SambaFunk member Leandro Oliveira Xavier’s friends and family are raising awareness about his case with the “Free Leo, Free Them All” campaign.
Category: Immigration
Posted inImmigration
ICE used Eastmont Mall parking lot to transfer a detainee, say advocates
An immigrant rights group says a person detained in June was taken to the Oakland shopping center before being transported to ICE’s San Francisco processing center.
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Freed from immigration detention, Chantal Morales Rojas will return home to Oakland
Loved ones greeted Morales Rojas — who was arrested by ICE in Denver last week — as she walked out of ICE’s Aurora detention center Thursday.
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Judge orders bond release for Oakland woman detained at Denver airport
Chantal Morales Rojas was taken by ICE before boarding a flight home. Her arrest was improper, said her attorney.
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Bay Area immigrants warn noncitizens to avoid air travel after ICE arrests
More than a dozen travelers have been detained in recent weeks, prompting immigration lawyers to warn visa holders, asylum seekers and other noncitizens about the risks of flying.
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Oakland woman taken by ICE in Denver is getting legal help
Chantal Morales Rojas’s lawyers say her arrest at the Denver airport was illegal. ICE says she didn’t have permission to remain in the U.S.
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ICE detained an Oakland resident at Denver airport
Chantal Morales Rojas’ friends say they are trying to free the 27-year-old software engineer from a detention center experiencing a tuberculosis outbreak.
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Deportation orders rise in Bay Area for immigrants who miss Trump admin’s new mega-hearings
Most who failed to show up at Concord Immigration Court in July for the new “mega master” hearings got deportation orders. “It’s a trap,” one former immigration judge said.
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Federal health care cuts hit East Bay immigrants
Medi-Cal expansion cut the state’s uninsured rate in half. Now, Trump administration cuts will end key services and create more uninsured.
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ICE has detained more than 650 California children under Trump’s deportation crackdown
Most of the arrests happened in California communities, rather than at the border.
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Immigrant seniors are losing medicare coverage despite paying for it
The “big beautiful bill,” signed into law by President Trump last year, bars certain categories of lawfully present immigrants from accessing health insurance
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Alameda County leaders oppose ICE jail in former Dublin women’s prison
The Board of Supervisors unanimously stands against FCI Dublin’s conversion into an immigration detention center — though the county has no jurisdiction over federal property.
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Are ICE agents coming to Oakland’s airport?
Immigration agents are appearing at airports throughout the country to support TSA. What does that mean for OAK?
Posted inArts & Community
Celebrating Nowruz, the Persian new year, at a time of war
Members of the East Bay’s Iranian American community express fear, stress, sorrow, and hope as the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran unfold.
Posted inImmigration
Californians facing deportation could be guaranteed an attorney under a new program
Defendants in criminal court have a constitutional right to an attorney. A bill authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta would provide legal representation to those in immigration court.
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‘The air was filled with danger’: What Oakland clergy witnessed in Minneapolis
Two Unitarian ministers from Oakland joined 700 clergy who flew in from around the country to bear ‘faithful witness’ to ICE’s violent presence.
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Oakland artist Kehlani wins first Grammys and calls out ICE
The former Oakland School for the Arts student won twice for the hit song “Folded.”
Posted inImmigration
Will ICE be at the Super Bowl?
As Santa Clara prepares to host Super Bowl LX, anxieties about possible ICE presence in the Bay Area have grown. What do we actually know?
Posted inEducation Equity
‘We are not aliens’: Students from a dozen Oakland schools walk out to protest ICE
Multiple Oakland businesses, from bars to hair salons, also shuttered or donated earnings as part of a national day of actions to protest Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown and honor the victims of ICE violence.
Posted inPublic Safety
Oakland pastor attacked by federal agent takes first step to sue
Rev. Jorge Bautista was hit in the face by a projectile device while protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Coast Guard Island. He’s seeking $5 million in damages.
