Jude Joffe-Block
Arizona’s law is not the only controversial effort under way to ramp up immigration enforcement. Here in the Bay Area, four counties recently joined a national program called Secure Communities. The program uses fingerprint records to identify and deport undocumented immigrants if they are in local...
Last week, Service Employee International Union members and immigrant rights advocates gathered in front of federal immigration offices in Oakland and took out their cell phones. In unison, they dialed the Department of Homeland Security public mailbox line to lodge complaints about Immigration and...
Today, we’re bringing you the final installment in our three-part series about immigration court. In the first two reports, we heard about how immigrants’ need for free legal services exceeds what local non profits can provide. And even those who can afford to hire private attorneys sometimes fall...
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...
Demand is up for free legal representation. The San Francisco Public Defender’s office says the number of felony cases it handles has increased by more than 20 percent over the past two years. When criminal defendants can’t afford to pay for a lawyer, the court will appoint them one for free....
Carletta Sue Kay
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