About 100 people packed into Manny’s civic gathering space in San Francisco to hear local leaders discuss how understanding past instances of anti-immigrant sentiment in the state is essential to tackling President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to deliver mass deportations.  

State Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-Hayward), UC Davis law Professor Kevin Johnson, and San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commissioner Sarah Souza joined on a panel to discuss navigating protecting the state’s undocumented immigrants with a second Trump presidency on the horizon.  

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.