{"id":66393,"date":"2025-06-10T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=66393"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:43:29","slug":"sf-ice-arrest-immigration-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/sf-ice-arrest-immigration-court\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE arrests spark protest at SF immigration court, hearings canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three immigrants were arrested by plainclothes ICE agents at San Francisco\u2019s immigration court Tuesday morning, prompting protesters to rush to the scene and attempt to block the arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Faith in Action Bay Area, the individuals were detained – without warrants – during scheduled court hearings. Witnesses described seeing masked agents dressed in plainclothes shoving at least one man into an unmarked silver Dodge Grand Caravan. A group of about a dozen people tried to stop the van from leaving, standing in front of it and attempting to pry open its sliding door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The door briefly slid open before a masked agent inside sprayed protesters with pepper spray. The driver, also masked and dressed in plain clothes, continued down Sutter Street as two unmarked silver Ford Impalas with flashing dashboard lights and sirens cut across the intersection to escort the van away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group of about 200 protesters gathered outside San Francisco\u2019s Immigration Court on June 10, 2025, after activists reported that ICE agents made arrests inside the building. The demonstration forced the court to shut down for the day. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Protesters returned to the courthouse entrance. One young man shouted, \u201cThis is fascism!\u201d when asked to describe what had just happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Read more: ICE makes rare courthouse arrests in S.F. Advocates call it part of a larger crackdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Bush, who came to support SEIU Local 87 at the courthouse, said she arrived just in time to witness the detentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cICE people came out with three people that were being detained and put them into a van\u2026 We attempted to ask the people who were taken their names and if they wanted us to call anyone, but they didn\u2019t hear us,\u201d she said. Bush said she was pepper-sprayed in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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