{"id":41712,"date":"2025-06-07T13:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T20:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41712"},"modified":"2025-06-07T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T20:02:50","slug":"ice-arrests-at-least-15-including-children-at-sf-check-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/ice-arrests-at-least-15-including-children-at-sf-check-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE arrests at least 15, including children, at SF check-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/users\/profile\/Natalia%20Gurevich\">By Natalia Gurevich | Examiner staff writer |<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jun 5, 2025\u00a0Updated\u00a0Jun 5, 2025 (SFExaminer.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/sfexaminer.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/c\/9c\/c9c3b348-8768-4484-bf62-6b58dd365004\/68420ebe0ca32.image.jpg?resize=400%2C254\" alt=\"San Francisco ICE office\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Motorists protest in vehicles to obey social distancing guidelines at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in San Francisco.\u00a0Ben Margot\/Associated Press<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal immigration officers arrested at least 15 people \u2014 including children under the age of 10, one as young as 3 \u2014 in San Francisco during their routine check-ins Wednesday according to attorneys, city officials and advocates for immigrant rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the people into custody at a federal field office at 630 Sansome St. where the people were checking in about their ongoing immigration cases, the officials and advocates said. Some could be deported as soon as Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICE did not respond to The Examiner\u2019s request for comment prior to press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was very unusual, very unprecedented,\u201d said Milli Atkinson, the director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association, of Wednesday\u2019s arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrests came a little more than a week after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/asylum-seekers-arrested-ice-san-francisco-20349387.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE detained four asylum seekers<\/a>&nbsp;at a San Francisco courthouse and amid a push to ramp up deportations during the first few months of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term in the White House. Axios reported May 29 and multiple outlets subsequently confirmed that two officials in President Donald Trump\u2019s administration had demanded ICE start&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/28\/immigration-ice-deportations-stephen-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arresting 3,000 immigrants without legal authorization per day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The San Francisco Rapid Response Network said Wednesday night that all of the at least 15 people arrested were marked for immediate deportation, including a 3-year-old. Sanika Mahajan of the organization and Mission Action told The Examiner they were residing in Contra Costa and San Mateo counties and had arrived in the U.S. from countries including Guatemala, Brazil and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They arrived at 630 Sansome St. for routine check-ins and to update their contact information as they appealed their immigration cases, Atkinson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis has generally been the practice and policy, because it takes a lot of resources to detain people who are in the middle of their legal processes,\u201d she said. \u201cThere&#8217;s generally not a safe or humane way to detain families while their cases are on appeal, or they&#8217;re trying to make plans to return voluntarily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atkinson said those without children were taken in for \u201ca custody redetermination\u201d and moved to detention facilities in Arizona and Oregon. ICE has \u201cnot been responsive\u201d about the locations of the families with children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atkinson and others became aware of the situation when the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, a hotline and immigration-attorney resource with affiliates throughout the Bay Area, was activated yesterday to send legal representation to those affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAttorneys were dispatched in each of the cases to follow up and see if there is any legal recourse that can be taken,\u201d Mahajan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration advocates demonstrated outside 630 Sansome St. on Wednesday night following the arrests, she said, as they knew those arrested were being held there at least for most of that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experts contend companies\u2019 embrace of hybrid work with part-time remote flexibility suggests 2019 isn\u2019t coming back<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t sure when they were being moved,\u201d Mahajan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supervisor Jackie Fielder, whose district includes a large undocumented population, shared a statement late Wednesday night that called for Mayor Daniel Lurie to increase funding in The City\u2019s budget for immigrant legal services and support, \u201cwhich the Mayor has not increased to address the growing need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI encourage the Mayor and Budget Committee to increase funding for our immigrant communities to meet the moment and guarantee ALL San Franciscans their constitutional rights to due process,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have the ability to stop the deportations, defend our families, and demand their release NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mayor\u2019s Office did not respond to The Examiner\u2019s request for comment as of press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jen Kwart, with City Attorney David Chiu\u2019s office, told The Examiner on Thursday that while San Francisco\u2019s sanctuary-city policies prevent local law enforcement from collaborating with federal immigration enforcement \u201cexcept in very limited circumstances,\u201d those policies do not preclude federal officers from operating in The City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwart encouraged community members to stay informed and access services regardless of immigration status, as The City will not ask for people\u2019s status nor deny resources because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTargeting immigrant San Franciscans impacts all of us,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen people don&#8217;t feel safe going to work or school, it harms all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atkinson said Wednesday\u2019s arrests and those on May 29 are part of the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to scare people from attending their immigration hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are people who should not be detained and who are in the process of applying for asylum,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atkinson said that it has led to some in the community being too afraid to show up, abandoning their cases, and getting removal orders in absentia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe really do want to make sure that it&#8217;s clear &#8230; before people miss an immigration-court hearing out of fear, they really should reach out to their local Rapid Response Network,\u201d Atkinson said. \u201cWe have volunteers who will go to court with them to make sure that they&#8217;re safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal immigration officers arrested at least 15 people \u2014 including children under the age of 10, one as young as 3 \u2014 in San Francisco during their routine check-ins Wednesday according to attorneys, city officials and advocates for immigrant rights. 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