Fresno County sheriff says she follows state’s sanctuary law. Critics say she helps ICE.
BY YESENIA AMARO yamaro@fresnobee.com September 28, 2018 02:44 PM Updated September 29, 2018 02:34 PM Immigration advocates and attorneys say the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office has actively sought loopholes in California’s sanctuary law to help federal immigration officials arrest undocumented immigrants — raising questions about the law’s efficacy. The law, passed last year as Senate Bill 54, prohibits local law … Read More
Caltrain threatened over San Mateo housing plan
San Mateo Daily Journal By Zachary Clark Daily Journal staff, Sep 8, 2018 Housing advocates are demanding Caltrain withdraw from exclusive negotiations with developer Sares Regis to build housing on Caltrain-owned land at the Hayward Park Station. Caltrain has been negotiating with Sares Regis for years about a transit-oriented development there, and while nothing is set in stone, the plan … Read More
San Jose judge blasts Trump administration for sudden transfer of ICE detainees
By TATIANA SANCHEZ | tsanchez@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 5, 2018 at 1:24 pm | UPDATED: September 6, 2018 at 6:15 am SAN JOSE — A federal judge blasted the Trump administration’s transfer of 10 detainees from a Contra Costa County ICE detention facility to out-of-state jails last month, calling the decision “damaging” and “troubling.” U.S. District … Read More
“Habeas” Lawsuits Demand Release of 10 Detained Immigrants Transferred out of State by ICE
The Davis Vanguard Posted by Vanguard Administrator August 29, 2018 SF Public Defender, immigrant rights groups escalate legal pressure on Trump admin as anger over abrupt transfers mounts. (From Press Release) – Local immigration attorneys filed a flurry of “Habeas Corpus” petitions in federal district court today, seeking the release of 10 people arbitrarily transferred last week from the West … Read More
Immigrant uprooted from jail close to family to another state without notice
San Francisco Chronicle Otis R. Taylor Jr, Aug. 27, 2018 It was the second time in his life on an airplane, but this time Miguel Villalobos had his arms and feet shackled for the entire trip. The 38-year-old undocumented immigrant had been locked up at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond since June, after a DUI arrest. On the night … Read More