Overview

• On July 8, masked protesters scuffled with ICE agents outside the San Francisco Immigration Court as they tried to block a migrant’s transfer and climbed onto a black ICE SUV.
• ICE reports a nearly 700% year-over-year rise in assaults on its agents and the Department of Homeland Security has condemned protesters for obstructing federal officers.
• Video from NBC Bay Area shows an unmarked ICE vehicle driving into the crowd and dragging a demonstrator on the hood.
• The 50501 Movement has vowed to escalate its tactics with more blockades and disruptions aimed at stopping deportation vans.
• Senators Alex Padilla and Cory Booker introduced the VISIBLE Act to ban plainclothes enforcement and require officers to display visible identification.