Military Police Face Backlash for Assisting in Immigrant Arrests
Published March 15, 2026

Francisco Galicia pescando en el Lago San Antonio, donde acostumbra ir a pescar. Foto: Cortesía de Francisco Galicia.
More than a dozen immigrants have been arrested by ICE with the help of police from a military base south of San Francisco. Experts warn that this collaboration may violate a federal law that limits the use of military forces in domestic matters. Jackie Botts spoke with one of the deportees and his eldest daughter. What is the family’s situation now? How are the authorities responding to the questions? The original version of this story appeared in the British newspaper The Guardian.
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Photo: Francisco Galicia.

