Trump Administration Trying to Boot All Undocumented Immigrants Out of SF Public Housing

"With the Trump administration, there's always the old rule of TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) that softens the blow of his worst threats. But there's a new threat that seems very real, and very scary for San Francisco's working class immigrant community, as the Chronicle reports that the Trump administration is now demanding citizenship checks for anyone living in low-income public housing."

"The order came down quickly and with an unforgiving, tight deadline. Per the Chron, one housing nonprofit confirmed that some of the organization's tenants were contacted last week and told they had to turn over certain documents within 15 days. But they're also squeezing the government agencies, as the Chron adds that the San Francisco Housing Authority was given a list of tenants and a demand that the agency report back on their citizenship status within 15 days."

"So this is not just a San Francisco thing, and local affordable housing administrators are absolutely frightened. All of us have thousands of tenants families, seniors, formerly homeless individuals that we are responsible for sheltering, and all of us are terrified, affordable housing nonprofit Mission Housing's executive director Sam Moss told the Chronicle. It's hard not to be worried that the nonprofit affordable housing industry will be given an impossible mandate in an effort to further hurt our low-income immigrant communities."

The Trump administration is ordering citizenship verifications for residents of federally funded supportive and Section 8 housing, imposing rapid documentation and reporting deadlines. Housing nonprofits and public housing authorities received demands to collect documents from tenants and to report citizenship status within 15 days. Local housing providers face operational and legal challenges while serving thousands of low-income tenants, including families, seniors, and formerly homeless individuals. Nonprofit leaders express fear that compliance mandates could displace vulnerable immigrants and strain affordable housing operations. Some city officials attempt to downplay the scope, but administrators remain alarmed about implementation and consequences.

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