It was not clear where the four men were ultimately headed. In addition to attending immigration court, migrants often go to 630 Sansome St. for routine check-ins with ICE. In recent months, ICE has arrested people at these check-ins, too.

A federal judge last week ordered the release of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee who was arrested coming out of an immigration hearing in.

Videos captured by protesters and journalists showed violent clashes between federal officers and demonstrators outside the downtown San Francisco immigration court.

Immigration agents clashed with protesters, who were trying to stop an arrest, in San Francisco’s most violent ICE encounter of 2025.

Federal immigration authorities say they've arrested about 200 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally during raids on two California farm sites

At least six people have been arrested and detained at immigration courts in San Francisco since June, prompting protests by activists that shut down the building for a day.