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Judge orders ICE to release four immigrant detainees amid Covid-19 concerns
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release four immigrants with serious medical problems from administrative detention because of the danger...Read More
Activists rally against immigrant’s courthouse ICE arrest
Immigration activists rallied in San Francisco on Monday at the same location where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he was entering a court hearing...Read More
Protesters rally for immigrant rights after courthouse ICE arrests
Members of immigration rights organizations rallied outside Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa Tuesday morning to protest the arrest of two immigrants at the courthouse last week by...Read More
Public defender seeks restraining order against ICE for transgender detainee
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office has filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, asking for...Read More
Man Daly City police turned over to ICE speaks out at interfaith protest
A few hundred demonstrators from multiple religious faiths protested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Friday. The action marked the ninth straight day of action outside the...Read More
‘Playdate Protest’ brings families out to stand against immigrant child detention
Around 50-60 people amassed Wednesday in front of the San Francisco offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in protest of what they see as the agency’s inhumane treatment...Read More
ICE releases man turned over by Daly City police
A man who advocates say was wrongfully turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Daly City police was released from ICE custody Monday, according to the Asian...Read More
Sheriff, supervisor shouted down after ICE cooperation revealed
Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston clashed with immigrant rights activists during an occasionally combative update to the Board of Supervisors on the extent of his department’s collaboration with...Read More
Hundreds protest Amazon facial recognition partnership with ICE
A tight crowd of a few hundred people packed in front of Amazon’s San Francisco downtown office Monday to protest the company’s technological cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs...Read More
Court’s legal counsel decision subdues ICE raids
After the American Civil Liberties Union took the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to federal court in Northern California, the impact of the planned raids was subdued Sunday, an...Read More
Murder-suicide shines light on domestic violence as identities released
Five people who died in a South San Jose murder-suicide Sunday were identified Thursday by the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office. The victims were shot and killed by...Read More
Local, state officials express outrage, call Trump’s deportation threat ‘cruel’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Friday harshly criticized President Trump’s threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants as early as next week. Speaking at a news conference in her...Read More
Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of negligence lawsuit brought by Kate Steinle parents
A federal appeals court today upheld the dismissal of a negligence claim against the city of San Francisco and former Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi by the parents of a woman...Read More
SF funds legal services for detained immigrants
San Francisco and state officials are joining forces in attempting to provide legal representation for detained immigrants.Read More
San Jose leaders reaffirm support for undocumented immigrants
San Jose city officials and community leaders came together today at City Hall to emphasize their support for the immigrant community in Santa Clara County.Read More
Detained Cal student to miss start of school
Luis Mora, a University of California, Berkeley student detained by immigration officials for overstaying his visa, will miss the first few days of the Spring semester.Read More
Self-deportation dividing Oakland family
Half of an Oakland family of six, including a nurse at Highland Hospital, is being forced to self-deport next week.Read More