by Caron Creighton  (oringinally published at SF Gate and Oakland North

In Oakland, city officials and immigration advocacy groups are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best after an alarm was sounded earlier this month, notifying the Bay Area that federal immigration officials could be planning massive raids on undocumented immigrant communities in the coming weeks.

On January 16, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that federal immigration officials are preparing to arrest more than 1,500 undocumented people in Northern California. This news came the same day that the Oakland City Council passed a resolution further prohibiting the Oakland police department from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in immigration enforcement operations. Continue reading Oakland Officials and Advocacy Groups Prepare for Possible Immigration Raids →