Re: ICE agents spotted in Concord, San Francisco immigration court buildings

On 5/23/2025 9:10 PM, Deport Pelosi wrote:
> Throw them out.
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
> conducted operations this week inside federal immigration courts in
> Concord and San Francisco, according to attorneys with California
> Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
> 
> ICE officers questioned several people and arrested one man on May 21 at
> Concord Immigration Court, according to witness Cynthia Ashley.
> 
> Ashley, who volunteers with Concord Court Accompaniment Program, said,
> "The incident shook me to the core. The ICE agents' display of force and
> power, and their disdain for the right this man had been given to plead
> his case, are beyond comprehension."
> 
> Ashley said she was escorted out of the building by security after she
> and other volunteers reminded immigrants of their right to remain
> silent.
> 
> "This is the first time I've seen something like this happen in court,"
> said Sergio Jaime Lopez with Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance.
> "It's deeply concerning to witness the government use scare tactics in a
> space where people are supposed to seek protection. At the end of the
> day, one person didn't make it back home to his family. This country was
> built on the foundation of rights and due process. On days like this, it
> feels like those rights don't exist for everyone."

Deport the activists too.

> Homeland Security officials are ramping up enforcement actions in what
> appears to be a coordinated dragnet testing out new legal levers
> deployed by President Donald Trump's administration to carry out mass
> arrests. Trump campaigned on a pledge of mass removals of what he calls
> "illegals."
> 
> A senior spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told KRON4
> on Friday, "Secretary (Kristi) Noem is reversing Biden's catch and
> release policy that allowed millions of unvetted illegal aliens to be
> let loose on American streets. This Administration is once again
> implementing the rule of law. Most aliens who illegally entered the
> United States within the past two years are subject to expedited
> removals. Biden ignored this legal fact and chose to release millions of
> illegal aliens, including violent criminals, into the country with a
> notice to appear before an immigration judge."
> 
> In response to KRON4's questions about ICE operations in the Bay Area
> this week, the DHS spokesperson said, "ICE is now following the law and
> placing these illegal aliens in expedited removal, as they always should
> have been. If they have a valid credible fear claim, they will continue
> in immigration proceedings, but if no valid claim is found, aliens will
> be subject to a swift deportation."
> 
> Immigration courts are run by the U.S. Justice Department. During this
> week's operations in San Francisco and Concord, ICE officers asked
> people for their names and identification, advocates said.
> 
> Immigration court hearings usually last less than five minutes and end
> with a judge ordering those who appeared to return in two years to plead
> their case against deportation. Rather than set a future court date,
> government attorneys can ask judges to drop the case. If an immigration
> judge dismisses a migrant's case, that can expose them to an ICE arrest
> just moments later as they step out of the courtroom, attorneys
> explained.

Good.  Send them back where they belong.

> Milli Atkinson, director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program of the
> Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco, said
> immigrants have a right to due process.
> 
> Atkinson said, "In just a few days, we have seen a chilling effect in
> court, where those who are complying with very complicated legal
> requirements could be denied their opportunity to present their case and
> are being threatened with prolonged detention."

Illegal is illegal.  Illegal aliens don't have a case.

> Bay Area immigration rights groups are encouraging "power, not panic."
> Organizations recommend that migrants seek legal advice prior to
> attending their court hearings, and they should be aware that missing a
> court hearing could result in a deportation order.
> 
> https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area-ice-raids/ice-agents-spotted-in-conco
> rd-san-francisco-immigration-court-buildings/
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