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Man pleads guilty to federal weapons charges in 2015 death of ‘Kate’ Steinle
Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, a Mexican national and convicted felon who previously had been deported from the United States five times, pled guilty Monday to two federal weapons offenses, according...Read More
Supreme Court takes two Trump-era cases for border wall, immigration process off calendar
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted motions filed by President Joe Biden’s administration to remove from the argument calendar two controversial Trump-era cases decided by the 9th Circuit...Read More
Covid-19 update: SF breaks down zip code data, state tackles digital divide, Trump announces immigration halt
The John Hopkins global Covid-19 database has tracked nearly 2.5 million cases of confirmed Covid-19 infections as of Monday evening. Across the Bay Area, but especially at Golden Gate...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
Oakland invites public to citizenship ceremony, Mayan cultural celebration
A citizenship oath ceremony that includes Mayan dancers will be held Saturday for 20 newly naturalized citizens at Oakland City Hall. The citizenship candidates, lawful permanent residents who have...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
9th Circuit hears arguments in appeal for restrictive asylum rule
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer defended a restrictive asylum rule by the administration of President Donald Trump in arguments before a federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday....Read More
Arguments begin Tuesday as Supreme Court weighs DACA fate
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on whether it should preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protecting undocumented young immigrants from deportation. The...Read More
Federal judge reinstates nationwide injunction on asylum restriction
A federal judge in Oakland on Monday reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a new government rule that would prevent almost all migrants at the southern U.S. border from...Read More
Congressman to hold immigration town hall in Concord
A town hall meeting on immigration will be held by Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Meadow Homes Elementary School, 1371 Detroit Ave. in Concord. The...Read More
Santa Clara County, SF sue Trump admin over new immigrant rule
Santa Clara County and the city of San Francisco sued the administration of President Donald Trump in federal court Tuesday to challenge a new rule that makes it harder...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
Town hall takes aim at immigrant detention, domestic terror
'[H]e was five years old. And he was told by American federal officials that his parents never wanted to see him again. We were told that several times. My...Read More
Federal judge blocks administration’s new asylum rule
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a new government rule that would prohibit almost all migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including...Read More
Mayor vows to ‘stand behind our immigrant communities’
San Francisco Mayor London Breed, city officials and community organizers gathered at City Hall in preparation for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Bay Area, including in...Read More
SF protest planned to denounce ICE raids
Following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump will order Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids Sunday to deport undocumented immigrants in several U.S. cities, protesters will rally Thursday in San...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
California sanctuary laws (mostly) withstand federal appeal
A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld most of a lower court ruling that left in place the bulk of California's three "sanctuary" laws aimed at protecting undocumented...Read More
Agreement extends protection to immigrants from Honduras, Nepal
About 100,000 people from Honduras and Nepal have been granted the right to retain temporary protected status and remain in the United States.Read More