THE ALAMEDA COUNTY Public Defender’s Office is urging local law enforcement agencies to help protect courthouses from immigration sweeps after one of its clients was picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week.

Public Defender Brendon Woods said Monday that the man was taken by ICE after a criminal court hearing in Oakland on Sept. 15 — the first such arrest by ICE inside an Alameda County courthouse.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.