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California has close to 2 million undocumented residents — and 8% of households include a family member without a permanent legal status.

Now, with President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, panic about his promised “mass deportations” — and raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — has hit communities throughout the state. And in the Bay Area, rumors of ICE sightings have spread alongside news of real, verified operations by immigration agents .

In the midst of this fear and uncertainty, Bay Area officials in San Francisco and Oakland have reiterated promises to be a sanctuary region for immigrants — meaning that local officials limit their cooperation with federal immigration agents . In turn, one of T

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