Biden immigration reform bill includes 8-year path to citizenship

The “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021” would create an eight-year path to citizenship for roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country before Jan. 1.

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If passed, the legislation would offer an 8-year pathway to citizenship to the estimated 11 million people currently living in the U.S. illegally. Catherine Seitz, Legal Director at the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area spoke with KTVU's Andre Senior on The Four on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, about the proposed legislation.

Lawmakers, immigrant rights advocates question California's plan to vaccinate ICE detainees

The groups said they have heard conflicting reports about who is ultimately responsible for the vaccination of the 1,200 ICE detainees in the state: The federal government or the state? 

ICE detainee fights to be released to Oakland after nearly 4 years in custody

Walter Cruz-Zavala says his prolonged detention is unconstitutional, borders on persecution and he is demanding that he be released from custody. And his case comes at a time when activists hold fresh hopes that a new presidential administration will overturn nearly a half-decade of Trump-era anti-immigration policies.

ICE nearly released sex abuse convicts after confusion over Biden's 'release them all' memo

Immigration authorities prepared to release three men in Texas convicted of sex offenses against children in an apparent misapplication of President Joe Biden’s enforcement directives.

Thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico to be allowed into US

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.

US won't make immigration arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites

The U.S. government says it won't be making routine immigration enforcement arrests at COVID-19 vaccination sites.

Biden signs immigration orders aimed at undoing Trump-era policies, reuniting families

President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to address family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, border security and legal immigration, part of efforts to undo Trump’s policies.

Former inmate firefighter released from ICE custody, returns to family in Pinole

Bounchan Keola, 39, was released from ICE custody on Wednesday and is living with his parents and sister in Pinole. The Supreme court held that ICE cannot indefinitely detain people that it cannot deport and must release people if they don't pose a danger or flight risk.

Immigrant rights protests in San Jose, Sacramento and Seattle

"We want to pressure the new administration since Day One, so they don't forget about the undocumented immigrants," said one of the organizers, Gabriel Manrique. "We've been here before, the Democrats promising immigration reform, especially when Obama was president, nothing happened. So we want to start pressuring them so it happens in the first 100 days." 

Trump takes no responsibility for Capitol riot, says 25th Amendment is ‘zero risk’ to him

“The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me, but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday. “As the expression goes, be careful of what you wish for.”

US fully restores protections for DACA applicants

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying with a federal judge’s order.

Santa Clara County joins undocumented immigrant census count lawsuit

California is home to approximately 2.2 million undocumented residents and stands to lose one or more congressional seats if these residents are excluded.

DHS acting head Chad Wolf didn't have authority to suspend DACA, judge says

A federal judge in New York has ruled that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully. U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis's ruling invalidates Wolf’s suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields young people from deportation.

Inmate firefighter injured battling California blaze now set to be deported to Laos

Bounchan Keola has asked for a pardon from his prison sentence, showing that he has changed for the better and that his service to the state battling wildfires should count for something.

Immigration an early target for Biden administration

Some quick and dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration.