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ICE arrested seven individuals at San Francisco’s immigration court on Thursday at 630 Sansome St. At least two arrestees — a Colombian man and Mexican woman — were not able to meet with an attorney in the courtroom before they were detained.

Although this man and woman did not know each other, Judge Patrick O’Brien called them to the stand together. Before their hearings began, O’Brien asked the Department of Homeland Security attorney, “Are there going to be motions?”

The attorney replied, “Uhhh, both,” referring to the only two asylum-seekers in the courtro

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