials escort them from the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reyes credits the protest movement’s presence — and the standoffs with ICE officers on the street — with slowing the pace of enforcement actions at the courthouse. There hasn’t been a detention, they said, in nearly two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people here make it so much harder and make it cost so much more money for them to do it. And every time that happens, they get more and more discouraged,” Reyes told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, they said, protesters are preparing for increased ICE and federal law enforcement presence. During a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, Trump called San Francisco “a mess” and said he had encouraged his administration to look at it for future federal law enforcement interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On Wednesday, city officials and Democratic representatives \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060033/trump-calls-out-san-francisco-as-next-target-for-national-guard-deployment\">slammed Trump’s latest threats\u003c/a> to add San Francisco to that list, with state Sen. Scott Wiener calling the guard deployments an “authoritarian crackdown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the downtown ICE office, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity has a standing presence on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to pray, sing hymns and serve hot coffee and pastries from the streetside of a chain of metal barricades lining the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with nonprofits and community organizations and a group of autonomous protesters, IMHI volunteers have been gathering outside the office and immigration court a half-mile away multiple times per week since May, when immigration officials began unprecedented detentions of immigrants who were summoned to court or ICE field offices for mandatory asylum hearings or check-in appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few violent altercations between federal officials and protesters marked the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The immigration court shut down early one day in June after throngs of protesters rallied outside, and in July, one activist was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047397/ice-officers-drive-through-protesters-trying-to-stop-arrest-at-sf-immigration-court\">sent flying from the side of a car\u003c/a> driven by ICE officers after a group attempted to block it from leaving with a man detained inside the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy McPherson, with the Interfaith Movement For Human Integrity, hugs a friend outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025, as people wait for scheduled check-ins and immigration-related appointments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More recently, protesters trailed ICE officials on foot from the courthouse to the field office after a person was detained following their hearing. During the standoff, one U.S. citizen was arrested after slashing the tires on an ICE vehicle, while another was pepper-sprayed unprompted alongside a journalist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052975/federal-officers-detain-protester-after-clash-outside-san-francisco-ice-office\">reporting on the altercation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most mornings, like Tuesday, are calm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the line of immigrants grew along most of Sansome Street, Jeung and the Rev. Deborah Lee, who heads IMHI, spoke with terrified families, offered prayers of safety and took down asylum seekers’ alien registration numbers and emergency contact information to be passed along to the city’s Rapid Response Network. If they don’t come out of an appointment, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049326/as-ice-operations-expand-how-are-immigrant-allies-responding\">group of immigrant rights organizations\u003c/a> connects them to legal representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The volunteers greeted and stood with people they recognized, like a grandfather who two weeks ago was instructed to return to his appointment that morning “with documents so we can deport you,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Deborah Lee (center left) and members of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity gather for a prayer outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He could get deported to a country that he hasn’t been in since he was 3 years old,” she told KQED. The man was born in Laos but has been in California with his family for 40 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For decades, he’s been here in the Bay Area and contributing,” Lee said. “Our economy needs him, our community needs him, his family needs him — and probably we could say the same thing about every single person in this line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and three others were detained on Tuesday, Lee told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across downtown, half a dozen protesters stood outside the multi-use building that houses San Francisco’s immigration court, where they gather on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few were set up behind a fold-out table covered in legal resource flyers and red, pocket-sized \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">“Know Your Rights”\u003c/a> cards that contain translated scripts immigrants are encouraged to use if they encounter ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059883\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernesto Reyes holds a sign outside the San Francisco Immigration Court in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once a week, the cohort is joined by a troupe of clowns who put on a show mocking immigration officials. Other days, artists sketch chalk drawings on the sidewalks and bands play music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also stations a few people just outside the building’s entrance to offer interpretation and accompaniment to anyone headed to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not all like militarized confrontation as the federal government would have you believe,” said Ernesto Reyes, 27, who’s been joining the protests weekly since June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just helping immigrants out by accompanying them and helping them not feel so alone,” they told KQED. As a Spanish speaker, Reyes said they can help immigrants navigate to the right room and explain what’s happening during the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059882\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People line up outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025, for scheduled check-ins and immigration-related appointments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the person being escorted is detained, they also coordinate with the Rapid Response Network. Even if no one is accompanying a person who is arrested, protesters often try to write down the person’s name or a phone number to call on their behalf as immigration officials escort them from the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reyes credits the protest movement’s presence — and the standoffs with ICE officers on the street — with slowing the pace of enforcement actions at the courthouse. There hasn’t been a detention, they said, in nearly two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people here make it so much harder and make it cost so much more money for them to do it. And every time that happens, they get more and more discouraged,” Reyes told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, they said, protesters are preparing for increased ICE and federal law enforcement presence. During a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, Trump called San Francisco “a mess” and said he had encouraged his administration to look at it for future federal law enforcement interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-ANTIFAROUNDTABLEFOLO-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. 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It’s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge cited several public comments by President Donald Trump expressing his intention to target “Democrat programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will be Democrat-oriented because we figure, you know, they started this thing … it will be a lot of people,” the president said about the layoffs on Oct. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling stops any layoffs that have already been announced and prevents the government from issuing reduction-in-force notices at any government agency where employees are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. 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Speaking at the city’s police academy, she said Benioff’s idea of bringing federal troops to San Francisco, published in an interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last week, was unnecessary and would put local policing efforts at greater risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Benioff came under fire this week from city supervisors and other officials for praising Trump, supporting deploying federal troops in San Francisco and calling the city to “refund” the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But crime rates in San Francisco are actually lower than they have been in years, and both the police budget and force have grown despite a major budget deficit this year that forced the city to cut millions of dollars from other departments.[aside postID=news_12059958 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/SFFIRE1-2000x1500.jpg']Benioff’s comments came just before the kickoff of Salesforce’s massive conference, called Dreamforce, happening this week in San Francisco. To prepare for the temporary influx of people downtown, California Highway Patrol has sent in 200 extra officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is shy about 500 officers from recommended staffing levels, according to the Police Department, and Benioff blasted the city for failing to maintain the same levels of policing outside of the conference week. However, it’s common during any major event for the city to ramp up policing and for private event holders to pay for extra security costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking at the police academy, Lurie did not mention Trump’s name on Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">staying consistent with his communication strategy\u003c/a> since assuming office in January to avoid calling out the president. He instead emphasized the city’s declining crime rates and growing police force as evidence that the National Guard is not needed in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have seen crime go down in Union Square 40%. Crime citywide is down 30%. We are at 70-year lows when it comes to homicides. Car break-ins are at 22-year lows,” Lurie said. “I am clear-eyed about the challenges that we have. We have a lot of work to do. 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"content": "\u003cp>The San Francisco Police Commission will begin interviews for the city’s next chief of police on Tuesday morning, kicking off a process that will lead to a critical choice for Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">Daniel Lurie\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The position has been vacant since May, when former chief Bill Scott \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039092/san-franciscos-police-chief-stepping-down\">announced his departure\u003c/a> after eight years in the role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s seven-member Police Commission, a group of volunteers appointed by the mayor and Board of Supervisors, will enter into a closed session on Tuesday morning to interview candidates over the next one to two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a self-imposed deadline of Nov. 12 to present the finalists to Lurie,” commission Vice President Kevin Benedicto told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the mayor will select the next chief from three commission-selected candidates. Who Lurie picks could define his time as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s chief of public safety, Paul Yep, has served as interim chief in the months since Scott’s departure. Despite speculation that he was auditioning to take on the permanent role, Yep did not apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020121\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240819-DanielLuriePresser-03-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco Police Commander Paul Yep speaks during a press conference supporting mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie in San Francisco on Aug. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were 34 applicants for the job; only Steven Ford, who served at the SFPD for 31 years and briefly led the Antioch Police Department, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/one-popular-cop-not-among-applicants-police-chief-21044775.php\">publicly stated that he applied\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie currently has two appointees on the Police Commission. Former federal prosecutor Wilson Leung filled a vacant seat at the beginning of Lurie’s term. And Lurie selected anti-violence activist Mattie Scott to serve after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028726/reformist-sf-police-commissioner-is-ousted-giving-lurie-greater-control-of-oversight\">removing progressive police commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone\u003c/a>. (The mayor appoints four members to the commission; the Board of Supervisors selects three.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While reported crime is low in San Francisco — Lurie recently stated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059728/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-sf-mayor-scrap-event-after-national-guard-comment\">crime is down 30% citywide\u003c/a> compared to last year — the new chief will inherit an understaffed police force, calls for more community policing and millions in overtime spending. Low-level crimes and open-air drug use are a persistent problem.[aside postID=news_12042755 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-LURIEPRESSER-04-BL-KQED.jpg']Community meetings organized between August and September by Ralph Andersen & Associates, the agency leading the search for candidates, gathered responses from 227 people about what they were looking for in the role. The \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/PoliceCommission10825_-_RAA_Summary_Results_for_Community_Input.pdf\">report\u003c/a>, presented to the Police Commission at their Oct. 8 meeting, found that respondents were looking for a police chief “who embodies integrity, openness, and courage, while also being firmly grounded in the unique needs of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benedicto said the community meetings, along with conversations with police officers and other department employees, have already shaped some of the commission’s decision-making and will continue to help them winnow down the candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to community input, one of the chief’s key priorities should be “preparedness around federal immigration enforcement activity.” Protesters have faced off against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside San Francisco’s immigration court. In cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, similar protests have been used by the Trump administration as a rationale for sending in the National Guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5567177/national-guard-map-chicago-california-oregon\">suggested sending troops to San Francisco and Oakland\u003c/a>, a plan Lurie has refrained from commenting on. “We have work to do, there is no doubt about that,” he said at the Italian Heritage Festival on Sunday. “We need more SFPD.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Police Department officer in San Francisco on April 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Whoever Lurie picks for the job will face a host of challenges — just as Scott did eight years ago. The former chief was appointed by then-Mayor Ed Lee in 2016 after two years of high-profile police shootings and calls for accountability. Scott’s mandate from Lee was to transform the SFPD into a “21st-century police force.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this January, the SFPD announced it had completed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020778/state-ends-oversight-sfpd-after-long-reform-effort-followed-fatal-shootings\">an eight-year reform process\u003c/a> with the Department of Justice. During Scott’s time as chief, the department implemented more than 270 recommended reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His tenure was also marked by the pandemic, an increase in fentanyl overdoses, and a rise in car break-ins and property crime. Dissatisfaction with policing led in part to the 2022 recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, which in turn hampered former Mayor London Breed’s bid for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s choice could similarly make or break his burgeoning political career. The city hopes to have the position filled by the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Gavin Newsom vetoed a handful of bills advancing the cause of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027903/california-lawmakers-target-historical-harm-to-black-residents-in-latest-bill-push\">reparations for Black Californians\u003c/a> on Monday, dealing the latest blow to a first-of-its-kind movement to atone for state-inflicted harms from slavery to the present day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom rejected bills that would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910326/checking-in-on-californias-reparations-effort\">allowed the \u003c/a>descendants of enslaved people to receive preference in university admissions, business licenses and loans for first-time homebuyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Governor’s veto is more than disappointing,” Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, who wrote the college admissions bill, said in a statement. “While the Trump Administration threatens our institutions of higher learning and attacks the foundations of diversity and inclusivity, now is not the time to shy away from the fight to protect students who have descended from legacies of harm and exclusion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a series of veto messages, the governor argued the bills were either unworkable, unnecessary or legally suspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures were among several reparations-related bills advanced this year by the California Legislative Black Caucus, following a shift in strategy to focus on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046328/lineage-not-race-californias-strategy-to-advance-equity-for-descendants-of-slavery\">descendants of enslaved\u003c/a> people rather than race-based programs — an approach designed to withstand mounting legal challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 209, passed by voters in 1996, banned affirmative action in public institutions. And in 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions, a decision that reinforced the legal hurdles facing California’s reparations efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference to discuss the measures to redraw the state’s Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom said California universities did not need Bryan’s bill, Assembly Bill 7, to prioritize applicants who were descendants of slaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I encourage the institutions referenced in this bill to review and determine how, when, and if this type of preference can be adopted,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor was more skeptical of the idea behind Assembly Bill 57, which would have set aside 10% of funds in the California Dream for All Program for descendants of enslaved people. The program provides down-payment assistance for first-time home buyers. Newsom instead vowed to set aside money in the state’s home-buying program for residents in low-income census tracts.[aside postID=news_12044638 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/12m-Reparations-1.jpg']“Creating an ancestry-based set-aside presents legal risks that could jeopardize [The California Housing Finance Agency’s] access to federal mortgage markets that are critical to providing housing assistance for thousands of Californians each year,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom vetoed two other reparations bills on Monday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056446/what-california-can-learn-from-germanys-holocaust-reparations-program\">Assembly Bill 62\u003c/a> would have allowed residents who lost property through racially motivated eminent domain to petition the state for compensation. And Assembly bill 742 would have expedited the applications for descendants seeking professional licenses needed for professions including architects, barbers and dental hygienists. Newsom said both bills would strain state resources — and added that prioritizing more residents for expedited licenses would diminish the benefit for populations that are already fast-tracked, including military spouses and refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vetoes come days after reparations advocates were encouraged by Newsom’s approval of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB518\">Senate Bill 518\u003c/a>, which created a new state agency to oversee restitution for descendants of enslaved people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law, authored by state Sen. 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At the close of the 2024 session, more than 8,500 letters were delivered to Newsom urging him to support a slate of reparations bills. The caucus responded this year with its “Road to Repair” agenda — a rebranded package of measures that avoided the politically charged term “reparations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, advocates say California’s new agency represents a foundation — not a finish line. Its future depends on funding, legislation and political will. Still, for the first time, the state has a structure in place to make good on its promises. As Holder put it, “We cannot move forward as one human family until we confront the harm, acknowledge the debt and take tangible action to repair what has been done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/otaylor\">\u003cem>Otis R. Taylor Jr.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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