On politically, the fact is thousands of people continue to come to the us and to the bay area every year, seeking asylum. Just in the last year alone, a quarter of a Million People who are not from mexico have been picked up at the us border by Border Patrol. We discovered that rather than get deported, many of those same people are then dropped off by immigration authorities at local bus stations and sent around the country. Those immigrants then remain here, where they live in the shadows. Sophia the night that i left from honduras, i was abused by that guys. They raped me. Stephen raped and threatened with her life. Sophia i felt that they would kill us, everybody. Stephen this 19yearold still fears for her safety, so well call her sophia. She hides her face, but she wants you to hear her story of escape and survival from death squads in her honduran hometown. Sophia they started to beat up my father a lot. And then they placed a gun over my babys head. Stephen they were members of
Gabriela Saucedo Mercer and they are breaking the law. [speaking foreign language] juan the Immigration Court system is under incredible stress. Announcer hear senior investigator stephen stock. Stephen good evening and thank you for joining us for this special edition of we investigate. For the next 30 minutes, we dig deeper into an issue that has sparked national debate, an issue that impacts us here in california daily. Were talking about immigration. But despite what side of the issue you may sit on politically, the fact is thousands of people continue to come to the us and to the bay area every year, seeking asylum. Just in the last year alone, a quarter of a Million People who are not from mexico have been picked up at the us border by Border Patrol. We discovered that rather than get deported, many of those same people are then dropped off by immigration authorities at local bus stations and sent around the country. Those immigrants then remain here, where they live in the shado
Reporter this is tam nguyens council district. If that is the situation, i hope it wont happen. I would urge they do anything to fix it. Reporter they allow housing to be built in known flood planes, the new berryessa b. A. R. T. Station too. The flood may prompt a reevaluation of planning and building. Preventing another flood will be the focus of hearings. We will have Additional Information and know exactly what is it that went wrong and how we can go ahead and prevent that from fute damage. I dont know what the answer is right now. Reporter n san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. And we will get to that News Conference in san jose just as soon as it begins. A mudslide is preventing crews from repairing a damaged pipeline in the east bay and thats cut Water Service to 90 people. That slide is blocking Morgan Territory road near marsh creek road. Morgan territory road is closed. This is 10 miles east of walnut creek. Water crews cant get in there to fix this until the hills stop sliding
Shops. About a half dozen downtown businesses got hit last night, including the metro pcs store. They took all of our phones, they took the cash, they took the safe, everything. The display case, everything. Reporter take a look at this cell phone video a witness took of the looters cleaning the store out. Were right down the street from the Police Department. Like, its not right. Reporter across the street at smart and final, more of the same. Cell phone video shows the crowd breaking in and then helping themselves to the merchandise. I am so upset about what happened in oakland last night. It is unacceptable that people are trashing our businesses. It make me feel bad, because this is not proving anything. And innocent people getting hurt. Their property getting tore up. And it doesnt make any sense. Reporter the vandalism is drawing outrage from across the city. What the started as a peaceful protest quickly grew to a crowd of 2,000. Three officers were injured, including one who wa
Marianne, you heard some powerful stories. Reporter i certainly did. People are at as will of words to describe their feelings. Parishioners have been going here for decades. Right now firefighters have set up a perimeter around the church because they fear the building may collapsed. Theyre also dousing the church with water to prevent hot spots from flaring up. This church was built in 1919. And firefighters say because of that, it was extremely difficult to put out. Watching flames rip through Holy Cross Church in san jose was almost more than 93yearold Anne Fitzgerald could bare. This is my church. This is my church. And im devastated. Reporter devastated because the flames scorched not just her church, but her lifetime home. My parents were married here. I was married here. My daughter was married here. My husband was carried out when he passed away. Its part of me. Reporter still much a part of the community, at one point people watching the inferno gasped as flames overtook the