immigration Archives - Oakland Voices

Opinion: ICE surge parallels California gang injunctions

March 13, 2026 George Galvis

Commentary by George Galvis compares ICE surge to local law enforcement tactics.

California lawmakers propose bills responding to shootings by ICE agents

January 28, 2026 California Black Media

Legislators respond to recent uproar following ICE killings in Minnesota and California.

Letter: Oakland teachers condemn killing of Renee Good by ICE agent

January 20, 2026 Kampala Taiz-Rancifer

Oakland teachers call for end to immigration enforcement in schools.

Deportation fears silence students at California’s universities

December 15, 2025 Emewodesh Eshete

Some students say they’ve changed the routes they take on campus, the topics they research, and what they post on social media.

Judge: Trump’s military deployment to Los Angeles unlawful

September 8, 2025 Cal Matters

Trump’s deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles during protests broke federal law, judge rules.

Oakland legal clinic educates immigrant families about rights

January 16, 2025 Bill Joyce

Immigrant families learned about what to do in the event of ICE encounters.

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Undocumented Immigrants in Oakland: “We Live in a Country that Hates Us, but Benefits from Our Labor. We Belong Here.”

November 17, 2022 Katharine Davies Samway

In October 2022, a federal court ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. The participants of the program are immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors, and are

A Chicana woman with dark brown hair smiles. On the right, an illustrated image of a young brown girl in braids, with a wire fence in front of her and "Land of the Cranes" as the title in white font

Oakland Author Aida Salazar Humanizes Border Detainees Through Children’s Book

April 26, 2021 Katharine Davies Samway

Oakland author Aida Salazar’s latest book delves into immigration centers for children to understand, through a series of free-verse poems

The Fear of Living with I.C.E.

July 19, 2018 Tonya Shipp

Some persons in Oakland live in fear of being arrested and sent back to their original land although Oakland is a sanctuary city. A sanctuary city is “a city (or a county, or a state)