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Tyche Hendricks
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Immigration Sr Editor @KQED. Author, The Wind Doesn't Need a Passport: Stories from the US-Mexico Borderlands @ucpress. Alum, @ucbsoj, @sfchronicle, @IWMF. Mama, stepmom
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"My dignity is not something that somebody in a political power position gives to me. It’s a gift from God." - Emma Paulino, @faithinaction.bsky.social organizer

My latest for @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/news/12063793
As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for Immigrants Seeking Peace | KQED
Across the Bay Area, faith communities are creating spaces where immigrants can reclaim dignity and find solace amid escalating ICE enforcement, including a recent Oakland candlelight service that dre...
www.kqed.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
tychehendricks.bsky.social
When is a surge not a surge?
Ericka Cruz Guevarra and I try to make sense of the whipsawing events of the last two days in the #SanFrancisco #BayArea. @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/news/12061294/
Trump Calls Off SF Federal Agent ‘Surge,’ but Fear of Immigration Enforcement Remains | KQED
KQED's Senior Immigration Editor Tyche Hendricks breaks down what we know (and don't know) about the deployment of federal agents in the Bay Area.
www.kqed.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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It's been a long day on the @kqednews.kqed.org #immigration beat in the San Francisco Bay Area!
How it started: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
Fired Federal Immigration Judges Speak Out | KQED
We talk with two local immigration judges who have been terminated by the Trump administration about the changes they have seen in our immigration system and what it means for the rule of law in our c...
www.kqed.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Great conversation on @kqedforum.bsky.social with Mina Kim today about #ICE's latest #immigration detention facility in #California... that's operating without permits.
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Since May, #ICE has been arresting people at #immigration courts in No. California and detaining people for days in SF holding rooms only meant for a few hours - no beds, hygiene or medical care - lawyers say. Now advocates are suing over both. @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/news/12056762/
Bay Area Immigrant Advocates Sue the Trump Administration to End Courthouse Arrests | KQED
The suit also calls on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop detaining people for days in temporary holding rooms without beds and proper hygiene.
www.kqed.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
tychehendricks.bsky.social
For my journalist colleague, and really anyone, here’s some food for thought on what tech companies like Google may do with your personal information and data…

theintercept.com/2025/09/16/g...
Google Secretly Handed ICE Data About Pro-Palestine Student Activist
Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.
theintercept.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Last April, I broke the news that #ICE was looking to put an #immigration #detention facility at #TravisAFB in the Bay Area. Opposition by members of Congress and the local community followed. And the Trump administration backed off.
My latest...
www.kqed.org/news/12055651/
@kqednews.kqed.org
Trump Administration’s Plans for ICE Detention on Bay Area Military Base Are On Hold | KQED
Two Bay Area congressmen who opposed the plans to build an immigration jail at Travis Air Force Base said the Department of Defense confirmed the proposal is off the table for now.
www.kqed.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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The Trump administration is rapidly expanding immigration detention. The latest move for ICE in CA? A 2,500-bed private prison in the desert w questionable plumbing. And so far, it's operating without a business license.
www.kqed.org/news/12054544/

@kqednews.kqed.org
#immigration #ICE #detention
California’s Newest Immigration Facility Is Also Its Biggest. Is It Operating Legally? | KQED
The Mojave Desert facility reopened by the Trump administration has begun housing ICE detainees, but lacks at least one key city permit.
www.kqed.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Delighted that my story - on a #Nicaraguan journalist who thought she'd found safety here from an authoritarian regime - aired nationally today on @theworld.org. The piece originally ran on @kqednews.kqed.org.

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Journalists desperate for asylum caught up in US administration's net - The World from PRX
As the Trump administration ramps up immigration arrests, flooding the streets of Los Angeles with masked agents, it’s stripping half a million people of protections that allowed them to enter the cou...
theworld.org
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Reposted by Tyche Hendricks
nicolefoy.bsky.social
We're well over the 50 incidents documented in our investigation now. Here's one from this week from @opb.org, reporting that a young girl was also in the the van of Mam-speaking farmworkers from Guatemala when immigration agents broke the driver window. www.opb.org/article/2025...
August 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
tychehendricks.bsky.social
Just back from Canada and I can testify, this anger is very real.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...
Opinion | ‘Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada’s Answer to America’s Abandonment
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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“The travel ban will break our country’s promise for a safe future in the US for all Afghans who worked alongside and kept safe US military personnel in Afghanistan.”
- Robin Mencher, @jfcseastbay.bsky.social

My latest...
kqed.org/news/12042983

@kqednews.kqed.org
#TravelBan2025 #immigration
Bay Area Immigrant Groups React to Trump’s ‘Draconian’ New Travel Ban | KQED
The president’s travel ban blocks citizens from Iran, Afghanistan, Haiti, Eritrea and Yemen from entering the U.S., among others.
kqed.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Important reporting by my CA Newsroom colleagues Mark Betancourt, with Mike Kessler.

Trump administration "quietly and deliberately erased" legal protections for people seeking refuge from #torture. "What remains of the process now takes place under a veil of secrecy."

www.kqed.org/news/12041326/
This Ethiopian Woman Was Tortured by Her Government. The US is Sending Her Home Anyway | KQED
The Trump Administration has turned the remaining sliver of hope for people fleeing torture into what experts fear is a fast track to deportation. And it’s trying to keep it a secret.
www.kqed.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Courthouses - along with churches, schools, hospitals- used to be places where ICE limited its operations…

www.kqed.org/news/12041473
‘Unprecedented’: ICE Officers Operating Inside Bay Area Immigration Courts, Lawyers Say | KQED
Attorneys have seen US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the halls and waiting rooms of several California courthouses. Advocates reported the arrest of one man at a Concord court.
www.kqed.org
May 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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“To send them back, to deport them, would really be a death sentence.” - Harris Mojadedi

Strong reporting from my @kqednews.kqed.org colleague
@rachaelmyrow.bsky.social

www.kqed.org/news/12040425
Bay Area Afghans, Allies Decry Trump’s End of TPS: ‘They’re Terrified’ | KQED
An uneasy, fearful silence reigns in Fremont’s Afghan community, one of the nation's largest. The Trump administration is canceling Temporary Protected Status for Afghans, rolling up the welcome mat f...
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May 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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“You cannot deport someone under the laws for their beliefs." - veteran SF #immigration attorney Marc Van Der Hout

I sat down with Van Der Hout to talk about what it's like representing Mahmoud Khalil -- and what his case means for the rest of us.

@kqednews.kqed.org

www.kqed.org/news/12040160/
SF Immigration Attorney Says First Amendment Should Protect Mahmoud Khalil From Deportation | KQED
Khalil’s San Francisco-based lawyer believes the outcome of the case could serve as a litmus test for dissent in the second Trump era.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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www.kqed.org/news/12039912
California Sues Trump Over Efforts to Link Federal Grants to Immigration Enforcement | KQED
California and a coalition of 19 other Democratic states filed two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold billions in transportation and security funds.
www.kqed.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Thousands of #Afghans the US took in after their country fell to the Taliban have been waiting months or years for asylum. Temporary Protected Status or #TPS gave them refuge here while they wait.

But that ends July 12, and #deportation looms.

@kqednews.kqed.org

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Trump Administration Terminates Temporary Protected Status For Roughly 12,000 Afghans Nationwide - KQED
Panic is spreading through the Bay Area Afghan community... as the Trump administration terminates Temporary Protected Status for about 12-thousand Afghans nationwide. KQED’s Senior Immigration Editor...
omny.fm
May 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by Tyche Hendricks
sfchronicle.com
San Francisco Planning Director Rich Hillis, who led the city department through the pandemic and launched an ambitious rezoning of west and north side neighborhoods that have seen little housing built in recent decades, will step down after more than five years in the position.
Exclusive: S.F.’s planning director stepping down after five years and an ambitious rezoning process
S.F.’s planning director Rich Hillis stepping down after five years and an ambitious rezoning process
www.sfchronicle.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Important reporting by the Pulitzer-winning (!) @propublica.org team.
May 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Recently I uncovered planning afoot inside the Trump administration for an immigration detention center at Travis Air Force Base in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Now, members of Congress are pushing back. My latest:
www.kqed.org/news/12039137/
@kqednews.kqed.org
#immigration
#ICEdetention
Bay Area Democrats Decry Trump Administration’s ‘Outrageous’ Plan to Use Military Base for Immigration Detention | KQED
In a letter this week to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, two Bay Area Democrats — who represent the area that includes Travis Air Force Base — said they were “gravely concerned” over reports o...
www.kqed.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Reposted by Tyche Hendricks
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Read @tychehendricks.bsky.social's story:
Bay Area Democrats Decry Trump Administration’s ‘Outrageous’ Plan to Use Military Base for Immigration Detention | KQED
In a letter this week to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, two Bay Area Democrats — who represent the area that includes Travis Air Force Base — said they were “gravely concerned” over reports o...
www.kqed.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Folks, this is serious!
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Protect My Public Media
Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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California universities and students have been blindsided by a “mass and abrupt cancellation" of student visas. My latest:

#immigration
@kqednews.kqed.org

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California Students, Blindsided by Visa Cancellations, Sue Trump Administration | KQED
Lawsuits filed by two international students at California colleges come as hundreds across the country are effectively stripped of the ability to keep studying in the U.S.
www.kqed.org
April 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Reposted by Tyche Hendricks
60minutes.bsky.social
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM