Activists in San Francisco are taking measures to protect immigrants from ICE detentions. On Tuesday, Lea McGeever witnessed plainclothes ICE officers forcibly detaining an immigrant, prompting protests outside the court building. Activists attempted to collect the detainee's contact information for family outreach and surrounded the van to block its exit. As tensions rose, arrests were made both in the city and nearby facilities. Advocates fear ICE's tactics are designed to intimidate immigrants, deterring them from attending critical asylum hearings, which could lead to automatic deportations without their presence.
I really thought someone was going to get run over. It was very shocking to see, it was very emotional to see, and I don't think it's going to stop.
Dozens of protesters filed into a picket line extending around the majority of the building in an attempt to block ICE officers from exiting with people who had been detained.
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