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Jesse Arreguín speaks during a press conference with leaders from community groups throughout Alameda County in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Jan. 22, 2025, to discuss support for immigrant families in the Bay Area after President Donald Trump promised mass deportations. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arreguín and Wiener say the masks allow officers to evade accountability for their actions, adding that more transparency is needed around who is conducting these immigration operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People covering their faces, impersonating police officers — it erodes trust in law enforcement and it undermines community safety,” Arreguín said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE declined to comment on the bill, saying that the agency does not comment on pending legislation. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 627, dubbed the No Secret Police Act, comes as tensions have escalated between the state and the Trump administration, which has vowed to carry out the \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114690267066155731\">largest deportation\u003c/a> campaign in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No specific federal law requires law enforcement to wear uniforms or show their faces during arrests. Meanwhile, images of masked ICE agents forcing people into unmarked police vans have proliferated on social media, catalyzing debate over whether such arrest tactics are a form of intimidation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023544\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Jesse Arreguín speaks during a press conference with leaders from community groups throughout Alameda County in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Jan. 22, 2025, to discuss support for immigrant families in the Bay Area after President Donald Trump promised mass deportations. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arreguín and Wiener say the masks allow officers to evade accountability for their actions, adding that more transparency is needed around who is conducting these immigration operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People covering their faces, impersonating police officers — it erodes trust in law enforcement and it undermines community safety,” Arreguín said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE declined to comment on the bill, saying that the agency does not comment on pending legislation. But in an emailed statement, an ICE spokesperson maintained that masks and other anonymizing practices are essential to prevent “doxxing,” or the collection of someone’s information online to shame or harass them, following high-profile ICE raids in Los Angeles and the mass protests that followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fully respects the Constitutional rights of all people to express their opinions peacefully,” the statement said. “That being said, ICE remains committed to performing its immigration enforcement mission professionally in a manner consistent with federal law and agency policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, a North Texas man was charged in federal court for threatening to shoot and kill ICE agents on April 7, the spokesperson added.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042197/an-sf-journalist-took-photos-of-ice-officers-then-he-was-asked-to-blur-their-faces\">ICE has requested journalists blur officers’ faces\u003c/a> after a \u003cem>San Francisco Standard\u003c/em> reporter took cellphone images of arrests outside immigration court and published those images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics have been quick to point out what they say is hypocrisy surrounding ICE officers’ tendency to wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 8, President Trump posted on his social media platform \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114646378582957392\">Truth Social\u003c/a> that protesters should not be allowed to wear masks, asking, “What do these people have to hide, and why?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His administration has also criticized student protesters for wearing masks while protesting the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Masked immigration officers can create a lot of “confusion,” the state lawmakers behind the new bill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is critically important that people know who they’re interacting with and that they’re interacting with actual law enforcement officers,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a federal bill introduced in Congress this month by Rep. Mike Thompson (D–St. Helena) would prohibit immigration officers from wearing clothing that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044352/proposed-legislation-would-prohibit-immigration-officials-from-posing-as-police\">bears the word “police.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the National Immigrant Justice Center, immigration enforcement will often introduce themselves as police officers even though they are not legally considered to be so. That can confuse immigrant communities and sour the relationship with local police, Thompson argued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the California bill also followed what authorities have labeled a political assassination in Minnesota by a man posing as a police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vance Boelter, 57, is accused of targeting two politicians, fatally shooting Democratic Rep. Melissa Holtman and her husband, Mark. Boelter currently faces federal murder charges for the attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some critics have raised concerns that immigration officers operating in masks and unmarked vehicles could sow distrust and make it easier for bad actors to pose as law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6 p.m. Saturday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people flooded streets across the Bay Area Saturday as part of a national day of action against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of No Kings protests took place around the region in multiple cities including Oakland, San José, Palo Alto, Berkeley, Santa Rosa, Alameda, Fremont and Vallejo. They coincided with a military parade in Washington D.C. and Trump’s 79th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a protest to reject authoritarian rule and the idea that any one person including President Trump is above the people,” said Liliana Soroceanu an organizer with Indivisible San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands marched from Dolores Park to Civic Center in San Francisco, with protesters densely spanning the entire 1.5-mile path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044521 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-2000x665.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-1536x511.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-2048x681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds gather in Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco for the ‘No Kings’ protest that coincides with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044428\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people demonstrate as part of the during the ‘No Kings’ protest in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michelle Espinoza, a San Francisco resident, is a daughter of immigrants from Mexico. She said she was at the protests to show her support for her friends and family and those who were not able to join out of fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does make me feel better to see that there’s all of these people who are coming to support, not just the Latino community but all people affected by this administration,” Espinoza said. “It brings a kind of hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march down Dolores Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march down Market Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maria Alvarez, who protested in San José, said she feels outraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This president needs to get put in check,” said Alvarez, the daughter of an immigrant. “All kinds of people are getting oppressed and it’s not acceptable at all. I’m just here out of rage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marta Guerrero and her daughter Karina Soto, both of whom are educators, said they were at the protest in San José to support democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know what this country can be, the promise of this country,” said Soto. “We have to fight for it, because I had no idea how quickly it could be taken away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniella coats herself in a Mexican flag to protest the Trump administration during the ‘No Kings’ protest in San José on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044473 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-2000x666.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors dressed as battered and imprisoned versions of Lady Liberty (left) and Mo Little Dove (right) join other protestors in a demonstration outside of the Old County Courthouse in San Jose during a No Kings Day protest on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officers from the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Department on duty at the ‘No Kings’ protest in San José. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sara Moiseff, who’s transgender, also took part in the demonstrations in San José, taking aim at the federal government’s immigration enforcement via deportations .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transgender people are one of the most highly ostracized and persecuted minorities in this country, and they continue to receive only more pushback, more hatred, more discrimination,” Moiseff said. “I want to be a part of the fight against oppressive forces in the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044452\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors gather in St. James Park during the ‘No Kings’ protest in San José . \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044454\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Komar holds up a homemade sign in San José. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a rally in Oakland, which organizers say drew an estimated 10,000 demonstrators, Denise Martin emphasized immigration rights and gay rights as key motivators for coming out to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are the people and we want to be heard,” Martin said. “Our freedom is important to all of us, and the Constitution. … Nobody’s above the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giving a speech at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife said she hadn’t seen such a big crowd in 30 years. She told the crowd that the police chief warned her and other elected officials about coming out today in the wake of the shootings in Minnesota where a Democratic state legislator and her husband were killed and another was injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044478\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayor Barbara Lee speaks to a crowd of protesters at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044480 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of protesters march in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Because elected officials are being targeted, because the way that our undocumented citizens are being targeted, makes me want to stand even taller and stronger,” said Fife. “Undocumented immigrants bring trillions of dollars that they will not see a benefit from, and they still work hard for our country. That is the most patriotic thing they could do. We are patriots and we are not ceding ground to the right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Lateefah Simon praised what she called “the most diverse congressional district in the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We smell the stench of fascism,” said Simon. “Let me say this to the president of the United States: you don’t get to storm the Capitol, lie to our people, defund the future, and then return four years later, demanding a crown. We say: Hell no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Konani Chinn, 20, described the crowd of thousands gathered in Oakland as “super powerful” and praised everyone who came out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a lot of effort for everyone to come out here, especially like I mean this protest is mostly older white people who are privileged. … Protests that I’ve been to personally in the past few years have been a lot of young people, more like marginalized people who are actively being affected. I think it’s really amazing that all these people are coming out regardless of their connection to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044483\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inflatable Trump chicken is displayed at Frank H. Ogawa plaza in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-2000x665.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-1536x511.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-2048x681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (right) addresses hundreds of protesters at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Protesters Mary Richardson, Joann George and Carol McCullough all came to the Oakland protest and expressed disgust and shame with their country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that we had fought for is being taken away from us,” said McCullough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People really need to pay attention,” George added. “when their Medicaid stops and their Social Security gets affected, they will know what this man is about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robin Kettelle, who just turned 66, said at the rally in Oakland, “Enough is enough. I want to show the world that there is another set of beliefs that’s going on in America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044479\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of protesters march at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Planning for the national day of action began weeks ago to protest Trump’s military parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Soroceanu said Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines in Los Angeles added to the sense of urgency among organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s immigration raids in L.A. this month sparked large-scale protests throughout the region. Trump federalized the National Guard on June 7, deploying 2,000 Guard troops, and later 700 Marines, to respond to the protests. Gov. Gavin Newsom has challenged the move in court, arguing the administration violated the law by not coordinating the deployment with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044464\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044464 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march in front of City Hall in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This militarization of law enforcement, which is both illegal and inappropriate, has escalated events in L.A. Yesterday, they assaulted a U.S. senator. So this is all behavior of a fascist regime,” Soroceanu said, referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043957/california-sen-alex-padilla-forced-to-ground-handcuffed-by-agents-at-dhs-briefing\">an incident Thursday\u003c/a> when California Sen. Alex Padilla was removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and forced to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police arrested more than 200 people in the hours following demonstrations on June 8 and 9, accusing some of vandalizing businesses or throwing objects at police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soroceanu and other organizers urged attendees to remain peaceful and nonviolent at Saturday’s protests, but local and state officials said they prepared for massive turnout and the possibility of clashes between protesters and police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044463 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drake Housman, 9, chants alongside other rally-goers in the No Kings protest in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier Saturday, dozens of demonstrators and immigration lawyers gathered on Tehama Street in San Francisco, after they said immigrants received text messages from Immigration and Customs Enforcement telling them to “check-in” there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect they were planning detentions at check-ins,” said Sanika Mahajan, director of Community Engagement and Organizing at Mission Action, an immigrant advocacy group in San Francisco’s Mission District. “[ICE] have had to change tactics because of the people that have been showing up in large numbers to try to stop detentions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camille Taiara, a volunteer with the National Lawyers Guild, said the doors to the offices were closed and that people who had shown up for the check-in didn’t know what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044456\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doddie the dog sports a taco costume during a ‘No Kings’ protest in San José. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The people who are reporting here all have immigration cases with the court, so they’re trying to do the right thing,” said Taiara. “They say these people are criminals … but there’s no due process and it’s been shown that the vast majority of people they are grabbing and detaining and sending God-knows-where have no criminal records.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, it’s state terror,” Taiara added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044451\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young dancers perform outside of the Old County Courthouse in San José. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov. Newsom announced Friday that the California Highway Patrol and the state’s Office of Emergency Services would pre-deploy personnel to cities across the state ahead of the No Kings protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has zero tolerance for those who plan to take advantage of peaceful demonstrations with violence,” Newsom said. “We’re pre-deploying resources to maintain safety — and we will prosecute those who break the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom added that all eight of CHP’s Special Response Teams, consisting of 700 officers, were staged throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie also announced Friday that he was activating the emergency operations center, where several city agencies, including law enforcement and emergency services, would be coordinating the city’s response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044467 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters cheer from their car as protesters march down Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lurie was flanked by the police chief, the sheriff, the district attorney and the head of the department of emergency management, many of whom stressed that law enforcement will arrest anybody who breaks the law.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Attila Pelit, Sara Hossaini, Vanessa Rancaño and Brian Krans contributed to this story, which will be updated throughout the day.\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>“It’s a protest to reject authoritarian rule and the idea that any one person including President Trump is above the people,” said Liliana Soroceanu an organizer with Indivisible San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands marched from Dolores Park to Civic Center in San Francisco, with protesters densely spanning the entire 1.5-mile path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044521 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-2000x665.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-1536x511.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-01-KQED-2048x681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds gather in Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco for the ‘No Kings’ protest that coincides with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044428\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people demonstrate as part of the during the ‘No Kings’ protest in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michelle Espinoza, a San Francisco resident, is a daughter of immigrants from Mexico. She said she was at the protests to show her support for her friends and family and those who were not able to join out of fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does make me feel better to see that there’s all of these people who are coming to support, not just the Latino community but all people affected by this administration,” Espinoza said. “It brings a kind of hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march down Dolores Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march down Market Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maria Alvarez, who protested in San José, said she feels outraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This president needs to get put in check,” said Alvarez, the daughter of an immigrant. “All kinds of people are getting oppressed and it’s not acceptable at all. I’m just here out of rage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marta Guerrero and her daughter Karina Soto, both of whom are educators, said they were at the protest in San José to support democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know what this country can be, the promise of this country,” said Soto. “We have to fight for it, because I had no idea how quickly it could be taken away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniella coats herself in a Mexican flag to protest the Trump administration during the ‘No Kings’ protest in San José on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044473 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-2000x666.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/3333/06/Side-by-side-Downpage-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors dressed as battered and imprisoned versions of Lady Liberty (left) and Mo Little Dove (right) join other protestors in a demonstration outside of the Old County Courthouse in San Jose during a No Kings Day protest on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officers from the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Department on duty at the ‘No Kings’ protest in San José. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sara Moiseff, who’s transgender, also took part in the demonstrations in San José, taking aim at the federal government’s immigration enforcement via deportations .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transgender people are one of the most highly ostracized and persecuted minorities in this country, and they continue to receive only more pushback, more hatred, more discrimination,” Moiseff said. “I want to be a part of the fight against oppressive forces in the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044452\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors gather in St. James Park during the ‘No Kings’ protest in San José . \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044454\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SAN-JOSE-AC-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Komar holds up a homemade sign in San José. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a rally in Oakland, which organizers say drew an estimated 10,000 demonstrators, Denise Martin emphasized immigration rights and gay rights as key motivators for coming out to protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are the people and we want to be heard,” Martin said. “Our freedom is important to all of us, and the Constitution. … Nobody’s above the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giving a speech at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife said she hadn’t seen such a big crowd in 30 years. She told the crowd that the police chief warned her and other elected officials about coming out today in the wake of the shootings in Minnesota where a Democratic state legislator and her husband were killed and another was injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044478\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland mayor Barbara Lee speaks to a crowd of protesters at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044480 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of protesters march in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Because elected officials are being targeted, because the way that our undocumented citizens are being targeted, makes me want to stand even taller and stronger,” said Fife. “Undocumented immigrants bring trillions of dollars that they will not see a benefit from, and they still work hard for our country. That is the most patriotic thing they could do. We are patriots and we are not ceding ground to the right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Lateefah Simon praised what she called “the most diverse congressional district in the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We smell the stench of fascism,” said Simon. “Let me say this to the president of the United States: you don’t get to storm the Capitol, lie to our people, defund the future, and then return four years later, demanding a crown. We say: Hell no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Konani Chinn, 20, described the crowd of thousands gathered in Oakland as “super powerful” and praised everyone who came out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a lot of effort for everyone to come out here, especially like I mean this protest is mostly older white people who are privileged. … Protests that I’ve been to personally in the past few years have been a lot of young people, more like marginalized people who are actively being affected. I think it’s really amazing that all these people are coming out regardless of their connection to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044483\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-24-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inflatable Trump chicken is displayed at Frank H. Ogawa plaza in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-2000x665.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-1536x511.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-DIPTYCH-02-KQED-2048x681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (right) addresses hundreds of protesters at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Protesters Mary Richardson, Joann George and Carol McCullough all came to the Oakland protest and expressed disgust and shame with their country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that we had fought for is being taken away from us,” said McCullough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People really need to pay attention,” George added. “when their Medicaid stops and their Social Security gets affected, they will know what this man is about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robin Kettelle, who just turned 66, said at the rally in Oakland, “Enough is enough. I want to show the world that there is another set of beliefs that’s going on in America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044479\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of protesters march at the ‘No Kings’ protest in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Planning for the national day of action began weeks ago to protest Trump’s military parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Soroceanu said Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines in Los Angeles added to the sense of urgency among organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s immigration raids in L.A. this month sparked large-scale protests throughout the region. Trump federalized the National Guard on June 7, deploying 2,000 Guard troops, and later 700 Marines, to respond to the protests. Gov. Gavin Newsom has challenged the move in court, arguing the administration violated the law by not coordinating the deployment with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044464\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12044464 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-10-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters march in front of City Hall in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This militarization of law enforcement, which is both illegal and inappropriate, has escalated events in L.A. Yesterday, they assaulted a U.S. senator. So this is all behavior of a fascist regime,” Soroceanu said, referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043957/california-sen-alex-padilla-forced-to-ground-handcuffed-by-agents-at-dhs-briefing\">an incident Thursday\u003c/a> when California Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>With lawmakers poised to vote on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">state budget\u003c/a> bill on Friday, California legal aid groups that serve immigrants are raising alarms over some fine print that they say could seriously restrict \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979997/concords-new-immigration-court\">access to deportation defense\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators included language in the bill saying that the state funding that has long gone to immigration legal aid cannot be used to assist people who have any sort of felony conviction. 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Last year, the Equal Access Fund distributed more than $31 million to nonprofit legal service providers, according to the State Bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s budget bill \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB101\">currently says\u003c/a> the funds “shall not be used for legal services defending an immigrant against removal from the United States or another immigration remedy based on a documented felony conviction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom stands in front of a state flag during a press conference about President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at an almond farm in Ceres, California. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That comes after a winter special session at which the Legislature approved an extra $25 million to fund immigration legal services, including $10 million channeled through the State Bar. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">Under pressure from Republicans\u003c/a>, the Democratic authors of that bill included a caveat, reflected in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SBx1-2-Signing-Message.pdf\">Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing statement\u003c/a>, that those funds were not to be used for “individuals with serious or violent felony convictions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that history, Nguyen said she and her colleagues were expecting some kind of restrictive language in the budget bill for the next year, but they were taken aback at how broad it was, excluding even people who’ve committed nonviolent crimes such as theft or vandalism from getting help with immigration matters.[aside postID=news_12043582 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-LEGAL-AID-HUNGER-STRIKE-MD-01-KQED.jpg']“It raises a lot of concern,” she said. “It’s going to stoke fears and create a chilling effect on low-income communities that are in need of vital legal services, even beyond immigration, say public benefits or housing-related.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen added that she also worried that any new requirement to screen clients’ criminal histories would create an administrative burden on already stretched legal clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamid Yazdan Panah, who leads Immigrant Defense Advocates, said he was frustrated that Democratic lawmakers opted to include what he called a \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>criminalizing exemption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they spent more time understanding the importance of legal resources, they would understand that it ultimately helps our state to invest in legal infrastructure and protect due process, especially when it’s being attacked in the manner that we see right now in the streets in L.A.,” he said. “The majority of the funding goes to long-term California residents. And California reaps the benefits of keeping households together and having a strong immigrant workforce that has work permits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Panah said he’s also worried that the syntax of the bill is sloppy, fearing that the language could be interpreted to mean that the funds may not be used to provide deportation defense for anyone at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislative staffers say that’s not the intention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-SACRAMENTOFILE-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento on May 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the Legislature is required to pass the budget by June 15, there are still two weeks in which they are expected to hammer out final language in talks with the governor before the new fiscal year begins July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislature doubled down on investments in legal aid this year, because immigrant workers, students and parents need support more than ever in the face of Trump’s raids and terror,” said Nick Miller, communications director for Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. “The Governor’s message from January regarding aid and felons, and any draft language, will be discussed during ongoing budget negotiations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, roughly $8 million of the Equal Access Fund was spent on immigration legal services, and of the nearly 42,000 low-income Californians who got legal help, more than 11,000 were immigration clients, according to State Bar officials. Additional funds for immigration legal aid flow through the state Department of Social Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the nonprofits that receives funding from the Equal Access program is the Oakland-based California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Co-Executive Director Lisa Knox urged lawmakers to remove the restriction and once again allow groups like hers to serve anyone who needs a lawyer to fight deportation or apply for protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Legal representation is the most important factor in whether someone facing deportation is able to remain in their community with their family,” she said. “At a time when the Trump administration is sending in the military to make sure ICE can violently detain as many people as possible in California, it is unconscionable that our state Legislature would pull the rug out from under people who need legal representation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 9:15 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal appeals court blocked a judge’s ruling Thursday that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he seized control of California’s National Guard without telling Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump dispatched the troops to Los Angeles to respond to protests sparked by immigration raids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier Thursday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a decision that returned control of the National Guard troops to Newsom, but it did not change the status of the 700 U.S. Marines Trump also ordered to L.A. But the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals blocked that ruling a few hours later, and scheduled a hearing for Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breyer had ruled that Trump needed to cede control of the National Guard troops back to the governor by midday Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions. He did not,” Breyer wrote. “His actions were illegal — both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the appeals court intervened, Newsom applauded Breyer’s decision and told reporters Thursday’s ruling was a test of democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This decision was important because it’s about constraints, it’s about limits, it’s about our democracy,” Newsom said, and added that the National Guard would be redeployed to “what they were doing before Donald Trump commandeered them” — border security, vegetation management and law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Donald Trump better abide by these orders or we have a constitutional crisis,” the governor warned. “The likes of which we haven’t seen in our lifetime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12043766 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GavinNewsom1AP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial ruling followed an hour-long hearing during which Breyer pressed both sides, and focused mostly around whether Trump went through the proper process for calling up the National Guard. He forcefully pushed back at the federal government’s contention that the courts had no place to weigh in on the issue, noting that the U.S. was “founded in response to a monarch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The president is, of course, limited to his authority, and that’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not that a leader can simply say something and then it becomes it. It’s a question of a leader — a president or a governor — following the law as set forth in both the Constitution and statutes. That’s what a president, a governor, or any leader must act under. Otherwise they become something other than a constitutional officer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue is whether the president had the power to overrule Newsom and activate 2,000 National Guard troops this week — troops who are normally under the control of state governors. Such a move by a U.S. president hasn’t occurred since the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California also objected in the suit to Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to deploy 700 U.S. Marines to the Southern California city, though in that case, the state acknowledges that the president has sole authority over the troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s attorneys asked the judge to order the National Guard troops back to their regular assignments, and for both the Marines and National Guard troops to be prohibited from patrolling streets or otherwise aiding in any law enforcement action other than protecting federal property and personnel. Specifically, the state wanted Breyer to bar the armed troops from directly participating in the “enforcement of civil laws,” something California contends they have been doing this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California filed suit on Monday, then asked for an immediate restraining order on Tuesday. Breyer instead asked the Trump administration to respond by Wednesday and scheduled the hearing for Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-1536x1145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. 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He honed in on language in the \u003ca href=\"https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-10-armed-forces/10-usc-sect-12406/\">statute\u003c/a> that says “orders for these purposes shall be issued through governors of the states.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breyer said Trump’s administration didn’t tell Newsom directly, but instead Hegseth told the California National Guard’s adjutant general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to figure out how something is through somebody if in fact you didn’t give it to him,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate argued that the proper process was followed because the adjutant general “issues orders in the name of the governor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if that’s the case, Breyer mused, why would Congress even mention the governor in the statute?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why not just simply say to the commanding officer, the command officer of the guard should be notified. I mean, isn’t there a contemplation at least that there may be a discussion between the commander in chief of the force and the prospective commander in chief of the force as to the advisability of that force?” Breyer said, noting that both Trump and Newsom were duly elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breyer rejected California’s request to limit the actions of the U.S. Marines. The state wanted Breyer to prohibit the Marines from conducting law enforcement of civilians — but at the hearing, the judge noted that he has no evidence that is happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green responded that the governor’s office has information that the Marines are planning to relieve the National Guard on the ground in L.A. “in the next 24 hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Breyer said it’s not his job as a judge to issue orders based on something that might happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sort of don’t think that’s my business,” he said.“It seems somewhat speculative, and it seems certainly a view of the future as distinct from what is presently being done today on this record.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmarzorati\">\u003cem>Guy Marzorati\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\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>The initial ruling followed an hour-long hearing during which Breyer pressed both sides, and focused mostly around whether Trump went through the proper process for calling up the National Guard. He forcefully pushed back at the federal government’s contention that the courts had no place to weigh in on the issue, noting that the U.S. was “founded in response to a monarch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The president is, of course, limited to his authority, and that’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not that a leader can simply say something and then it becomes it. It’s a question of a leader — a president or a governor — following the law as set forth in both the Constitution and statutes. That’s what a president, a governor, or any leader must act under. Otherwise they become something other than a constitutional officer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue is whether the president had the power to overrule Newsom and activate 2,000 National Guard troops this week — troops who are normally under the control of state governors. Such a move by a U.S. president hasn’t occurred since the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California also objected in the suit to Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to deploy 700 U.S. Marines to the Southern California city, though in that case, the state acknowledges that the president has sole authority over the troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s attorneys asked the judge to order the National Guard troops back to their regular assignments, and for both the Marines and National Guard troops to be prohibited from patrolling streets or otherwise aiding in any law enforcement action other than protecting federal property and personnel. Specifically, the state wanted Breyer to bar the armed troops from directly participating in the “enforcement of civil laws,” something California contends they have been doing this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California filed suit on Monday, then asked for an immediate restraining order on Tuesday. Breyer instead asked the Trump administration to respond by Wednesday and scheduled the hearing for Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty-1536x1145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. 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He honed in on language in the \u003ca href=\"https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-10-armed-forces/10-usc-sect-12406/\">statute\u003c/a> that says “orders for these purposes shall be issued through governors of the states.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breyer said Trump’s administration didn’t tell Newsom directly, but instead Hegseth told the California National Guard’s adjutant general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to figure out how something is through somebody if in fact you didn’t give it to him,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate argued that the proper process was followed because the adjutant general “issues orders in the name of the governor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if that’s the case, Breyer mused, why would Congress even mention the governor in the statute?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why not just simply say to the commanding officer, the command officer of the guard should be notified. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:10 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/alex-padilla\">Alex Padilla\u003c/a> was forced to the ground and handcuffed at a Los Angeles press conference Thursday, where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1933222907398008912\">Footage from the scene\u003c/a> shows several federal agents pushing Padilla out of the room as he says, “I’m Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary.” As they push him into an adjacent hallway, he can be heard saying, “Hands off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officials then push Padilla, who has his hands up at his sides, onto his knees, then fully onto the floor, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1933232550409089128\">where he is handcuffed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noem was talking about demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in L.A. at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly before 12:30 p.m., Padilla exited the federal building in Los Angeles and spoke to reporters outside, where he said he had not been arrested or detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla said he was at the federal building to attend a briefing “as part of my responsibility as a senator to provide oversight and accountability” when he learned that Noem was holding a press conference in another room. He said he went to seek answers on the administration’s “increasingly extreme immigration actions,” because he had been unable to get a meeting with Department of Homeland Security officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043454\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/gettyimages-2219185144-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on Sunday in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/gettyimages-2219185144-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/gettyimages-2219185144-2000x1334.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/gettyimages-2219185144-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/gettyimages-2219185144-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/gettyimages-2219185144-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on Sunday in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When he began to ask a question, he said, he was “almost immediately forcibly removed from the room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will say this,” Padilla said outside the federal building. “If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla has long been an outspoken supporter of immigrants and migrant workers. The son of Mexican immigrants and the first Latino to represent California in the Senate, he began his political career in L.A. in the 1990s after protesting against Proposition 187, which excluded undocumented immigrants from a swath of public benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Madrid, a longtime political consultant, said in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/madrid_mike/status/1933227968958247161\">a social media post\u003c/a> that he had known Padilla for 25 years, “and never seen anything like this. It’s so out of character for his measured personality — he’s a living example of how Latinos feel right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the incident “outrageous, dictatorial and shameful,” adding that “Trump and his shock troops are out of control.”[aside postID=news_11984807 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-18-KQED.jpg']Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) spoke about the video on the Senate floor, saying: “I just saw something that sickened my stomach: the manhandling of a United States senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the incident “absolutely abhorrent and outrageous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This administration’s violent attacks on our city must end,” she said in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/1933227193771176262\">a social media post\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statement from Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin accused Padilla of “disrespectful political theatre,” charging that he did not comply with requests to back away. Noem and her office accused Padilla of failing to identify himself, adding that the Secret Service “thought he was an attacker” after he “lunged toward Secretary Noem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Video from the scene shows Padilla clearly identifying himself as authorities grapple with him and try to push him out of the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DHS statement said that the senator and Noem spoke for 15 minutes after the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conversation was great and we’re going to continue to communicate,” Noem told reporters after walking out of the press conference. “We exchanged phone numbers and we’re going to continue to talk on ways we can communicate better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the press conference, the department said the event was for Noem to “show her support for DHS, law enforcement, and U.S. military personnel who are working to restore law and order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has called on National Guard troops and Marines in recent days in response to protests of the administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Those families were reunited in the U.S. and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026959/families-separated-at-the-border-are-protected-by-a-2023-settlement-will-trump-honor-it\">offered legal services\u003c/a> to help with applying for permission to live and work in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When federal officials announced in April that they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038327/doj-proposes-giving-legal-advice-to-immigrants-in-cases-it-oversees\">would not renew the contract\u003c/a> with Acacia Center for Justice, they said they would instead administer the legal program themselves to “maximize efficiency in the delivery of the program services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen, according to District Judge Dana M. 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Fritz said her organization was prioritizing cases with imminent deadlines for renewing work authorization or parole to remain in the country, but she warned at the time that the situation was unsustainable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been limiting it to ongoing services with people we’ve already been working with,” Fritz said. “So, hopefully, if things move quickly, we’d be able to reopen to new referrals, really, as soon as we get the new contract.”[aside postID=news_12043582 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-LEGAL-AID-HUNGER-STRIKE-MD-01-KQED.jpg']Sabraw also ruled that the government must notify the American Civil Liberties Union if federal officials detained any class members, since some have missed important immigration deadlines without legal assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were hundreds of class members whose parole expired in May, who we are worried about, who are now in the United States without parole and are even more vulnerable to enforcement actions,” Van Hofwegen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of June 4, the ACLU was aware of three class members or their close family members who had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One had active parole but was mistakenly detained for at least a week “on the verge of removal,” according to Van Hofwegen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for ICE and EOIR did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Van Hofwegen said there is currently no clear timeline for when the contract will be reinstated, but she hopes to hear from government officials in the coming days. Subcontractors will also need time to rehire laid-off staff and reconnect with former clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During that time, class members continue to be vulnerable,” Van Hofwegen said. “It’s especially an issue because we know that the deadline for many class members to apply for asylum is coming up in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabraw declined to extend the deadline for asylum applications, which ACLU lawyers had requested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a hearing on June 4, lawyers for the ACLU, who first brought the class-action lawsuit in 2018, argued that the government’s plan to cancel the Acacia contract and take over the legal program had several holes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, it relied largely on referring class members to pro bono attorneys. But the ACLU argued that the government was unlikely to find enough lawyers willing to work for free to meet the needs of thousands of people with unique cases — especially after other recent federal funding cuts to organizations that could offer those services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are extremely pleased with the court’s ruling,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. “Had the court ruled the other way and allowed the government to eliminate legal assistance, I think there’s no doubt that hundreds, if not thousands, of these families might have been re-separated and re-traumatized.”[aside postID=news_12043548 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/AP25160742848163-2000x1333.jpg']Lawyers for the government admitted that as of May 23, no cases had been placed with a pro bono attorney, and Sabraw wrote that “the current landscape strongly suggests Defendants’ placement rate, which is presently zero, is not likely to improve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although government lawyers insisted that they would have been able to run the program, they simultaneously argued in court that they were not obligated to offer every service that Acacia had offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, they argued that the settlement agreement only required them to help with initial applications for parole and work authorization, but not with applications for re-parole, which is necessary every three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might not look exactly like what Acacia had run previously and it may not be at lightning speed placing class members, but it is sufficient under the settlement agreement, and there was no requirement that an independent contractor facilitate or run this program,” Department of Justice attorney Daniel Schutrum-Boward said in the June 4 hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelernt pushed back in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people don’t get legal advice and they don’t have the ability to have re-parole and get a chance, a meaningful chance, to get asylum, they’re going to be re-separated from their children,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Attacks on other immigrant services\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, the government chose not to renew another contract for services stemming from the settlement, according to Oakland-based Seneca Family of Agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its contract with the government, Seneca had been offering supportive services including behavioral health, medical referrals, housing placement assistance and efforts to track down separated families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man and young boy hold hands as they walk in silhouette on an urban sidewalk in early morning sun.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Honduran father and his 6-year-old son walk to Sunday Mass on Sept. 9, 2018, in Oakland, California. They were one of almost 2,600 families separated due to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Reunification alone does not erase the trauma of separation for families,” a statement on the organization’s website said. “A family’s journey toward healing is an ongoing process that is unique to each parent, child, and family, and services must be individualized and responsive to each family’s situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government wrote in a court filing that it is searching for a new provider of those services “because it has been determined that Seneca has likely violated anti-discrimination civil rights laws through its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI) program.”[aside postID=news_11821950 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64575_022_KQED_AntiochPoliceRacistTextProtest_04182023-qut-1020x680.jpg']Government lawyers are now asking the court to temporarily relieve them of their responsibility to provide the aforementioned services while they find a new provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has also moved to cut other immigrant legal services in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the Trump administration ended a separate contract with Acacia that provided direct legal representation for tens of thousands of children who are in the country without a parent or legal guardian. Several of Acacia’s subcontractors sued in response, and a federal judge in San Francisco ordered the government to continue funding that legal representation through September while the case plays out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other contracts funding programs that offer informational orientations for people facing deportation, or for the legal custodians of people facing deportation, have also been cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fritz, the directing attorney for ICWC, said these cuts mean that detained people will be less likely to win asylum claims or deportation proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Sabraw also ruled that the government must notify the American Civil Liberties Union if federal officials detained any class members, since some have missed important immigration deadlines without legal assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were hundreds of class members whose parole expired in May, who we are worried about, who are now in the United States without parole and are even more vulnerable to enforcement actions,” Van Hofwegen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of June 4, the ACLU was aware of three class members or their close family members who had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One had active parole but was mistakenly detained for at least a week “on the verge of removal,” according to Van Hofwegen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for ICE and EOIR did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Van Hofwegen said there is currently no clear timeline for when the contract will be reinstated, but she hopes to hear from government officials in the coming days. Subcontractors will also need time to rehire laid-off staff and reconnect with former clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During that time, class members continue to be vulnerable,” Van Hofwegen said. “It’s especially an issue because we know that the deadline for many class members to apply for asylum is coming up in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabraw declined to extend the deadline for asylum applications, which ACLU lawyers had requested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DonaldTrump100DaysGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks alongside U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a hearing on June 4, lawyers for the ACLU, who first brought the class-action lawsuit in 2018, argued that the government’s plan to cancel the Acacia contract and take over the legal program had several holes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, it relied largely on referring class members to pro bono attorneys. But the ACLU argued that the government was unlikely to find enough lawyers willing to work for free to meet the needs of thousands of people with unique cases — especially after other recent federal funding cuts to organizations that could offer those services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are extremely pleased with the court’s ruling,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. “Had the court ruled the other way and allowed the government to eliminate legal assistance, I think there’s no doubt that hundreds, if not thousands, of these families might have been re-separated and re-traumatized.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Lawyers for the government admitted that as of May 23, no cases had been placed with a pro bono attorney, and Sabraw wrote that “the current landscape strongly suggests Defendants’ placement rate, which is presently zero, is not likely to improve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although government lawyers insisted that they would have been able to run the program, they simultaneously argued in court that they were not obligated to offer every service that Acacia had offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, they argued that the settlement agreement only required them to help with initial applications for parole and work authorization, but not with applications for re-parole, which is necessary every three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might not look exactly like what Acacia had run previously and it may not be at lightning speed placing class members, but it is sufficient under the settlement agreement, and there was no requirement that an independent contractor facilitate or run this program,” Department of Justice attorney Daniel Schutrum-Boward said in the June 4 hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelernt pushed back in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people don’t get legal advice and they don’t have the ability to have re-parole and get a chance, a meaningful chance, to get asylum, they’re going to be re-separated from their children,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Attacks on other immigrant services\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, the government chose not to renew another contract for services stemming from the settlement, according to Oakland-based Seneca Family of Agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its contract with the government, Seneca had been offering supportive services including behavioral health, medical referrals, housing placement assistance and efforts to track down separated families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man and young boy hold hands as they walk in silhouette on an urban sidewalk in early morning sun.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1031228044-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Honduran father and his 6-year-old son walk to Sunday Mass on Sept. 9, 2018, in Oakland, California. They were one of almost 2,600 families separated due to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Reunification alone does not erase the trauma of separation for families,” a statement on the organization’s website said. “A family’s journey toward healing is an ongoing process that is unique to each parent, child, and family, and services must be individualized and responsive to each family’s situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government wrote in a court filing that it is searching for a new provider of those services “because it has been determined that Seneca has likely violated anti-discrimination civil rights laws through its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI) program.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Government lawyers are now asking the court to temporarily relieve them of their responsibility to provide the aforementioned services while they find a new provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has also moved to cut other immigrant legal services in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, the Trump administration ended a separate contract with Acacia that provided direct legal representation for tens of thousands of children who are in the country without a parent or legal guardian. Several of Acacia’s subcontractors sued in response, and a federal judge in San Francisco ordered the government to continue funding that legal representation through September while the case plays out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other contracts funding programs that offer informational orientations for people facing deportation, or for the legal custodians of people facing deportation, have also been cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fritz, the directing attorney for ICWC, said these cuts mean that detained people will be less likely to win asylum claims or deportation proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The specter of law enforcement firing “less-lethal” rounds into crowds of protesters and striking journalists on the streets of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles\">Los Angeles\u003c/a> is a haunting echo of the death of journalist \u003ca href=\"https://library.sonoma.edu/research/research-guides/regional-research/notable-north-bay-people/ruben-salazar-1928-1970\">Ruben Salazar while covering a protest more than 50 years ago\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In four days of protests over ICE immigration arrests in the Los Angeles Area, nearly a dozen journalists, including CalMatters investigative reporter Sergio Olmos, were struck by projectiles fired by law enforcement officers, according to data compiled by \u003ca href=\"https://lapressclub.org/about/board/adam-rose-2/\">Adam Rose, chair of the press rights committee \u003c/a>of the Los Angeles Press Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most sustained minor bruises, but one, British journalist Nick Stern, was hit in the leg with a projectile, apparently fired by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy, while covering Friday night’s disturbance in the community of Paramount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impact left a 2-inch hole in his leg and required emergency surgery to remove a 40mm projectile, according to media reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hurt so much that I thought they might be firing live rounds,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/la-protests-photographer-hit-by-non-lethal-rounds\">he told \u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> “I’ve been with non-lethal rounds before. They hurt like hell but generally don’t break the skin. But the blood made me think it was a live round.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another journalist, Lauren Tomasi of News9 Australia, was struck by a rubber bullet fired by a Los Angeles Police Department officer while she was broadcasting live during Sunday’s protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2250px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043754\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01.jpg 2250w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-2000x1778.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-160x142.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-1536x1365.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-2048x1820.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S correspondent Lauren Tomasi of 9News in Australia is hit by a projectile fired by LAPD during a live broadcast in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Screenshot/9News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department told CalMatters in a statement that the department is reviewing footage of Stern’s injury and “it is not clear at this time whether our department was involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement said the department is committed to ensuring members of the media “can perform their duties safely while covering events, including protests, civil disobedience and public gatherings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added that the Tomasi incident “involved another law enforcement agency and not the Sheriff’s Department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/9NewsAUS/status/1931885297203347706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1931885297203347706%7Ctwgr%5E5bb6c7a309df0e8abb6908bca8945f2a5808eb17%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2025%2Fjun%2F09%2Faustralian-reporter-shot-with-rubber-bullet-while-covering-anti-ice-protests-in-los-angeles\">A video posted on X by News9 Australia\u003c/a> shows a uniformed LAPD officer taking aim and firing in the direction of Tomasi and her crew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for comment, an LAPD spokesperson directed CalMatters to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LAPDPIO/status/1932200228951892284/photo/1\">a news release posted\u003c/a> on the agency’s X account. It states that police fired more than 600 rounds of “less-than-lethal munitions” Saturday and Sunday while arresting 29 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The release states that the department will continue to review body-worn footage from the incidents, but makes no mention of the Tomasi case or other journalists who were struck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News9 reported that the LAPD has launched a formal investigation into the Tomasi incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A subsequent release by the LAPD states that its Professional Standards Bureau “will be investigating allegations of excessive force,” but does not mention Tomasi or other media.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A history of problems\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The hazards journalists face covering the news are not new. Throughout the years, dozens of journalists have been injured by police while covering disturbances in and around Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose, the LA Press Club’s journalists’ rights advocate, said he started compiling data on incidents after the violence during the 2020 LA George Floyd protests to try to determine whether there has been a pattern involving police encounters in which journalists are injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/200529-GeorgeFloyd-04-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator outside Oakland police headquarters on May 29 2020, carries a sign with the words, “I can’t breathe” spoken by George Floyd, the man murdered on May 25, 2020, by police in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said he believes a pattern does exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has been a long history of problematic dynamics between police and the press in Los Angeles,” he said, especially during incidents of unrest in which police “appear to clearly target journalists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He cited the 2007 “Mayday Melee,” in which LAPD officers tried to clear protesters at an immigration rally in MacArthur Park. More than 40 people were injured, including nine journalists, and the city paid out $13 million to settle excessive force claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six years earlier, LAPD agreed to pay $60,000 to settle a case involving seven reporters who were injured by police covering disturbances surrounding the 2000 Democratic National Convention.[aside postID=news_12043548 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/AP25160742848163-2000x1333.jpg']“The [LAPD] culture is really concerning,” Rose said. “Police and the press are both a type of first responder and there should be a level of professionalism and respect. When you culturally target journalists, the rights of the press are chilled and the ability of the public to be informed is harmed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose noted that \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-pen/part-4/title-4-7/section-13652/#:~:text=(6)%20Officers%20shall%20minimize%20the,to%20extract%20individuals%20in%20distress.\">California Penal Code Section 13652\u003c/a> was amended in 2021 to require that officers “minimize the possible incidental impact of their use of kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents on bystanders, medical personnel, journalists, or other unintended targets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olmos, the CalMatters journalist who was struck, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MrOlmos/status/1932266657139024094\">reported on X \u003c/a>that he saw officers aiming less-lethal munitions at close range, “including at eye level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for a response, an LAPD spokesman directed CalMatters to submit questions in writing via email but not to expect an immediate reply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said it is somewhat difficult to draw a straight line between more recent episodes and the death of Salzar, but there are enough similarities that after 55 years, his case still rings as a cautionary tale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was killed by a tear-gas canister fired through an open door, which indicates a sort of recklessness, and that recklessness certainly continues,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose noted that on Friday, freelance journalist Sean Becker-Carmitchel was struck in the head by a tear-gas round and that “had it been two inches lower, he would have lost an eye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The loss of a hero’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Salazar was a columnist for the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> as well as the news director of a Spanish-language radio station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 29, 1970, he was covering a march in East Los Angeles by Latinos against the Vietnam War. 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But the blood made me think it was a live round.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another journalist, Lauren Tomasi of News9 Australia, was struck by a rubber bullet fired by a Los Angeles Police Department officer while she was broadcasting live during Sunday’s protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2250px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043754\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01.jpg 2250w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-2000x1778.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-160x142.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-1536x1365.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LAProtestScreengrab01-2048x1820.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S correspondent Lauren Tomasi of 9News in Australia is hit by a projectile fired by LAPD during a live broadcast in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Screenshot/9News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department told CalMatters in a statement that the department is reviewing footage of Stern’s injury and “it is not clear at this time whether our department was involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement said the department is committed to ensuring members of the media “can perform their duties safely while covering events, including protests, civil disobedience and public gatherings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added that the Tomasi incident “involved another law enforcement agency and not the Sheriff’s Department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/9NewsAUS/status/1931885297203347706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1931885297203347706%7Ctwgr%5E5bb6c7a309df0e8abb6908bca8945f2a5808eb17%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2025%2Fjun%2F09%2Faustralian-reporter-shot-with-rubber-bullet-while-covering-anti-ice-protests-in-los-angeles\">A video posted on X by News9 Australia\u003c/a> shows a uniformed LAPD officer taking aim and firing in the direction of Tomasi and her crew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for comment, an LAPD spokesperson directed CalMatters to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LAPDPIO/status/1932200228951892284/photo/1\">a news release posted\u003c/a> on the agency’s X account. 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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds gathered near \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland’s\u003c/a> Fruitvale BART Station on Tuesday night to protest increased immigration enforcement and show solidarity with Bay Area immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interfaith vigil was planned in response to actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. The crowd held white church candles and protest signs as they listened to performances, speeches and rallying cries from faith leaders and local officials, including Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel that the president and the current administration is grossly overstepping and abusing their power. And I feel that, as a religious person, communities of faith need to show up and stand in solidarity with immigrants who are threatened and afraid,” Rabbi Chai Levy, an Albany resident, told KQED. “It’s important to show up as people of conscience and morality and say that we’re against what our government is doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy had a sign that read “Resisting tyrants since Pharaoh,” a reference to the biblical story of the Israelites’ oppression in Egypt, and a broader tradition of standing up against injustice and authoritarian rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s part of our religious tradition to care for the stranger, to love our neighbor and to stand up to tyrants,” said Levy, 53.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043711\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather for an interfaith vigil at Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland on June 10, 2025, in solidarity with immigrants and protesters in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dennis Kim, a registered nurse and Oakland resident, said he attended the vigil to stand in solidarity with other families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m standing with my family — with my son, with my partner — and with all these beautiful people out here, because this is what Fruitvale is about,” Kim, 47, said. “\u003cem>This\u003c/em> is what Oakland is about. \u003cem>This\u003c/em> is what the Bay is about.”[aside postID=news_12043548 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/AP25160742848163-scaled.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland resident continued: “When I see the people that they’re taking away on television, I see people that look like me. I see people who could be my uncle, who could be my auntie, and I don’t want to wait too late to speak up and to take a stand. If not now, then when? We got to do it now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who represented Oakland in Congress for more than two decades before being elected mayor in April, told the crowd she was born in El Paso, Texas, a city located on the Rio Grande along the Mexico–U.S. border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand firmly with Los Angeles families, firmly with our Los Angeles brothers and sisters facing federal immigration raids,” Lee said. “The Bay Area and Los Angeles are united. When any community is threatened, we all respond with compassion, with strength and with action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Immigrant communities — yes, our immigrant communities — are the heartbeat of Oakland, enriching our neighborhoods with diverse cultures, languages and experience, and deserve the quality of life that every human being deserves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds peacefully gathered at Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland on June 10, 2025, in solidarity with immigrants. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Activists provided a hotline number and told people to report ICE sightings and arrests, like those that took place earlier Tuesday at immigration courts in San Francisco and Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, San Francisco’s immigration court was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043596/protesters-swarm-sf-immigration-court-after-more-ice-arrests\">shut down for the day\u003c/a> after more than 100 people rallied against the arrests of at least two immigrants by federal officers at the downtown building. The arrests were the first in more than two weeks at the 100 Montgomery St. site, where ICE officers began making \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041473/unprecedented-ice-officers-operating-inside-bay-area-immigration-courts-lawyers-say\">unprecedented detainments\u003c/a> of people reporting for asylum hearings last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, ICE officials detained \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042887/ice-arrests-15-people-in-san-francisco-including-a-child\">at least 15 immigrants\u003c/a>, including a 3-year-old child, attending check-in appointments at the ICE field office in San Francisco. On Friday, a man was arrested at the city’s federal courthouse after appearing for an immigration hearing there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The return of ICE agents to the downtown immigration court comes after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043544/dozens-more-arrested-in-calmer-night-of-san-francisco-ice-protests\">two nights of protests\u003c/a> across San Francisco denouncing the ramped-up enforcement efforts and the Trump administration’s deployment of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043548/california-asks-court-to-stop-national-guard-marines-from-patrolling-la-streets\">National Guard troops\u003c/a> — usually under states’ direction — to Los Angeles to quell protests there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 150 people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043333/san-francisco-prepares-for-more-ice-protests-after-night-of-mass-arrests\">were arrested\u003c/a> after an offshoot of a San Francisco protest became violent Sunday night, and further arrests were made following a peaceful march that brought thousands of people to the Mission District on Monday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jovanna Diaz waves a Mexican flag during an interfaith vigil at Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland on June 10, 2025. Diaz was there to honor her father. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night in Oakland, about 500 people peacefully gathered at Fruitvale Plaza, standing beneath blooming lavender jacaranda trees. Some attendees waved Mexican flags, while others held candles or signs that read “Keep families together,” “Can’t spell cowardice without ICE,” and “I prefer my ICE crushed.”[aside postID=news_12043596 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-12-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time for us to say, ‘Not in our city.’ We will stop, we will block, we will drive out ICE,” said Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, the Oakland teachers union president. “We will protect our classrooms. We will protect our streets. We will protect our homes. Together, we rise for the dignity of our families and our right to live without fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd was both tense and energetic as community leaders and organizers took turns expressing support for immigrants. In between their remarks, a live band coaxed the crowd to dance to cumbia beats. The event had the feel of a family gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just feet from where the vigil was taking place, a group of workers feverishly cut two-by-fours and sheets of plywood to board up the windows of a Citibank branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jovanna Diaz waved a large Mexican flag from atop a trash can. The Oakland resident said she attended the vigil to honor her father, who was deported following an ICE raid in 2006. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland resident continued: “When I see the people that they’re taking away on television, I see people that look like me. I see people who could be my uncle, who could be my auntie, and I don’t want to wait too late to speak up and to take a stand. If not now, then when? We got to do it now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who represented Oakland in Congress for more than two decades before being elected mayor in April, told the crowd she was born in El Paso, Texas, a city located on the Rio Grande along the Mexico–U.S. border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand firmly with Los Angeles families, firmly with our Los Angeles brothers and sisters facing federal immigration raids,” Lee said. “The Bay Area and Los Angeles are united. When any community is threatened, we all respond with compassion, with strength and with action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Immigrant communities — yes, our immigrant communities — are the heartbeat of Oakland, enriching our neighborhoods with diverse cultures, languages and experience, and deserve the quality of life that every human being deserves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-OAKLAND-ICE-VIGIL-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds peacefully gathered at Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland on June 10, 2025, in solidarity with immigrants. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Activists provided a hotline number and told people to report ICE sightings and arrests, like those that took place earlier Tuesday at immigration courts in San Francisco and Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, San Francisco’s immigration court was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043596/protesters-swarm-sf-immigration-court-after-more-ice-arrests\">shut down for the day\u003c/a> after more than 100 people rallied against the arrests of at least two immigrants by federal officers at the downtown building. 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I think we’re going to go on trend with the rest of the country and other parts of California, and we’re going to see more of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043499\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043499\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-16-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emilia Rivera and other protesters march in the Mission District in San Francisco in opposition to the Trump Administration’s immigration policy and enforcement on June 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just after noon, dozens of protesters filed into a picket line extending around the majority of the building in an attempt to block ICE officers from exiting with people who had been detained, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Concord and San Francisco immigration courts shut down at 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to the U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review, which conducts the court proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Luna Osleger-Montañez, an organizer with the We Fight Back Coalition, at least two people were arrested Tuesday at the San Francisco immigration court. 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