US EditionFederal agents detained immigrants and held them on California's Coast Guard Island in the 1980s
Project Jobs detained 5,400 undocumented immigrants nationwide to replace them with citizens during a recession, with 70% having no criminal convictions, according to UC Berkeley data.
- In the 1980s, federal agents detained undocumented immigrants on Coast Guard Island as part of Project Jobs, which aimed to deport thousands of undocumented workers.
- Federal agents conducted over 50 raids across Northern California, targeting individuals in high-paying jobs.
- In recent protests, approximately 150 people gathered at Coast Guard Island against federal immigration actions, leading to confrontations among demonstrators.
- The deportation campaigns have instilled fear in the community, with a report indicating that 70% of those arrested by ICE had no criminal convictions.
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Federal agents detained immigrants and held them on California's Coast Guard Island in the 1980s
Last week was not the first time Coast Guard Island in the Oakland Estuary has been in the spotlight related to the federal government’s deportation campaigns against immigrants.
Federal Agents Detained Immigrants and Held Them on California's Coast Guard Island in the 1980s
Last week was not the first time Coast Guard Island in the Oakland Estuary has been in the spotlight related to the federal government’s deportation campaigns against immigrants.
Federal agents rounded up immigrants and held them on Coast Guard Island — in the 1980s
The base off Oakland was ground zero in protests of last week’s planned-then-abandoned “surge” of feds. It was also a holding place during the Reagan administration’s 1982 raids on undocumented workers earning over $3.35 per hour.
Federal agents detained immigrants and held them on California’s Coast Guard Island in the 1980s
Last week was not the first time Coast Guard Island in the Oakland Estuary has been in the spotlight related to the federal government’s deportation campaigns against immigrants. In 1982, the man-made island between Oakland and Alameda played a role in “Project Jobs,” an initiative launched by President Ronald Reagan’s Immigration and Naturalization Service that deported thousands of immigrants to Mexico. In late April and early May, during a re…
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