San Francisco Immigration Court to Permanently Close This Year

The Concord Immigration Court, which will take over most of the closing court’s cases, already has a backlog and a shortage of judges.

The entrance to the former San Francisco Immigration Court location at 100 Montgomery St. in San Francisco on May 9, 2026. Lear Zhou/The Epoch Times

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Immigration Court is set to permanently close, according to a May 1 memo issued by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), an agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ) that oversees immigration courts.

“It would be more cost effective to relocate its court operations at 100 Montgomery Street to the nearby Concord Immigration Court,” the memo states.