Three individuals were arrested following their immigration court hearings on Friday morning in downtown San Francisco.
Two young men from, respectively, Colombia and Peru were arrested following a motion to dismiss their cases, a tactic used by Department of Homeland Security attorneys to fast-track deportations, even if a judge rejects the motion. The third, a Colombian man, asked Judge Joseph Park to let him self-deport. He was granted a “voluntary departure” order, but ICE arrested him anyway.
The first man who was detained, a 26-year-old from Colombia, had driven from Illinois to California two days before his hearing. He has been in the U.S. for a year and a half, originally residing in San Jose before moving to Illinois, where he worked as a graphic designer. He had filed an application for asylum in December 2024…