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Following a quiet Thursday with no arrests at San Francisco immigration court, Friday morning was packed: Several families with children and four individual adults filled the courtroom for their immigration hearings, and one woman was arrested in the hallway.

All those before the judge Friday attended their hearing without an attorney, as is common. That included a young Colombian woman in a powder blue button-up and dark slacks, who took the stand at around 9:30 a.m.

The Department of Homeland Security attorney looked up from her computer to Judge Joseph Park’s screen — the judge joined the meeting virtually, and spoke to asylum-seekers through a

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