Local immigrant Rights Groups say theyre ready for a fight on immigration. They say they are, jessica, a lot of uncertainty tonight for tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants, including the students here on campus known as dreamers. While the program that shields those dreamers was not a target today, they feel this executive order does put a target on their families. They watched as the president went after immigration today, most were in disbelief. It was pretty difficult to be honest. I shed some tears. Those stakes are high for erica, her parents are undocumented. She worries they may not return home from work one day. Still being feared even more, really broke my heart. Erica watched the president speech with siren, afterwards, the groups leader said their work load just increased dramatically. It doubled when he came on board, and now definitely our work has tripled. Siren will reach out to attorneys to consider probono work to handle the increased work load brought on by t
Words harbor illegal immigrants. Its one of several actions from the new administration that will have a direct impact on people here in california. Leann melendez begins our coverage with the potential financial impact. Dozens of immigration advocates chant, an organized community will never be deported. It was in response to President Trumps executive order threatening to withhold federal funds from so called sanctuary cities. It will continue to protect its sanctuary city laws that have been in place for the last 20 years. A safer city is a city that doesnt allow its residents to live in fear fp. I think families are both afraid and ready to push back. Todays action by the white house did not have any specifics. Still, because San Francisco is a city and county, it stands to lose a large sum of money. The 1 billion in federal funds San Francisco receives a year, makes up more than 10 of its 9. 6 billion budget. Lets say homeless funds are for veterans as well . Do they want to hurt
Dan, sam licardo is among those saying, President Trumps orders will not affect san jose, documented or not. Different ages, races and religions stood together to stand against President Trump. Thank god i am now a citizen. But i suffered the fear that many in my community suffer now. President trump is moving forward with plans to build a wall awrong the mexico border. Deport violent criminals and penalize sanctuary city. A nation without borders is not a nation. Beginning today, the United States of america gets back its borders. This is not the america that we believe in. A u. S. Congresswoman said some of the policies outlined in the executive orders have already been tried and failed. Its going to lead to a lot of harassment, racial profiling and american citizens are going to get harassed too, as they did before. San jose will always be a safe place for all residents. These executive orders will not change how we police our city. Hes not worried about losing federal money. We hav
To help Students Affected by the flood. The event starts in less than an hour well be talking more about that and also another cleanup effort getting under way in san jose, the Community Center will open its doors. And hundreds of volunteers expected to come out and help. Hopefully it will stay dry but we already saw rain drops on the ground this morning, it was actually a little surprised i knew we were going to get some spitting at us and the ground was wet this morning. Was it like a downfall though it was just a little split z. I was talking with one of our engineers and we had clear skies but the road was wet. Welcome to Northern California. Yes indeed sun and clouds out there passing showers in the forecast for today as well as tomorrow maybe even monday. Well there is a cool looking shot there, giving you a view of a little bit of a build up of cloud cover. What do you see . Covering the sun. Do you see the sun right in between . Two clouds making out. [laughter] it does look li
And we have a live look at the breaking news. Eastbound lanes of highway 4 in antioch are closed right now, officers investigate a shooting and a death. This is a live look at the scene. Traffic is backed up down highway 4. Theyre turning cars around heading in that direction. Investigators are not released any information about a victim or a suspect. And in east palo alto, three people are in Critical Condition after a Police Pursuit and crash. It ended near bay road and university avenue. Police say the driver hit a tree. The juvenile girl in the vehicle had minor injuries. Police did not say what led to the chase. Good evening. Im kate larson. You can download the abc 7 news alert. Now to the Recovery Efforts in san jose. Five dayings after flood waters moved in. Inspectors are making progress clearing homes and allowing more people back in. Today the city sent 1300 homes remain restricted and the Williams Park neighborhood three homes were red tagged because of structural damage. T