Supervisor Matt Dorsey rolled up to San Francisco immigration court on an e-bike Friday morning, and became the second city supervisor so far this year to attend asylum hearings and visit detention facilities here after Jackie Fielder toured the building in late September.

In his two-hour tour of 630 Sansome St. downtown, Dorsey pledged to help find funds for the pro-bono legal aid being provided to asylum-seekers at the court.

His biggest “takeaway,” he said, was that “the services provided by the non-profits doing immigration work are incredibly worthwhile.” He emphasized the “attorney of the day” program — an offering from the Bar Association of San Francisco that puts pro-bono lawyers in courtrooms — and said there is “political consensus to fund these services” despite the city’s

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