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Protesters at a post-inauguration protest on Jan. 20 walk through Santana Row with signs showing their support against Trump’s policies targeting immigrants.
SJ immigrant youth grapple with ICE By Alina Ta
feel safe anymore as an UndocuSpartans, a the Im m i g r at i o n 220 family members and undocumented student. resource center at SJSU Legal Defense, a non- 44 alumni, according to Dani said her parents that supports students profit agency focused data collected by the nonbrought her to the U.S. who have immigration on providing legal profit. Immigrant community when she was 1-year-old concerns, provides legal services specialized in Dani has been speaking members in San José are because they wanted her services for no charge to immigration, according to her professors about concerned for their safety after seeing various policy changes under President Donald J. Trump that targets immigrants and multiple ICE sightings in San José. On Jan. 20, Trump signed an executive order to secure his plan to detain and remove all “aliens” who enter or remain in violation of federal law and to stop immigrants from entering the U.S., according to a webpage Norma Citlali Martinez from The White House. Coordinator for Jóvenes Activos of SOMOS Mayfair This includes placing criminal charges against “illegal aliens” who violate immigration laws and those who support these individuals, according to to have a chance to go to students, recent alumni, to the same source. her concerns for her the White House. college. employees and their Between 2019 and personal safety. “Dani,” a fourth-year “They didn’t feel safe immediate families, 2023, the Immigration “I don’t feel as safe education student at San back in Mexico,” Martinez according to the center’s Legal Defense provided anymore, because I feel José State who opted to said. “They saw what the webpage. one-on-one consultations like I always have to use a pseudonym because cartels were doing and These legal services to 806 individuals at SJSU, look behind my shoulder of concerns for her they just wanted me to are provided by the including 525 students, 17 to make sure nothing’s safety, said she doesn’t have a better education.” CSU system through faculty or staff members, gonna happen to me or to
other students,” she said.
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They are afraid that they can’t even learn in peace, that they could just be sitting, learning, trying their best, struggling and ICE could just come in at any moment and take them and start searching.
SJSU Responds On Jan. 20, Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, issued two directives related to immigration, according to a webpage from the department. The first directive rescinds old guidelines from the Biden Administration that restricted ICE agents from entering “sensitive” areas, according to the department. “S ensitive” areas included schools, houses of worship, hospitals, funerals, weddings and public demonstrations, according to a Jan. 22 article from ABC News. Rafael Alvarez, the commander for UPD’s operations bureau, said it is protocol for UPD officers to avoid all possible interactions with ICE. IMMIGRATION | Page 2