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Threats of mass federal immigration enforcement in San Mateo County recently made the Board of Supervisors feel it was necessary to bolster it…
In my last column I shared the story of the trauma residents of an apartment building in Chicago endured when federal agents stormed them in t…
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Law enforcement officers have fired shots at a vehicle that backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area that had been the site of protests against federal immigration agents. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the driver was wounded in the stomach Thursday night and was being held for a mental health evaluation. A bystander was struck by a fragment and was treated at a hospital and released. The shooting happened at the base in Alameda, hours after President Donald Trump called off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco to quell crime.
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San Mateo County officials remain committed to protect immigrant residents, said supervisors Noelia Corzo and Ray Mueller, who stood with comm…
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President Donald Trump says he's backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located. Trump posted on social media Thursday that Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own. Trump's post came after Lurie said the two spoke Wednesday night and Trump said he planned to call off a federal deployment to the city.
California's Santa Clara County has decided to establish ICE-free zones throughout Silicon Valley. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to raise physical barriers and lock gates to prevent federal immigration agents from using county property for surveillance and arrests. The county plans to put up signs to warn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents away from those properties. The county is following Chicago's lead to block immigration enforcement without a court order. Santa Clara County has already expanded a plan to coordinate a counter-response to ICE raids by offering legal aid, shelter, food, child care and other assistance to immigrants.
Officials say many federal officers involved in immigration enforcement in Chicago have body cameras, but expanding their use requires more funding from Congress. The issue was discussed at a hearing Monday about the tactics used in the Trump administration's crackdown in Chicago, which has led to over 1,000 arrests. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has ordered agents to wear cameras during arrests and searches. Officials testified about the operation and complaints of aggressive tactics. The hearing is part of a lawsuit by news organizations and community groups. The government denies any wrongdoing, saying officers have faced attacks while enforcing federal law.
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported. Steve Rios, of Oceanside, California, told NBC that his parents were detained late last month while picking up his pregnant sister and her husband, who is also a Marine at Camp Pendleton. Rios says his parents came to the U.S. from Mexico three decades ago and had pending green card applications. He says they were initially released with ankle monitors. But after another visit to the base, ICE agents stopped them at the gate and detained his parents. Rios says his father has since been deported.
The state of Illinois is urging a judge to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area. The state calls the deployment a constitutional crisis and suggests that President Donald Trump's administration gave no heed to the pending legal challenge. Federal Judge April Perry is hearing arguments Thursday. Members of the National Guard arrived Monday, and some are stationed at a Chicago-area immigration building. A Department of Justice lawyer says the Chicago area was rife with "tragic lawlessness." He noted an incident last weekend in which a Border Patrol vehicle was boxed in and a woman was shot by an agent.
