Overview

• Miguel Angel Lopez, a father of three and grandfather, was taken into ICE custody on May 27 during a routine immigration court hearing in San Francisco.
• Lopez has lived in the United States for 27 years, has no serious criminal record and faces indefinite detention with a possible deportation case.
• Immigrant advocates condemned the arrests of those actively attending court as illegal and immoral and warned against this new enforcement approach.
• Dozens of residents joined a June 4 protest in Livermore demanding federal officials return Lopez to his family.
• A GoFundMe campaign organized by local supporters has raised over $26,000 to cover the Lopez family’s legal expenses.