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San Francisco leaders call for more immigration legal aid funding after apparent ICE detention

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 4:12 AM · 1 min read
San Francisco leaders call for more immigration legal aid funding after apparent ICE detention — CBS Bay Area (KPIX), Mountain View Schools news
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Surveillance video shows a man being detained by masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood on Monday.The video has prompted renewed calls from city leaders and immigration legal defense advocates for additional funding."Stop touching me! Stop touching me! You are violating my rights as a U.S. citizen!" the man can be heard shouting in the footage.The encounter was cited by a coalition of San Francisco supervisors and immigration legal defense groups as they called for emergency funding to expand legal services and support the city's Rapid-Response Network, a coalition that responds to immigration enforcement activity in the city and confirmed the detention involved ICE officers. Speaking on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, Supervisor Jackie Fielder said the city must continue to oppose federal immigration enforcement efforts."We are here to say once more, ICE, you are not welcome here to terrorize the citizens of Sa

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