"When federal agents arrested Jorge Willy Valera Chuquillanqui as he left his immigration court hearing in San Francisco this summer, they moved him to a 200-square-foot cell that held seven other detainees. For three days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement kept Valera in the metal-clad room on the sixth floor above the courtroom, according to a declaration he submitted to a judge. There were no beds, and the lights remained on at all hours. Detainees were forced to share a single toilet against the wall."
"On Christmas Eve, five months after Velera's arrest, a federal judge in San Jose temporarily barred ICE from arresting migrants at immigration courts across Northern California. Bay Area immigration advocates sued to halt the arrests, which they argue force those seeking refuge in the United States to choose between skipping their court dates, thereby increasing their chances of deportation, or attending the proceedings and risking detention."
Jorge Willy Valera Chuquillanqui was arrested as he left an immigration court in San Francisco and placed in a 200-square-foot cell holding eight detainees with no beds and constant lights. He and others reported sharing a single toilet and alleged mistreatment. A federal judge in San Jose temporarily barred ICE from arresting migrants at immigration courts across Northern and Central California and Hawaii, finding credible claims that such arrests chill court attendance and undermine the immigration court system. Advocates documented dozens of court arrests this year. The injunction remains until a final judgment; timing is unclear.
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