Immigration
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Schiff tours SFO holding room and says detained travelers still cannot call lawyers or family
After a Tuesday oversight visit, Senator Adam Schiff said some people held by Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco International Airport are kept past the agency’s 72-hour guideline, and…
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State Department says it has revoked more than 300,000 visas since January 2025
The figure, announced Tuesday, marks a sharp acceleration since summer and lands in the state that hosts more international students than any other.
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Marin adopts limits on immigration agents’ use of county property, but stops short of an ordinance
After two hours of public comment, Marin County supervisors unanimously approved an administrative policy that bars federal immigration operations from county property, a step activists said falls short of the…
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Justice Department charges 28 California green-card holders with voting crimes, escalating ballot fight
The cases, six of them against Bay Area residents, are Washington’s newest argument for setting aside some 20,000 California mail ballots; state officials say the numbers show such fraud is…
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Judge weighs San Francisco and Santa Clara bid to halt DHS voter home visits
At a hearing in Oakland, a federal judge pressed both sides on standing and scope as two Bay Area governments asked her to stop immigration agents from questioning residents about…
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Marin supervisors to weigh limits on immigration agents’ use of county property
A policy before the board on Tuesday would bar federal agents from staging on county land, but a coalition of residents says only a binding ordinance will do.
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Santa Clara’s Cloudera barred from green-card sponsorship program for two years
The data-software company will pay up to $2 million to settle federal claims that it shut American applicants out of jobs earmarked for visa holders, as Washington widens a crackdown…
