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Jafet Santiago Diaz, the 25-year-old gay Colombian detained at an S.F. courthouse by ICE last week, was proceeding legally with his asylum case. But the government is using a new rule to imprison affirmative asylum seekers without bond until their cases are decided. Frankie Solinsky Duryea talks with Diaz’ friends and lawyers.

Who’s in charge of deploying the National Guard in California? Well, it’s in limbo: An appeals court paused a federal judge’s order returning control of the Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The next hearing will be Tuesday. And it will be a busy weekend: Stay tuned for news from protests.

So why isn’t Mayor Daniel Lurie speaking out more loudly about Trump? Joe Eskenazi explains Lurie’s attempt to walk a tightrope between protecting the city and showing resistance.

Some good news: The San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective built and installed eight free “guerrilla benches” at bus stops in the Mission. Read why the collective doesn’t wait for permits to put them up.

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Mayor Lurie canโ€™t help S.F. with Trump talk–yet.

“Everybody likes to see a fight…But what’s the impact going to be? You can’t just mouth off.”

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โ€˜He didnโ€™t break the lawโ€™

“Do I want to be in jail for months, potentially years, while I wait for my case to be resolved? Or do I want to give up?”

A protester holding a "Policy over Party" sign faces armed officers outside a graffiti-covered federal building in Los Angeles.

Trumpโ€™s LA troop deployment in limbo after court rulings

“The matter has an urgency about it.”

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Guerilla benches installed at 8 Mission bus stops

“I rely on public transportation. Iโ€™m here every day.โ€ย 

16th St. Plaza Crackdown

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Day 95: Police cars, police cars, police cars

Within six minutes of the first carโ€™s arrival, several people returned to Wiese Street and lit pipes.

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ICE can end

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