They already live on the edge. Trump’s immigration crackdowns now threaten their housing

Yue Stella Yu and Ben Christopher for CalMatters note that President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown leaves “renters more vulnerable to eviction and exploitation, which could plunge more immigrants into homelessness or overcrowding, or even lead some to `voluntarily’ leave the country, housing rights attorneys and scholars say. . . . The fear of retaliation from landlords has created what advocates describe as a chilling effect on immigrant renters, which `substantially undercuts’ California’s strong tenant protection laws, said David Hall, co-directing tenants’ rights attorney with Centro Legal de La Raza, a nonprofit legal aid group in Oakland. “

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