A San Francisco police chief said this week that the police department may need to help keep the peace between ICE agents and protesters.

A federal judge last week ordered the release of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee who was arrested coming out of an immigration hearing in.

A confrontation broke out outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Tuesday as federal immigration agents attempted to detain a man, an incident that led to a clash with protesters who surrounded and clung to the van carrying the individual away.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has responded to video that captured a chaotic scene in San Francisco Tuesday, claiming agents were

Video from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows masked mob clashing with ICE agents outside a San Francisco immigration court amid tensions over a migrant’s detainment. (ICE via X)

Videos captured a scuffle between protesters and immigration agents outside a courthouse. No injuries were immediately reported, the police said.

Shocking video footage captured the moment protests against federal immigration enforcement erupted into chaos when a group of people attempting to stop deportations flung themselves onto the hood of an ICE van.

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