Immigration Focus
Recent news headlines may be cause for concern for undocumented immigrants and their advocates in the Bay Area.
Following the case concerning the deportation of an Australian woman and her 13-year-old son in San Francisco, staff attorney with the Asian Law Caucus Angela Chan said, “I hope this is...
All week, we’re bringing you a series on immigration court. Yesterday we learned that the defendants don’t have the right to a court-appointed attorney. And the agencies that provide free legal help to immigrants are overwhelmed. Even those who can afford an attorney have to be careful who they...
Many immigrants who are here on an expired visa or who entered the country illegally are desperate to gain legal status. Some immigrants who are unable to pay a lawyer turn to immigration consultants for assistance. Though many of these consultants do provide needed services such as filling out...
Yesterday, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) convened a hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism to discuss improving the detention system used to house immigrants awaiting immigration court dates or deportation.
The current...
Each year, the Department of Homeland Security, border patrol, and law enforcement apprehend more than 100,000 immigrant youth who have no legal status. Most are deported to their home countries, but about ten percent of the youth remain, having arrived without parents or guardians. The Department...
By: Huda Ahmed
Gabriella is a 19-year old undergrad student at UC Berkeley. She's originally from El-Salvador and came to the U.S. With her father when she was 16. Gabriella says she had many aspirations but none of them included living in the U.S. in fact, her dream...
The Bay Area is quite a multilingual place, being so culturally diverse. The ethnic communities that live here have shaped the education scene, too, playing a pioneering role for diverse communities nationwide. The country’s first Chinese immersion school was started in San Francisco 25 years...
A report released on Nov 2 by the City Bar Justice Center is calling for all immigrant detainees who cannot afford an attorney to be appointed government-funded legal counsel.
Unlike criminal proceedings in which defendants are given the option of having counsel appointed by the...
Most weekday mornings, 20 or so detained immigrants are bussed from Santa Clara, Santa Rita, and Yuba county jails to 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco. In a fourth floor courtroom they have their first appearance before a judge.
The majority come without an attorney, and unlike...
The national health care debate has called attention to a divisive issue: whether undocumented immigrants should be covered. Here in San Francisco, that’s the policy. But activists and doctors say that even here, people without papers are wary of seeking care for fear of being deported.
Bay...
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