While the number of people transferred to ICE dropped in President Biden’s administration – with the OC Sheriff transferring 221 people to ICE last year – there are questions on if that will continue under President Trump.
Tag: deportations
Posted inUncategorized
Anda & Gonzalez: Ya Basta Con Las Deportaciones! Celia is Here to Stay
A beloved community member and mother has been fighting her deportation case for a decade now. On Tuesday February 25th, at 8;30 am her community will accompany her to her final ICE check-in.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Takesian: Another American Family Ripped Apart By Heartless Deportation
Gary Takesian, a documentary filmmaker and graphic artist living in Yorba Linda, writes about the recent deportation of Jorge Garcia, noting the collective American conscience needs a softening of the heart, standing up to the fact that breaking up decent families, regardless of their legally recognized status, serves no useful or rational purpose.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Immigrant Voices at the Dawn of the Trump Era
Voice of OC spent the past two months talking to unauthorized immigrants in Orange County about how they will cope with the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Here are some of their stories.
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Finalizes ‘Sanctuary City’ Law Just Before Trump Takes Office
Immigrant advocates packed the council chambers this week, largely to thank the council for their actions. But they also lamented that the city won’t act quickly to end its contract to house federal immigration detainees in the city jail.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
State AG Joins Effort to Protect Gang Database From Trump
Worried that federal immigration authorities could exploit a controversial statewide gang database, California’s outgoing Attorney General Kamala D. Harris wants lawmakers to give the state Department of Justice full control over the database.
Posted inSanta Ana, Transportation
Santa Ana Set to Declare ‘Sanctuary City’ Status
Santa Ana will be the first in Orange County to join major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco in defying President-elect Donald J. Trump’s promised crackdown on unauthorized immigrants if council members pass a resolution Tuesday.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Advocates Warn of Spike in Fraud as Immigrants Fear Deportation Under Trump
Scammers promising green cards and low-cost legal services to immigrants are likely to proliferate in the coming months along with mounting worries that President-elect Donald Trump will turn his anti-immigrant rhetoric into action.
Posted inInvestigative, Santa Ana, Transportation
Santa Ana City Council Ready to Battle With Trump, Police Union
In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s vow for more deportations, council members declared Santa Ana a “sanctuary city.” And they harshly criticized the police union’s tactics during the election campaign.
Posted inCorrections, Countywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Scores March in Santa Ana to Protest Supreme Court Immigration Decision
About 80 people came together Wednesday to march throughout downtown Santa Ana in a demonstration of their anger with the Supreme Court’s vote last week that blocked President Obama’s immigration reform.
