Immigration

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Hilary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.

Immigration Marke B. - June 27, 2025

5,000 march against ICE in the Mission; where is Mayor Lurie?

Opposition to Trump crackdown just keeps growing—and the mayor, activists say, is way too quiet

Immigration Tim Redmond - June 9, 2025

A tsunami of chaos and destruction, but there may be hope

There's a car salesman in the White House and an evil billionaire in your Social Security file, yet cracks are starting to show.

Opinion Bruce Mirken - March 16, 2025

OPINION: How ICE is engaging in racist profiling

ICE’s leadership is intentionally targeting communities with significant Latino populations simply to intimidate and terrorize people.

Opinion Tim Campbell - February 10, 2025

Immigration

Recursos para las redadas de ICE

Tim Redmond - January 27, 2025

No dejes que Trump genere miedo y pánico; hay ayuda disponible en SF

Protest

Watch: Immigrant rights activists march in Mission

Andrew Brobst - January 18, 2025

The protest for justice and equality comes after surprise Border Patrol raids in Bakersfield on the eve of Trump's Inauguration.

LGBTQ

‘Standing united in our humanity’: Transgender Immigrants Day kicks off Trans Awareness Week

Marke B. - November 18, 2024

A community facing attacks on two fronts from Trump resolves to keep SF a sanctuary that 'transcends borders.'

Immigration

ICE randomly cuts off phone access to lawyers

Cami Dominguez - August 8, 2024

People in detention lose key lifeline as advocates try to fight back.

Opinion

Kamala Harris and America’s incapability to grapple with the ‘root cause’ of immigration

Ian Firstenberg - July 24, 2024

The US approach to immigration—regardless of party perspective—reveals a fundamental failure of national politics.

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Dance

For 15 years, Lenora Lee Dance has tackled immigration and carceral trauma

Mary Carbonara - January 26, 2024

Two new works highlight Chinese and Latin migrant experience in El Paso and California's prison-to-ICE detention pipeline.

Dance

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

Mary Carbonara - September 17, 2023

Colonization and exploitation collide with caregiving and ancient ceremony in Alleluia Panis' latest at ODC.

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Caitlin Donohue - August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

News + Politics

Parents sue US government over separation from kids at border

Garrett Leahy - June 13, 2021

Suit also claims Trump-era policies forced asylum seekers to sleep on the floor and denied them medical care.

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Immigration

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

5,000 march against ICE in the Mission; where is Mayor Lurie?

A tsunami of chaos and destruction, but there may be hope

OPINION: How ICE is engaging in racist profiling

Recursos para las redadas de ICE

Watch: Immigrant rights activists march in Mission

‘Standing united in our humanity’: Transgender Immigrants Day kicks off Trans Awareness Week

ICE randomly cuts off phone access to lawyers

Kamala Harris and America’s incapability to grapple with the ‘root cause’ of immigration

For 15 years, Lenora Lee Dance has tackled immigration and carceral trauma

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Parents sue US government over separation from kids at border

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