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As a member of the rent stabilization board in East Palo Alto, Laura Rubio has heard it all. From negligent landlords to hostile property managers, tenants in this working-class Bay Area suburb have long contended with an array of challenges.

But with Trump’s deportation agenda fueling fear in immigrant communities, Rubio says cases of discrimination and harassment are on the rise.

“My mission as a community leader is to avoid the displacement of our community,” said Rubio in an interview with American Community Media. “That’s why I dedicate many hours of my free time to working on these issues.”

Speaking in Spanish, she ticked off an array of cases, including that of a Latina mother forced to buy ice for a cooler to keep her kids’ milk cold because the

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