ICE slams man against wall in mistaken arrest at S.F. immigration court [View all]

Three more asylum-seekers arrested

A woman with wavy brown hair, wearing a sleeveless white top, gold hoop earrings, and a necklace, smiles at the camera indoors.

by Sage Ríos Mace
September 26, 2025, 8:09 pm

Just steps outside the courtroom where Judge Joseph Y. Park was presiding over asylum cases on Friday morning, a federal immigration officer grabbed a Colombian man and slammed him against the wall, an eyewitness and multiple sources confirmed to Mission Local.

Other Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents moved in to handcuff the man, who had just finished his asylum hearing, when suddenly the arrest was called off — ICE had the wrong person.

After the incident, the man walked free to his waiting family and the ICE agents stayed outside the immigration courtroom at 630 Sansome St., where they apprehended a different Colombian asylum-seeker — one they had intended to arrest. Around half a dozen agents stood, some in ski masks covering their faces, one wearing a black surgical mask and the rest wearing no masks at all.

The arrest are a near-daily occurrence in the courtroom: ICE agents wait outside the hallways and take asylum-seekers after their hearings are finished. Only an hour before, the Colombian asylum-seekers had been two of around 20 immigrants who went before Judge Park for his 8:30 a.m. hearings.

More:
https://missionlocal.org/2025/09/ice-mistakenly-arrests-man-at-s-f-immigration-court/