Coblentz Joins Civil Rights Groups to File Class Action Lawsuit Against ICE Challenging Courthouse Arrests and Detention Conditions in San Francisco

In the wake of the current administration’s policy of courthouse arrests in Northern California and the prolonged detention of immigrants in unsafe and unlawful conditions at U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) San Francisco Field Office, Coblentz has joined a coalition of civil rights groups to file a federal class action lawsuit against ICE.

Our firm has long forged a path of fairness and justice. As pro bono counsel for this class action, we are providing support to our community members most in need of legal representation.

“By subjecting immigrants to the inhumane conditions at 630 Sansome, the administration has violated the Fifth Amendment’s core protection against punitive detention without due process. We will call on the court to end these unconstitutional practices,” said Mark Hejinian, litigation partner and co-chair of Coblentz’s Pro Bono Committee.

To view the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights’ press release, please click here.