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ICE Pepper-Sprays Crowd and Detains Protester After San Francisco Courthouse Clash

Agents transferred an asylum-seeker from court to the nearby field office during a protest.

ICE agents arresting a protester in downtown San Francisco at what have become common anti-ICE actions, on Aug. 20, 2025. Photo by Tyler Morris.
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Overview

  • ICE arrested an asylum-seeker after a hearing at 100 Montgomery Street and moved the person toward the agency’s field office at 630 Sansome Street.
  • Protesters tried to block the transport, chased the vehicles through downtown, and punctured a van’s front tire, according to on-scene reporting.
  • Agents used pepper spray on multiple people and pushed others with batons as they advanced toward the field office.
  • At least one protester was tackled, zip-tied, and taken into the Sansome Street building, marking another recent detention of demonstrators in the city.
  • One outlet reported an officer fired a device that released white powder onto a protester’s leg, a detail not corroborated elsewhere.