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‘People aren’t upset enough’: Bay Area protesters unite against Trump, ICE
Hundreds of people gathered at the northeast corner of Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate opposition to hard-line immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, including the recent shooting of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis by federal agents.  On the second day of a nationwide weekend of action, drivers honked their horns and a four-member band played music at the corner of Grand and Lake Park avenues, creating a noisy backdrop to a peaceful protest attended by residents flashing hand-made signs such as “Hate will not make us great,”... Read more...
‘ICE will get you’: Lessons from confronting the bigot in a California grocery store
‘ICE will get you’: Lessons from confronting the bigot in a California grocery store
Author Raj Tawney usually internalizes offensive comments he receives about his ethnically unambiguous appearance. He couldn’t hold back on a guy in a supermarket. “Don’t worry, ICE will get you.” These... Read more...
S.F. federal judge orders a stop to ICE courthouse arrests
S.F. federal judge orders a stop to ICE courthouse arrests
In a first-in-the-nation ruling on a hotly contested Trump administration policy, a federal judge ordered a halt Wednesday to arrests of migrants at immigration courthouses in Northern California, saying the... Read more...
Northern California still has the nation’s lowest ICE arrest rate. Here’s why
Northern California still has the nation’s lowest ICE arrest rate. Here’s why
Masked men in the streets, day laborers rounded up, families separated. Those visuals, along with armed troops patrolling the streets of Los Angeles, are firmly associated with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that swept Southern... Read more...
Letter from the SF Chronicle 01/09/26
Letter from the SF Chronicle 01/09/26
Renee Good was a mother of three children who was trying to drive away when she was shot in the face multiple times at close range by an Immigration and... Read more...
Protesters erupt in S.F. after ICE shoots US citizen in the face.
Protesters erupt in S.F. after ICE shoots US citizen in the face.
The Financial District is usually dead by 6 p.m. Not this Wednesday. About 200 people held the line at 630 Sansome St., right outside the ICE offices. It was loud—whistles,... Read more...