What seemed to be a simple trip to Mexico over winter break took an inauspicious turn when nine-year-old Berkeley student Rodrigo Guzman realized he could not come back home. Read More…
Despite strong public backing, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Sunday night that aimed to prevent deportation of undocumented immigrants caught committing a minor offense. Read More…
At a special meeting of the Berkeley City Council Tuesday, Police Chief Michael Meehan announced Tuesday that it will not honor its agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold illegal immigrants who are being detained for minor offenses through a program called Secure Communities. Read More…
Police use of force at last year’s Occupy protests led Berkeley officials to question the city’s mutual aid agreements with outside departments. However, at its meeting Tuesday night, Berkeley City Council approved three of five previously unapproved agreements, including one with UCPD. The city’s mutual aid pact is a set Read More…
Contention surrounds a report the UC Berkeley School of Law released Wednesday that analyzed the effects of the U.S. immigration enforcement program. According to the report, the current immigration system pushes individuals through the process of deportation without allowing for sufficient opportunity to challenge the verdict or legal counsel. Secure Read More…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 186 convicted criminal illegal immigrants last week in the Bay Area and Northern California — including 23 people in Alameda County — as part of a seven-day nationwide enforcement campaign, according to Bay City News.
The Berkeley-based Pacific Steel Casting Company will be subject to an audit to verify the employment eligibility of its workers, raising concerns about the termination or deportation of any illegal immigrant workers employed by the company. Pacific Steel will be participating in an employment eligibility audit by the U.S. Immigration Read More…