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How Trump's Immigration Crackdown is Playing Out in the Bay Area

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Trump Administration has targeted Southern California for its harshest crackdown on immigrants. For the past few weeks, federal agents have raided restaurant kitchens and Home Depot parking lots and roughed up U.S. citizens, sparking anger and protests across the country. In Northern California, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have arrested immigrants who show up for immigration court hearings. We’ll talk about how the administration has so far carried out its plans to deport millions of people and whether our region might experience the kind of widespread raids that have been conducted in Southern California. Guests: Tyche Hendricks, senior editor covering immigration, KQED Jean Guerrero, journalist and contributing writer, New York Times Opinion - she is author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda" and "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir" Catherine Seitz, legal director, Immigration Institute of the Bay Area Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you, From Kikuti in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

1:02.0

The Trump administration has targeted Southern California for the harshest components

1:06.0

of its crackdown on Latino immigrants.

1:09.0

For the past few weeks, federal agents have raided restaurant kitchens and Home Depot parking lots,

1:14.6

sparking anger and protests all over the country.

1:17.6

Though we haven't seen the same level of intensity here in the Bay, ICE has arrested immigrants who show up for immigration court hearings.

1:26.6

We'll talk about what's happening in our region and what we can expect in the months ahead.

1:31.5

Are the L.A. tactics coming north.

1:34.3

That's all coming up next, right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. The Bay Area has long been a place where immigrants build lives. In Santa Clara County, for example, more than 40% of residents were born in another country. Add in their children and grandchildren, and the fact is that so many of us have ties to immigrants.

2:06.6

The path to the United States is rarely simple or straight.

2:10.6

People have come here in a variety of ways.

2:13.6

Families sometimes have mixed documentation status, meaning some members have legal papers and others do not.

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