Subject:

Illegal Immigration and Deportation

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    El Balazo Owners Sentenced to Prison for Hiring Illegal Immigrants

    The Mexican food competition in this city is fierce. There are great burrito joints and margarita offerings in every direction. Perhaps Marino and Nicole Sandoval, owners of the El Balazo chain, were just wanting a little boost when they stiffed the feds on taxes and hired undocumented immigrants fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Teamsters Claim Coors Beer Has No Taste

    Local labor groups are disgusted by Coors, and not just because the watered-down adult beverage literally has no taste. The company that brews the beer enjoyed by many low-budget drinkers in the Bay Area has "tasteless anti-gay views" and labor practices. According to teamsters from local unions 150 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Kamala Harris Says Arizona Can't Boot Illegal Immigrants from Country

    ​California has the largest number of illegal immigrants and undocumented laborers in the country. So it should be no surprise that California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined the fight against Arizona's unfriendly immigration law.Yesterday, Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    CafePress Pulls "Racist" Shirt From Online Store

    Hunting season is over​CafePress, the Bay Area-based online retailer, has officially removed from its store what some have deemed offensive t-shirts and stickers that advocated for immigrant hunting.The items for sale were designed to look like permits to allow people to hunt illegal aliens. The s ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Hunting season is over​CafePress, the Bay Area-based online retailer, has officially removed from its store what some have deemed offensive t-shirts and stickers that advocated for immigrant hunting.The items for sale were designed to look like permits to allow people to hunt illegal aliens. The s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Immigration Judge Delays Deportation for Alex Benshimol, S.F. Gay Man Married to American

    Alex Benshimol, left, can stay in the country with his husband Alex Gentry.​In another victory for same-sex couples, a San Francisco immigration judge ignored the Defense of Marriage Act today when she delayed the deportation proceedings against a gay Venezuelan man who is married to an American c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Nebraska Farmers Get Rich, Georgia Farmers Learn Immigrants Work Hard

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Farming as a lucrative endeavor? Time has an odd, interesting story about how rising food and biofuel prices have Nebraska farmers making money, despite the recession. "Want to Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    ICE Softens Its Stance on DREAM Act Kids, but Still Hazy On Gays

    Can Anthony Makk, left, and Bradford Wells get a break? ​The DREAM Act kids seem to be getting a break, but what about gay couples? A memo sent on Friday from the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to tell immigration officers to have a little heart when it comes to enforcing ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2011

    A Rat's Life: MS-13 Snitches Run Wild While Turning State's Evidence

    Can Anthony Makk, left, and Bradford Wells get a break? ​The DREAM Act kids seem to be getting a break, but what about gay couples? A memo sent on Friday from the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to tell immigration officers to have a little heart when it comes to enforcing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Gay Binational Couples Fighting Deportations On Obama's New DOMA Stance

    ​Gay couples are already using President Obama's new stance against the Defense of Marriage Act as a weapon to fight deportations of their foreign spouses. The couples hope that the administration's declaration last week that the law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman is uncon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Supervisors Want Mayor Ed Lee to Take a Stand on Sanctuary City

    Newsom's gone. Will Campos' law get a second chance?​With former Mayor Gavin Newsom gone, city supervisors are hoping to convince Mayor Ed Lee to enforce their version of the San Francisco's Sanctuary City policy. Let's rewind to the drama: Three years ago, Newsom reversed a city policy that shiel ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2011

    Nine solutions to San Francisco's pension crisis

    Newsom's gone. Will Campos' law get a second chance?​With former Mayor Gavin Newsom gone, city supervisors are hoping to convince Mayor Ed Lee to enforce their version of the San Francisco's Sanctuary City policy. Let's rewind to the drama: Three years ago, Newsom reversed a city policy that shiel ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fantasy Voter Fraud

    Newsom's gone. Will Campos' law get a second chance?​With former Mayor Gavin Newsom gone, city supervisors are hoping to convince Mayor Ed Lee to enforce their version of the San Francisco's Sanctuary City policy. Let's rewind to the drama: Three years ago, Newsom reversed a city policy that shiel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Senate To Vote On DREAM Act Tuesday. Local Activists To Picket Feinstein's Office.

    ​You may recall our July cover feature on young undocumented immigrants waiting for the DREAM Act, a bill that would give illegal immigrants who go to college or serve in the military a path to citizenship. At the time the story came out, many advocates predicted that Democrats would lack the ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    California Wants to 'Decriminalize' Immigrant Farm Workers

    ​The California Department of of Food and Agriculture calls for a sweeping effort to protect immigrant farm workers -- including those who traveled to the U.S. illegally -- in a new plan outlining the state's agricultural future.The plan, called AgVision 2030, asserts that immigrant labor is vital ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Arizona Immigration Law's Appeal Will Come Through San Francisco

    The immigration debate is coming our way...​In the wake of Arizona's passage of the draconian and controversial SB 1070, San Francisco kick-started the boycott bandwagon and Mayor Gavin Newsom forbade city officials to travel to the Grand Canyon State. Now that Arizona law will be traveling to San ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Is San Francisco Not a 'Rule of Law' City?

    ​Future illegal aliens dreaming of living the good life in Costa Mesa, Calif. are in for a rude surprise. Yesterday, in a symbolic slap at the notion of "sanctuary cities," the Orange County suburb passed a resolution declaring itself a "Rule of Law" city. "I have a lot of concerns with cities cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Gay Realtors Say They've Nixed S.F Conference Due to Arizona Boycott

    The purported head of a gay Realtors' group said he'd much rather hold his conference in Arizona than the City by the Bay​A man claiming to be the executive director of a consortium of gay Realtors has told the city he is canceling a planned conference in San Francisco in protest of the city's boy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Stars Boycotting Arizona

    ​Looks like San Francisco citizens are not the only budding boycotters of Arizona's new immigration law. Montreal band Stars has publicly voiced their disapproval on Twitter saying: "We love AZ but until its racist new immigration law is repealed, stars (and many others) will boycott this state... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    San Francisco to Vote on Boycott of State of Arizona

    If Supervisor David Campos has his way, Arizona and San Francisco won't be on speaking terms​Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state's controversial new immigration ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2010

    Undocumented immigrants barred from visiting loved ones in prison

    If Supervisor David Campos has his way, Arizona and San Francisco won't be on speaking terms​Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state's controversial new immigration ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    If Supervisor David Campos has his way, Arizona and San Francisco won't be on speaking terms​Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state's controversial new immigration ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    ICE Denies Amuse Bouche Vendor's Deferral Request -- He'll Be Deported in the Next Week or Two

    Photo via SFistFrench national Murat Celebi-Ariner will be deported on the next available flight.​The attorney for Murat Celebi-Ariner said his client's Deferral of Action request was denied late last night, meaning the street-food vendor will be deported to France. Randall Caudle said he rece ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Right-Wing Institute Gearing Up 'To Take Down San Francisco' Over Sanctuary City Policy

    Challengers to the city's proposed new sanctuary policy are already circling​You may remember the furor over the memo Mayor Gavin Newsom leaked from the city attorney stating the city would face a "likely legal challenge" if it changed the hard-line policy towards reporting undocumented juveniles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Pot Farming Illegal Immigrants Threaten to Bring DJs to City Hall Meetings!

      Monday, Oct. 5   10 a.m. - Public Safety Committee   On the whole, people are in favor of "Public Safety," so most of the time the Public Safety Committee is pretty uncontroversial. The chairman arches his eyebrows and asks the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice "Why aren' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    SF GOP Opposes Sanctuary Legislation in Letter-Writing Offensive

    Supervisor David Campos​If an angry Republican writes a letter in San Francisco, and no elected official cares enough to read it, did it ever really exist?San Francisco's local curiosity of a G.O.P. is currently seeking pen-pals in city government with a barrage of letters to Mayor Gavin Newsom an ... More >>

  • News

    August 19, 2009

    Activists say the SFPD is unfairly impounding and selling cars owned by illegal aliens

    Supervisor David Campos​If an angry Republican writes a letter in San Francisco, and no elected official cares enough to read it, did it ever really exist?San Francisco's local curiosity of a G.O.P. is currently seeking pen-pals in city government with a barrage of letters to Mayor Gavin Newsom an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Chronic City: There's Pot In Them Thar Hills! How To Make Marijuana Scary Again.

    But the authorities say 'not so fast...'​The latest mainstream media narrative in California's marijuana wars is a spruced-up version of an old favorite: "Mexican drug traffickers" are growing massive amounts of pot in state and national parks, and are despoiling the natural environment in doing s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    Lady Liberty Would Like It

    But the authorities say 'not so fast...'​The latest mainstream media narrative in California's marijuana wars is a spruced-up version of an old favorite: "Mexican drug traffickers" are growing massive amounts of pot in state and national parks, and are despoiling the natural environment in doing s ... More >>

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    Funny Dinero

    The mayor says the city won't help the Bushies crackdown on illegal immigrants--but why is SF still getting money from the feds then?

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    A Twisted Tale

    A well-known erotic performer is now an international fugitive. A look into who’s getting caught up in the identity theft crackdown.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Airing Old Secrets

    Flags tell the stories of Chinese paper sons and daughters

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Torture of a Transsexual

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • News

    September 18, 1996

    Custody by Ethnicity

    Some S.F. probation officers would rather wear the uniform of a Border Patrol guard

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    Give Me Your Healthy

    The immigration crackdown has Latinos fleeing mainstream medicine

  • News

    May 17, 1995

    Letters

    The immigration crackdown has Latinos fleeing mainstream medicine

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