Help Mission Local cover ICE

We’ve been covering immigration enforcement intensely under Trump. Now, we’re seeking $300,000 — $100,000 a year for the rest of Trump’s term — to hire a full-time immigration reporter . Donate

Three individuals were arrested following their immigration court hearings on Friday morning in downtown San Francisco.

Two young men from, respectively, Colombia and Peru were arrested following a motion to dismiss their cases, a tactic used by Department of Homeland Security attorneys to fast-track deportations, even if a judge rejects the motion. The third, a Colombian man, asked Judge Joseph Park to let him self-deport. He was granted a “voluntary departure” order, but ICE arrested him anyway.

The first man who was detained, a 26-year-old from Colombia,

See Full Page