Overview

• Filed in federal court in San Jose, the class action targets ICE, DHS and the immigration courts over arrests of people attending San Francisco immigration hearings.
• Plaintiffs say agents have waited in courthouse hallways since May to make arrests, with at least 30 people detained in the past two months.
• The suit alleges ICE rescinded a prior time limit on short‑term hold rooms at 630 Sansome Street, leading to multi‑day confinement without beds, hygiene items or timely medication.
• Descriptions of the hold rooms include constant bright lights, cold temperatures and a single shared toilet, along with curtailed access to attorneys after 3 p.m. and on weekends.
• U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts has ruled that named plaintiff Carmen Aracely Pablo Sequen cannot be re‑detained without a pre‑detention bond hearing, while agencies declined substantive comment on the broader suit.