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Masked ICE Agents Detain Migrant as Protesters Clash Outside San Francisco Immigration Court

It is the 26th arrest under the administration’s expanded expedited removal policy in the city, following a judge’s order to free a Peruvian asylum seeker held without a warrant.

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Federal agents attempt to secure the main entrance of the Executive Office for Immigration Review as protesters pursue them at the Concord Immigration Court in Concord in June. On Tuesday a similar scene erupted outside San Francisco's immigration court.
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Overview

  • Roughly 30 protesters confronted masked, baton-wielding ICE agents on July 8 as agents detained at least one migrant outside the San Francisco Immigration Court.
  • Video footage captured at least two demonstrators clinging to an unmarked ICE van as it sped away, with one falling off at the intersection of Montgomery and Sutter streets.
  • This clash marks the 26th courthouse detention in San Francisco since May under a policy broadening expedited removal to migrants unable to prove over two years of U.S. residency.
  • ICE attorneys have requested case dismissals mid-hearing, stripping migrants of pending-case protections before officers arrest them for rapid deportation without warrants.
  • Advocates have filed legal challenges against these warrantless courthouse arrests and are urging reforms to require ICE agents to display clear identification.