At least 15 people, including children as young as 3 years old, were detained Wednesday during their scheduled check-ins at the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco, according to immigration-rights advocates.
Some of the families and children were apparently held overnight at the ICE field office, at 630 Sansome St., and told they will be deported, according to Priya Patel, supervising attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. The detainees are residents of San Francisco and Contra Costa and San Mateo counties, advocates said.
People with pending immigration cases typically have to check in with ICE officials at least once a year as they make their way through a backlogged court system. There have been reports of arrests at routine check-ins throughout the country…