Politics & Government

Peruvian Woman Detained By ICE In San Francisco Freed After Judge's Ruling

According to the ruling, ICE agents had no warrant and communicated no reason for her arrest. It's not an unusual occurrence.

July 9, 2025

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee who was arrested coming out of an immigration court hearing in San Francisco last week was released following a federal judge's ruling.

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The case involves a Peruvian woman, Frescia Antonella Garro Pinchi, who was arrested on July 3 just as she left the immigration court on Montgomery Street in the city's Financial District. On July 4, Judge Rita Lin ruled that the arrest should never have happened, and she ordered that Pinchi be released.

That day, while President Trump was celebrating the passage of his budget bill, which includes a staggering $100 billion for ICE over the next four years, another celebration was going on in the Oakland offices of Centro Legal de la Raza.

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