ICE agents arrested a person inside the Alameda County courthouse last week for the first time since a federal enforcement surge started earlier this year, according to the Alameda County Public Defender.
Public Defender Brendon Woods said in a statement that he condemns the arrest and called for greater protections for clients attending court.
Woods said that on Sept. 15, a client of the public defenders’ office appeared with his lawyer for a routine pretrial hearing at the Wiley Manuel courthouse in Oakland…