‘Like an Angel’: Meet the Helpers Working at Bay Area Immigration Court 19.5%
KQED - By Vanessa Rancaño - 5/30/2026, 2:00 PM
Halo Effect 14.3% - Anecdotal 11.4% - Negativity Bias 10.4%
The woman nodded nervously as the judge told her, through a Spanish interpreter, that this was her last chance to apply for asylum. She’d already been given two opportunities. Now she had until July. “Thank you,” the woman said. Outside the immigration courtroom in Concord, Sergio Jaime Lopez greeted her with a smile. Sharply dressed and... more