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On the outskirts of San Jos\u00e9 at Fowler Creek Park, rolling grassy hillsides stretch out towards the east, dotted with leafy shrubs and grazing cows. It\u2019s a peaceful spot, where social worker Ruby Lopez-Flores used to love taking her clients to get fresh air, many of them the children of immigrant families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey sometimes don\u2019t have the best home environment, and they just need to get out of the house for a second,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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But in recent months, Lopez-Flores has been unable to hold her sessions at the park, as many of her clients have started avoiding public spaces out of fear of being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n

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In parts of the Bay Area and Central Coast, some practitioners are increasing home visits, and even meeting clients in their cars, to ease fears of a run-in with ICE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAmid ICE Fears, Mental Health Workers Report Drop in Immigrants Seeking Treatment - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=331\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amid ICE Fears, Mental Health Workers Report Drop in Immigrants Seeking Treatment - 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