Agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, reportedly detained more than a dozen people who showed up yesterday to a San Francisco immigration court.
The immigrant advocacy group, San Francisco Rapid Response Network, said a three-year-old and other children were among those arrested. They were taken into custody during an annual scheduled check-in and are marked for immediate deportation.
San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder said ICE arrests and detentions have sown panic and fear among local immigrant communities.
She called for more city funding to support the legal cases of immigrants. ICE defended the arrests, saying in a statement that they were carrying out orders for removal signed by an immigration judge.
So far this year, ICE has made more than 7,600 arrests in the San Francisco Bay Area. That’s more than double the more 3,600 arrests ICE made the previous year.
