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Asylum Seekers, Violence Survivors And ICE Agents: The Local Effects of Recent Immigration Policies

PICO California
Dozens of San Joaquin Valley residents joined protests at the San Diego border in June against the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy on illegal immigration.

Ever since President Trump came into office, we at Valley Public Radio have been reporting on his administration’s changes to federal immigration policy—like its so-called “zero tolerance policy” of prosecuting asylum applicants as well as rollbacks on temporary protected status from certain countries—and their consequences on San Joaquin Valley residents and businesses.

Following the recent story of a Yemeni family in Tulare County that gained national attention for its role in a Supreme Court case related to the Trump Administration’s so-called “travel ban,” FM89’s Monica Velez continues the conversation with a recap of how immigration policy changes have been affecting communities in the Valley. Listen to the audio for an interview with Velez about impacts on asylum seekers fleeing domestic violence, immigration officials in courthouse, and consequences on agriculture businesses and flea markets.

Kerry Klein is an award-winning reporter whose coverage of public health, air pollution, drinking water access and wildfires in the San Joaquin Valley has been featured on NPR, KQED, Science Friday and Kaiser Health News. Her work has earned numerous regional Edward R. Murrow and Golden Mike Awards and has been recognized by the Association of Health Care Journalists and Society of Environmental Journalists. Her podcast Escape From Mammoth Pool was named a podcast “listeners couldn’t get enough of in 2021” by the radio aggregator NPR One.
Monica Velez was a reporter at Valley Public Radio. She started out as a print reporter covering health issues in Merced County at the Merced Sun-Star.
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