Millions of taxpaying immigrants won't get stimulus checks

Roughly 4.3 million mostly unauthorized immigrants who do not have a Social Security number file taxes using what’s known as a taxpayer identification number.

Coronavirus quarantine is becoming catastrophic for undocumented immigrants

Marcos Saul Aurora Gonzalez is undocumented and therefore, ineligible for any of the federal stimulus money, up to $1,200 per adult,  that is supposed to be arriving soon to roughly 60 million Americans.

Federal judge in SF orders ICE to release 4 detained immigrants over COVID-19 risk

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release four immigrants with serious medical problems from administrative detention because of the danger of COVID-19 coronavirus infection.

COVID-19: ICE says it could release vulnerable detainees

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it may release people from detention considered to be especially vulnerable to the coronavirus.

Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus

The Trump administration is resisting calls from immigration judges and attorneys to stop in-person hearings and shutter all immigration courts.

Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower court rulings that the policy probably is illegal.

Man arrested outside courthouse now fighting deportation, attorney says

Immigration activists rallied in San Francisco on Monday at the same location where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he was entering a court hearing less than a week ago.

Bill would allow Concord immigrant stay in U.S. to continue treatment for life-threatening disease

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have taken new steps in the efforts to help a disabled Concord woman, facing deportation, remain in the U.S. to continue treatment for a life-threatening condition.  

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Some lawmakers in the Bay Area are taking new steps to help allow a Concord woman stay in the U.S. for treatment for a life threatening disease.

Court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

A  federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.

Court ruling in favor of Trump in 'sanctuary cities' fight won't impact CA

A federal judge's ruling that allows the Trump administration to withhold funding to 'sanctuary cities' that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities won't impact California, officials said on Wednesday. 

Court sides with President Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight

The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals courts.

New green card rules scare thousands into dropping benefits, like food stamps

A new green card rule that went into effect Monday is already scaring thousands of recipients of public benefits, like food stamps, into dropping out of critical federal aid programs.

ICE operation accused of detaining three at Sonoma County courthouse

ICE agents in the North Bay are accused of breaking a new state law when they arrested three people on Tuesday on the grounds of the Sonoma County courthouse. 

‘A federal matter’: SF sheriff says department is not involved in immigration enforcement

San Francisco's mayor says the city has been targeted by the federal government over immigration policy. The mayor and law enforcement are speaking out about additional immigration enforcement agents being deployed to the Bay Area. 

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.