Justices boost Trump administration's power in asylum cases
The high court’s 7-2 ruling applies to people who are picked up at or near the border and who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal.
The high court’s 7-2 ruling applies to people who are picked up at or near the border and who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal.
Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants
The administration cast the effort as a way to free up jobs in an economy reeling from the coronavirus.
The administration cast the effort as a way to free up jobs in an economy reeling from the coronavirus.
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA after Supreme Court ruling
President Donald Trump tweeted Friday morning that will renew his effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked first try.
President Donald Trump tweeted Friday morning that will renew his effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked first try.
This week proved U.S. Supreme Court decisions can cross political lines
The U.S. Supreme Court has been portrayed as not just a legal battleground, but a political battleground as well.
The U.S. Supreme Court has been portrayed as not just a legal battleground, but a political battleground as well.
Santa Clara County officials rejoice following SCOTUS ruling on DACA
DACA offers legal protections for those brought to the country, without documentation, as children. For many, this ruling means a chance to get back to work or school.
DACA offers legal protections for those brought to the country, without documentation, as children. For many, this ruling means a chance to get back to work or school.
DACA immigrants elated with Supreme Court ruling that retains deportation protections
The justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is illegal and that courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end DACA.
The justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is illegal and that courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end DACA.
Justices reject Trump bid to void California sanctuary law
The justices’ order leaves in place lower court rulings that upheld the law. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear the administration’s appeal.
The justices’ order leaves in place lower court rulings that upheld the law. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear the administration’s appeal.
Scientist charged with visa fraud after year at UCSF
A Chinese medical scientist who spent a year on a fellowship atthe University of California at San Francisco has been arrested and charged with visa fraud, federal prosecutors announced.
A Chinese medical scientist who spent a year on a fellowship atthe University of California at San Francisco has been arrested and charged with visa fraud, federal prosecutors announced.
Domestic workers face serious risks to health, finances due to COVID-19
For many domestic workers, who earn about $12 an hour on average, the decision to work during the coronavirus pandemic often isn’t much of a decision at all. Either they must keep working, or face untenable financial and housing conditions.
For many domestic workers, who earn about $12 an hour on average, the decision to work during the coronavirus pandemic often isn’t much of a decision at all. Either they must keep working, or face untenable financial and housing conditions.
San Francisco program offers 1,000 hotel rooms to essential workers
The program will provide temporary free hotel rooms to San Francisco essential workers living with others in neighborhoods with higher COVID-19 rates.
The program will provide temporary free hotel rooms to San Francisco essential workers living with others in neighborhoods with higher COVID-19 rates.
Undocumented immigrants complain they can't access California funds for them
Immigrants up and down California say they've been unable to apply for a $75-million relief fund recently created by Gov. Newsom to help them.
Immigrants up and down California say they've been unable to apply for a $75-million relief fund recently created by Gov. Newsom to help them.
74-year-old man dies by suicide in ICE custody in California
ICE notified the South Korean consulate and requested that they notify Ahn’s next of kin.
ICE notified the South Korean consulate and requested that they notify Ahn’s next of kin.
California's undocumented immigrant fund now up and running
The total of $125 million is to be shared among 150,000 people in a state where there are an estimated 3 million undocumented immigrants.
The total of $125 million is to be shared among 150,000 people in a state where there are an estimated 3 million undocumented immigrants.
Twitter's Jack Dorsey donates $25 million to undocumented immigrants, inmates
Mayor London Breed said that Dorsey's donation more than doubles the total contributions to Give2SF and brings the total funding to $26.3 million.
Mayor London Breed said that Dorsey's donation more than doubles the total contributions to Give2SF and brings the total funding to $26.3 million.
'I hope for more work:' Undocumented immigrants thrilled to find jobs amid pandemic
"I'm very happy that I found work," Jose said in Spanish through a translator. "I now have money to send to my family. This is very important."
"I'm very happy that I found work," Jose said in Spanish through a translator. "I now have money to send to my family. This is very important."
Women released from ICE detention in California following hunger strike
A coalition of attorneys that included the San Francisco public defender’s office and the ACLU filed a lawsuit in April calling on ICE to release inmates from Mesa Verde and Yuba County Jail.
A coalition of attorneys that included the San Francisco public defender’s office and the ACLU filed a lawsuit in April calling on ICE to release inmates from Mesa Verde and Yuba County Jail.
1st California ICE detainee to die of coronavirus; judge releases 79-year-old convict
Since March 1, 400 detainees - about 1.2% of the total - have been released, according to ICE's national numbers.
Since March 1, 400 detainees - about 1.2% of the total - have been released, according to ICE's national numbers.
California Supreme Court denies bid to block payments to immigrants
The program offers each adult $500 to be distributed through nonprofit groups in an effort to protect recipients from providing personal information that might cost them other benefits or increase their danger of being deported.
The program offers each adult $500 to be distributed through nonprofit groups in an effort to protect recipients from providing personal information that might cost them other benefits or increase their danger of being deported.
Immigrants without work find themselves sleeping on San Francisco streets
Marcos Saul Aurora Gonzalez and is one of about 250 members of the 30-year-old San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women's Collective. He wasn't always homeless. But since the Bay Area stay-at-home order shut down most business, the 37-year-old from El Salvador has not been able to find work.
Marcos Saul Aurora Gonzalez and is one of about 250 members of the 30-year-old San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women's Collective. He wasn't always homeless. But since the Bay Area stay-at-home order shut down most business, the 37-year-old from El Salvador has not been able to find work.
Q&A: The status of California's $125M undocumented immigrant fund
The earliest the money could get into people's hands is in May that is, if fundraising efforts are a success and lawsuits don't block Newsom's initiative.
The earliest the money could get into people's hands is in May that is, if fundraising efforts are a success and lawsuits don't block Newsom's initiative.