"This morning, an attorney representing the Department of Homeland Security moved to dismiss the cases of all five asylum-seekers, at the court at 630 Sansome St. Mission Local has heard DHS lawyers in the courtroom on multiple occasions say that they move to dismiss asylum cases with the express goal of putting immigrants into expedited removal. Judge Patrick O'Brien did not immediately grant the government's motion."
"As they have often done in recent months, ICE officers stood there, ready to make arrests. One of the asylum-seekers tried to back up toward the courtroom door, saying in Spanish he wanted to return and ask the judge a question. The ICE officers did not let him. Instead, two officers blocked him and took him down a hallway and through an unmarked door."
ICE arrested five people inside San Francisco immigration court during morning proceedings. A federal judge on Aug. 29 disallowed expedited removal, which fast-tracks would-be immigrants out of the country without an immigration judge hearing. A DHS attorney moved to dismiss all five asylum cases, a tactic used to trigger expedited removal. Judge Patrick O'Brien gave the asylum-seekers four weeks to respond in writing and cautioned that outcomes have varied and detention was possible. ICE officers waited at the courtroom exit, blocked a man who tried to return to ask a question, and escorted detainees through an unmarked door.
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