Protesters chained themselves together in front of a federal immigration services building in San Francisco on Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to shut down the building for the day.
Dozens of religious leaders were taken away in handcuffs after blocking the front doors of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices on Washington Street near the city’s Financial District. Protestors blocked the entrance for about five hours, beginning at about 6 a.m. until federal police arrived.
About 150 to 200 protesters massed outside the U.S. Appraisers Building on Washington and Sansome streets, a frequent target for protesters where the ICE offices are housed along with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices. Not everyone at the protest was detained, only those who were blocking the doors with bolt-locked chains, said CBS News Bay Area reporter Kevin Ko, who was at the scene…