Around 1,000 nurses marched through downtown San Francisco to protest Palantir and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sept. 30, 2026. 

Any commuters ditching work early Wednesday to get home before rush hour picked the wrong day. For a few hours, downtown San Francisco’s streets belonged to California nurses. 

Approximately 1,000 nurses marched down Market Street and gathered in front of the United States Appraisers Building at 630 Sansome St., which is also home to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s San Francisco field office. The protest, organized by the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United, targeted ICE’s use of Palantir technology to detain and deport immigrants. 

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Around 1,000 nurses marched through downtown San Francisco to protest Palantir and........

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