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San Jose Homicide Renews Debate Over Sanctuary Laws
Santa Clara County enacted its sanctuary policy in reaction to a federal immigration crackdown that resulted in unprecedented numbers of deportations. The kind that nearly separated Cecilia “Cecy”...
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Susan Ellenberg Casts Sole Vote Against Weakening Santa Clara County’s...
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors moved 4-1 Tuesday to figure out how to water down its landmark sanctuary policy to align with state law. First-year Supervisor Susan Ellenberg cast the lone...
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Op-Ed: Santa Clara County Should Protect Existing Sanctuary Policy
Weakening Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy will not make our community safer. In fact, doing so will actively decrease safety for all of us. Notifying ICE of prisoner’s release dates based on...
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No ICE Raids Reported Despite Rumored Bay Area Crackdown
Fear and panic gripped Silicon Valley amid reports of a planned nationwide crackdown on 2,000 undocumented immigrants. But the week started without apparent incident, according to activists who braced...
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South Bay Activists Renew Calls for Palantir to Cut Ties with ICE
Palantir Technologies got its start with millions in funding from the CIA’s venture capital firm and has since made vast fortunes from government contracts. But the Palo Alto-based $20 billion data...
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ACLU Plans to Sue President Trump Over Deportation Policy
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is planning to sue Trump administration’s latest policy change to expand expedited removals of undocumented immigrants. Under the current policy, US...
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Amid Fears Over Reported ICE Raid, San Jose Leaders Remind Public of City’s...
A rumored immigration raid sent waves of panic through East San Jose this morning. Though city officials said they had yet to confirm the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sighting, Mayor...
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County to Hold TRUTH Act Forum on Immigration Enforcement
Santa Clara County will hold a forum today to inform the public of any times this past year in which local law enforcement cooperated with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The hearing...
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Feds Deny Aid to Families with Mixed Immigration Status
In 2016, when Pattie Martinez’s husband applied for his green card, the two had already been married for three years. “We met at a wedding,” the Alum Rock Elementary Union School District teacher says....
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Protesters Condemn ICE, Block Highway 101 in Morgan Hill
Protesters against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office briefly blocked the Highway 101 freeway Saturday night, but the demonstration otherwise remained peaceful as it traversed...
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