They already live on the edge. Trump’s immigration crackdowns now threaten their housing
by Yue Stella Yu and Ben Christopher, CalMatters
August 1, 2025
IN SANTA ROSA, a mother of six children says she’s struggling to pay the rent following her husband’s deportation — but fears eviction if she even requests to move into a smaller place from her landlord.
In Los Angeles, a Latino family sued their landlord and a real estate agent over illegal eviction, only for an attorney to suggest they were likely to be detained by immigration agents before the case could go to trial.
In Oakland, renters have been asked if they were “legal” by a landlord seeking to push them out.
Across the state, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has scooped up swaths of household breadwinners, leaving their families scrambling to afford rent while grieving their absent loved ones. But the impact of those operations stretches further: The fear of deportation alone has discouraged many immigrants from exercising their rights as tenants.
https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/08/01/they-already-live-on-the-edge-trumps-immigration-crackdowns-now-threaten-their-housing/
