More than 800 people received deportation orders in a single week at the San Francisco immigration court after failing to appear for hearings, according to the director of the immigrant legal defense program at the San Francisco Bar Association. The mass deportations occurred when judges from Concord were reassigned to San Francisco and hearings were scheduled back-to-back with 20-30 people called simultaneously, in some cases with only 3 of 77 appearing. Many people did not receive adequate notice due to rescheduled dates, outdated mailing addresses, and misspelled names on notices, while others avoided hearings due to ongoing fears of ICE arrests near courthouse buildings.