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Undocumented, Critically Ill Bay Area Woman Allowed to Remain In US

A Concord woman with a rare genetic disorder who faced deportation following a Trump edict in August has been granted "deferred action" by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and can remain in the Bay Area to receive medical treatment for another two years.

SF and Santa Clara Counties Sue Over Trump's New Wealth Rule For Immigrants

As part of a swift backlash against the Trump Administration's Monday announcement about restricting citizenship only to those immigrants who do not require public assistance, the counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara filed suit in federal court on Tuesday.

Protesters Continue Flocking to SF's ICE Headquarters as Part of the 'Month of Momentum'

30 days of non-stop protesting, called the "Month of Momentum," officially began August 1st at 630 Sansome Street, ICE's SF HQ.

SF Supervisor Hillary Ronen Confronts Ted Cruz About Border Detention Centers

Texas Senator Ted Cruz got an earful from Supervisor Hillary Ronen at LAX on Sunday when she decided to confront him about the horrific conditions for detainees at the southern border.

ICE Fail: Only 35 Arrests Made Out Of 2,100 Immigrants Targeted

Likely due to a month of leaked warnings and an aggressive education campaign by immigrant attorneys and advocates, the planned raids this month on immigrant families by Immigration and Customs Enforcement appear to have been a grand failure.

So What Happened To Those ICE Raids?

There was no reported ICE activity in the Bay Area Sunday, though raids may be getting staggered throughout the week to increase the element of surprise. A few arrests were reported in other cities.

Another ICE Protest Planned Downtown

Following Thursday evening's protest outside ICE headquarters on Sansome Street, another prayer vigil and rally is scheduled Friday at 11:30 a.m. to protest planned Sunday deportation raids of immigrants' homes.

Postponed ICE Raids Happening In SF On Sunday

Raids on undocumented immigrant families in 10 cities that were originally scheduled for last month are now reportedly happening this weekend.

[Update] Rally Over ICE Detention Center Conditions Turns Into March That Shuts Down Market Street

A noon rally in SF outside Sen. Feinstein's office quickly became a large protest that shut down Market Street and proceeded to 7th and Mission.

ICE Plans To Raid Many Immigrant Families' Homes In San Francisco On Sunday

President Trump, in his eagerness to play to his xenophobic base, may have let the cat out of the bag this week about a pending, widespread operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement — via tweet, of course.

SF Officials Call Trump 'Morally Bankrupt' After Threat To Send Undocumented Detainees To Sanctuary Cities

President Trump lobbed a new threat on Twitter Friday, pledging to punish "The Radical Left" by "placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only." In related news, the president remains a fan of randomly capitalizing words.

Tech Companies Come Out In Force Against Trump's DACA Decision

Many of tech's biggest companies are banding together to resist President Trump's stated decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. Per CNet's report, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are

Police Who Responded To Kate Steinle Shooting Testify In Third Day Of Trial

The second and third day of the Kate Steinle murder trial brought witness testimony from those who saw the shooting and its aftermath, and the police officers who first responded to the emergency

Sonoma County Sheriff Blasts ICE And Breitbart For 'Misleading, Inflammatory' Statements About Immigrant Arson Suspect

In response to a Breitbart article and a subsequent press release from the federal agency that enforces the country's immigration laws both of which suggested that an undocumented man who was arrested on

Potential Jurors For Kate Steinle Murder Trial Instructed To Leave Immigration Debate 'Off The Table'

The jury selection process in the case of Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate's alleged murder of Kate Steinle has crossed another milestone today, as prospective jurors sat before a San Francisco Superior Court judge for

Federal Judge In Hawaii Halts Trump's Third Attempt At A Travel Ban

Amidst all the recent discussion of sanctuary cities, Dreamers and DACA, you may have forgotten that President Trump's other controversial move impacting immigrants and travelers into the US, primarily those from Muslim-majority nations,

ICE Conducts Sweep Of Bay Area Sanctuary Cities, Makes 27 Arrests

As part of a nationwide gesture to highlight crime by immigrants in sanctuary cities, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) conducted a sweep this week arresting some 487 undocumented immigrants.

San Francisco Will Cover DACA Renewal Fees Ahead Of October Deadline

The SF Mayor's Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs is offering to cover the cost of renewal application fees for all Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in the city, ahead

UC Berkeley Students Find Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Immigration, Anti-Abortion Chalk Graffiti On Campus

Late last night, UC Berkeley students found Sproul Plaza covered in chalk graffiti containing hateful anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigration, anti-abortion messages. A few of the tags read: "Illegals, ICE is coming"; "Build a wall, deport

Nancy Pelosi Run Out of Her Own Press Conference By DACA Activists

VIDEO: Chaos at @NancyPelosi #DACA event as 40+ undocumented hijack her news conf in SF: "We are not your bargaining chip! Let us speak!" pic.twitter.com/KC2WyrjqSy— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) September 18,

Dreamers File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration's Move to End DACA

The resistance to Trump's rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (or DACA) program continues today as San Diego-based attorney Dulce Garcia files a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against the

Recent SF Murder Seems Certain To Figure Into Sanctuary City Debate

This week we learned more about the murder of 23-year-old Abel Enrique Esquivel, Jr., which happened on August 15 near the intersection of South Van Ness and 26th Street, and which involved a

Photos: Thousands Protest DACA Repeal Outside SF Federal Building

#SFDACA rally #HappeningNow pic.twitter.com/SVea0ijG8k— Lisa Amin Gulezian (@LisaAminABC7) September 6, 2017 Thousands of people turned out for a hastily called protest Tuesday evening outside the federal building at Seventh and

Bay Area Residents React To Trump Killing 'Dreamers' Program, Protests Planned

As was already reported he would do, President Trump made official Tuesday his decision to end DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a.k.a. the "Dreamers" initiative begun under

ICE Agents Failed Pick Up Santa Rosa Man Who Later Beat His Girlfriend To Death

Santa Rosa is not a sanctuary city and the Press Democrat recently did an article about this fact. So when undocumented Guatemalan immigrant Nery Estrada-Margos was arrested for beating his girlfriend, Veronica Cabrera