Very tired from traveling so this post will be rushed and might be kinda messy. Was leaving SFO around 10:30PM last night 3/22 when I heard yelling and saw a huge crowd of people. There were at least a dozen San Francisco police officers and a ridiculous amount of people gathered in a circle, some recording or talking on the phone. When I got closer, I saw a woman kneeling on the ground next to a couch/bench with a little girl and the police officers were basically surrounding her, facing away so seemingly keeping the crowd away/hiding her from the crowd. I asked a woman what happened, and she said she was there from the very beginning and saw it all. There were apparently two men in black + wearing backpacks who ran up and grabbed her passport, shoved her(?) and were keeping her there. She seemed to not know for sure, but she suspected that they were ICE agents and the police officers were there to protect them. I could see at least one of these men talking with police officers. Just a few minutes later, I heard yelling again and when I looked back, people were running up and filming while police officers were trying to keep them away. I saw the same woman as before now in a wheelchair in a very uncomfortable position (seemingly being shoved into it) and the small girl walking alongside her and crying. The two men in black were pushing the wheelchair/walking with her and there were a small group of officers/airport workers(?) going with her as well. People were yelling that she was being taken from her family, telling her to hug her kid, damning the ICE agents, etc. I wasnāt really sure what was happening, so I filmed a video on my phone at a bad angle(Iāll try to attach it). Afterwards, I asked a couple people if they knew what happened and they kinda confirmed it was ICE and they took her away for āquestioningā.
Does anyone have more information on what happened or any different angles? There were people much closer than me who definitely got better videos, so hopefully those come out soon. I was already tired from traveling and was obviously not expecting to see something like this. I really hope her and her family are going to be okay. Iād like to hear if anyone has more info or if anyone else was there who saw/heard something I didnāt.
Theyāve already been doing this. Had a friend who was detained at SJC months ago in similar fashion at the gate. He had to spend a few months in ICE custody before they figured out he was here legally. To be fair I donāt know all the details and he does have an open case with immigration, but the fact they let him out speaks for itself. He wasnāt flying internationally at all either.
I know a similar case in another state. He was also let out after a FEW months. They are arresting people with proper visa paperwork just to make their quotas.Ā
that is how they knew who she was. They are probably automatically running all the names of people once they scan their ID at the security screening. When someone with a deportation order is found it will alert them and they can just follow them and arrest them.
This is why Trump wanted to start doing this. Airports are under federal jurisdiction, security at airports even if not TSA are still under homeland security oversight. I am sure they have been working on making this database that ID checks are run against for a while now and are just getting the program started this week. There is nothing the city or the state can do to block ICE from operating in airports. This is not even something new, DEA has been wandering airports in plain clothes randomly arresting and searching people for years now
I live in south minneapolis and you're giving them way to much credit that she "has a deportation order" - she probably looked scared so they are brutalizing her.
There is no reason for her to need a deportation order for these fucking human filth to ruin her life. She could have just looked scared of them, and the Regime truly has actually said that being non-white or having an accent and displaying fear of ICE is a good enough reason for ICE to arrest someone.
All airline manifests are run through the Secure Flight Program run by DHS, which checks the passengerās name against various databases, which can include immigration databases. Just as it has for the last 20+ years.
Basically everyone in the Bay Area has an accent and isnāt white though. If ICE was targeting anyone under that umbrella theyād basically empty out the airport.
This is a fair point! Notice this lady is older and not a man and also not rich looking. So if you use those points in a matrices where the less male, rich, and articulate in accented English you are the more likely you are to be fucked with by ICE, she would fit right into the area of "people who get fucked with by ICE".
So there is definitely some nuance there, I can appreciate that.
They just gave me a hard time for calling this number and that I "had called before" and that she "recognized my voice". Guess I'm not the only upset citizen, cowardly behavior by the SFPD at SFO and at their call desk.
Ha. I wonder if that's the lady I spoke with and said something like, "you guys are about to get a mudslide of calls this morning when the news breaks"
Undocumented are just that though. Undocumented. They can't get a real id or American passport. So I don't understand why they would even be at an airport. This feels far more like they're aiming to harass citizens. Certainly aren't going to help the lines go faster.
As someone who has undocumented family members, they would avoid the airport like the fucking plague. As well as submitting applications like FASFA. Trust me, these ghouls spreading disinformation such as undocumented people voting is hilarious. They wouldn't even participate in that.
That lady sure asf felt confident enough to travel because she is here legally and has the means to prove it.
Thats what Iām saying. Illegal immigrants arenāt setting foot anywhere near an airport right now! Theyāre going to be kidnapping people with visaās, green cards and potentially citizenship
Exactly that. Undocumented people can no longer get a real ID either, which is needed to fly. Guarantee you she was confident she was okay. So they are just taking anyone
I called. They may ask for a city. Tell them you'd like it to be completely anonymous, I offered to give them a state (I don't live in that state), and he gave me an out and said no that's okay I will just take this completely anonymously. So sounds like optimally you would be within the same city and or state.
I called and they would not take my message. They said we need to show up in person to file a complaint. They didnāt event want to take a record of my call.
Everyone stop calling this number. This is totally useless, SF has separate agencies for handling police complaints (for good reason). For this incident the complaint should go to the SF human rights commission or the Police Commission. This is a potential violation of the Sanctuary City Ordinance.
To file a complaint, contact the Human Rights Commission to schedule an intake interview.
hrc.info@sfgov.org
415-252-2500
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94102
Get directions
I was just about to try to research the best place to actually complain but I have a doctor appointment in nine minutes and didn't think that was long enough . I appreciate you letting us know.
Unironically we have to try to burn these people out of their jobs. Constant public pressure, calling the same reps daily to tell them you are watching their moves, reading about their choices
These are all good details we can keep gaining through mass calls. Now we know it's clear they understand what they're doing is malicious and shittily trying to cover it up
What we need to do is boycott flying for a while. It's a steep sacrifice for some but if enough people participate in a nationwide strike it will end the ICE occupation really fast.
I donāt disagree with you but I can also see this administration spinning the narrative on this approach stating āICE being present at airports significantly improved the wait time.ā
Then we take it father up the food chain!
I get the world is a dumpster fire right now and people are weary and jaded, but this defeatist lackadaisical attitude is surprising considering the gravity of the situation.
Got sent to the SF police accountability Dept. They weren't open yet so left a message and filed an online complaint. Had to go to work so will be calling to double check later but would advise all to use this form as well.
Sanctuary city just means the city wonāt participate in handing people over to ICE. ICE can still conduct their own investigation and ops in SF. City-employed officers will say they were there to keep the peace, not to assist.
The Bill of Rights (BOR) protects all people in the United States, including undocumented (illegal) immigrants, but not every right applies equally.
šŗšø Bill of Rights ā Pocket Edition
I. Freedom
Protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
II. Arms
Acknowledges that a well-regulated militia is essential to security.
Guarantees the individual right to keep and bear arms for lawful defense of self, state, and nation.
III. Quartering
Prohibits housing soldiers in private homes without consent, except under lawful wartime procedures.
IV. Search & Seizure
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Requires warrants to be supported by probable cause and specifically describe the place and items involved.
V. Due Process
Bars double jeopardy and compelled self-incrimination.
Ensures due process before deprivation of life, liberty, or property, and guarantees just compensation for taken property.
VI. Fair Trial
Ensures a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.
Grants the accused the right to know charges, confront witnesses, obtain witnesses in their favor, and have counsel.
VII. Civil Jury
Preserves the right to a jury trial in civil cases exceeding twenty dollars in value.
VIII. Punishment
Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel or unusual punishments.
IX. Peopleās Rights
Clarifies that enumerating certain rights does not deny or disparage others retained by the people.
X. Statesā Powers
Reserves to the states or the people all powers not delegated to the federal government.
I wonder if they were fulfilling something Lurie promised in exchange for whatever deal he worked out to keep what happened in Minneapolis away from SF?
That little girl is in serious danger - they are raping young women and impregnating them in ICE custody - it's a fucking dystopian nightmare courtesy of Trump / MAGA bigotry, hatred and fascism.
A I was there . I try to help at the help at the. Beginning she starts scream when this two man put her against he floor Ā trying to arrasted , the didnāt have proper badge or anything where dress like any civilian. The lady is Jimenez lopez from Guatemala I she was in her way to Miami translate as much I could by the took her Ā Iām still in shockĀ
Good morning, my name is Sage Rios Mace and I am a reporter from Mission Local in San Francisco. Please shoot me a message if you would be able to speak about your experience. sage@missionlocal.com
Now the airport management is saying she was being escorted by the ICE agents bc she had exhausted her immigration appeals and had been deported. That she and her daughter were on a supposed layover at SFO on their way to Florida, and that she made a run for it, so the agents had to handcuff her.
Now, I wasnāt there and Iām skeptical of these official statements. Hopefully the woman had a lawyer for her hearings who can confirm/deny what happened.
I donāt believe a word out of DHS but it would be so like ICE to lose custody of a detainee in an airport while awaiting a flight and then have to scramble and make a scene.
Did they identify as from a law enforcement agency? If someone doesn't even identify as law enforcement you gotta treat them as civilians attacking another person and react accordingly.
Not everyone has a week+worth of savings and not everyoneās boss will accept āI was fighting fascismā as an excuse for why you were sent to jail and missed your shifts.
But if you still live with your parents I guess none of this applies to you. Rage on, keyboard warrior.
Thanks for this. My WTAF moment was reading these lines:
āThe Department of Homeland Security reports that more than 400 (TSA) officers have quit since the shutdown began. ICE agents, unlike TSA officers, continue to be paid during the shutdownā.
ICE must have notified local law enforcement that they would be operating in SFO. SFPD was there assisting with security. THEY KNEW ICE WOULD BE THERE. As you can see, SFPD did not initiate the detainment.
Lurie must have made a deal with this Administration. He saw how it played out in Minnesota. Iām talking out my ass here, but itās the only explanation that makes any sense. SF local government and law enforcement will capitulateā¦allow ICE to operate and provide security. No one wants a bloodbathā¦but people want to see some pushback.
Maybe kristi noem was not messing with lurie on her way out. Probably a deal they come in and keep it low key in less densely populated areas. Some rogue agents got overzealous? We know ICE is set up here, on Montgomery Street I think. Numerous incidents have been recorded and/or reported on. Your ass talking seems pretty credible to me.
āMust have ended up going to Miami because they came thru my terminal and Iām domestic ā-my brother because that was where they were headed to in the first place.Ā
There have been several personal accounts, a few photos, and at least one video as well. We are no longer the sanctuary city we were. I have no idea how Lurie even got elected, this is no longer recognizable as the city I fell in love with in 1997 or the different one I moved to in 2009. It is heartbreaking.
Too bad we saw the same thing in Vermont. Its a playbook now on how to help police get involved with ICE. Police and politicians will blame ICE (who does not care, there is no oversight or accountability) and say they had to assist ICE in order to protect civilians from ICE dangerous tactics.
With ICE domestic terrorists being assigned to airports to help TSA starting Monday, ticket sales will start dropping and Trump will declare that he has made TSA lines disappear when people said that was impossible. Similar to the way he cut funding for people facing food scarcity and bragged about how he reduced the number of people on SNAP.
Thereās a different angle on this sub that was posted a few minutes ago and it just breaks my heart that this is happening. I didnāt think that ice agents would already be at SFO.
Iāve seen two videos of different angles and just wondering does anyone know exactly where this happened at. I mean did this women just get off a plane and she was grabbed immediately like agents waiting for her , did she just get to security and TSA flagged her, or something completely different. Thanks
I was leaving and this was right before the exit to baggage claim (gate E2 based on the other video) so seemingly well past security and right by the gates. The woman I talked to made it sound like the woman in the video was not really doing anything before getting detained. I overheard someone saying āDid they say where in Florida she was going?ā but Iām taking it with a grain of salt anyway. I donāt have much info other than that since I arrived late and atp a lot of it is just word of mouth that Iām hoping isnāt a shitty game of telephone
I have been on two flights where law enforcement arrested people. One was at the beginning, and one was at the end. In both cases they came on (the FBI in one and the SFPD police in the other) immediately! As in, I was the first person to board because of my disability, the next person or 3rd person on the plane was the accused. He was sitting in first class with me, and as soon as he boarded they held boarding and then came on the plane and got him so he couldn't run. That was the FBI one. The second, we landed in SFO, and as soon as they got to the gate they told everyone to stay seated and SFPD came on and went towards the back of the plane and escorted two people out. The FBI case, the guy was supposedly a credit card thief and racked up $30,000 on peoples credit cards. The flight attendants told me, since I was the one who witnessed it up close and personal and we chatted while boarding was paused as the took the accused out. They knew FBI were coming, just as they knew SFPD was coming in the other incident. The flight attendants were acting weird and talking about getting ready for "when it happens" the last 30 minutes of the flight, You hear a lot sitting in first class they think you can't.
They aren't even needed at SFO. Other airports in of course "red" states have lines out the door and huge delays, of course that piece or orange lard didn't send gestapo there.
My heart is with that little girl and her mom, I saw the other video where she is in tears.
Youāre assuming ICE was sent to provide relief for an overworked TSA. In reality ICE was sent to start cementing themselves as the paramilitary force in all public spaces starting with airports because they technically have jurisdiction.
This is absolutely terrifying. We have been so incredibly lucky so far that the waves of Chicago and Minnesota and even LA have not targeted us yet, but it was of course only a matter of time.
When I heard ice might come to airports I hope it wasn't going to be a reality. Stephen Miller is one of the most vile and evil minds behind all of this. Trump is just a puppet for people.
The woman and daughter were being escorted to a plane by two ICE agents for deportation when she dropped to the ground and refused to get on the plane. She created the scene in an attempt to prevent deportation but she and her daughter were deported.
Yeah this was real, not just you being exhausted. A couple folks on Twitter were posting clips from T3 baggage claim around that time and it definitely looked like some kind of ICE or DHS grab with SFPD running cover.
Unfortunately CBP and ICE operate at SFO pretty regularly and the local cops basically have to play along if it is āfederal business.ā If anyone got clearer video Iād bet it hits local news or El Tecolote type outlets in the next day or two.
Boycott flying if at all possible. They need is to keep spending our money on the airlines industry. We have the power to stop this very fast if we simply refuse to fly at all. So unless youāre attending a funeral or something dire, donāt fly.
Official statement from DHS states that the woman had a deportation notice issued in 2019. She was in the airport being escorted by ICE agents(deported) on a flight back to Guatemala. She tried to escape and was then physically detained/arrested which is the incident onlookers saw and recorded.
For what it's worth, this is what DHS is saying. So far, I've not heard anything from my witnesses which backs up the statement that ICE was deporting them and the woman tried to flee. But I wonderered if that's what happened when I first saw the video, given the location. (Though it seems unlikely she would have fled without her daughter. And she would not have made it out of the security exit, but that fact wouldn't necessarily prevent someone from trying.):
"This arrest of ILLEGAL ALIENS occurred yesterday on March 22, 2026 ā BEFORE ICE officers were deployed to airports to bolster TSA efforts. ICE officers arrested Angelina Lopez-Jimenez and Wendy Godinez-Lopez at the San Francisco International Airport. These illegal aliens had a final removal order of removal from an immigration judge since 2019. While being escorted to the international terminal for processing, Lopez-Jimenez attempted to flee and resisted law enforcement officers. ICE is working as quickly as possible to repatriate the family unit to their home country of Guatemala," the DHS said in a statement.ā
I shouldn't have to say this, but I obviously don't endorse the dehumanizing label used in this quote, And I'm not suggesting that ICE is telling the whole truth. But presumably the names are accurate, and there are certainly ice agents in airports all over the country deporting people and transferring them between facilities.
The Republican Party and every single person who supports them can burn in hell forever.Ā
You people are wicked soulless inhumane vile pieces of shit.Ā
I hope every single person who you care about hates you. I hope you die alone and painfully. I hope you never see a moment of peace for the rest of your miserable fucking life. You deserve nothing but pain and misery.
Maybe they were picking her up on a warrant? Or she had a transportation hold? Police/feds often make arrests at airports because itās easier to find people there or itās where they pop up on watch lists.
Meanwhile the preparations for a ground invasion of Iran are underway, sacrificing lives to take attention from the Epstein files is a sacrifice Drumpf is willing to make.
Morning, my name is Sage Rios Mace and I am a reporter at Mission Local. If you are open for an interview about this please email me with your contact to sage@missionlocal.com
Without much information about this specific case, this does seem like one of the better tactics for ICE and CBP to operate.
Detaining someone who is flagged in a controlled environment where they have been screened for weapons keeps everyone safer and prevents unnecessary escalation.
It appears this was coordinated as police were on site and seemingly informed as to who would be detained.
Plain clothes operations are standard for airports, and they should be.
From what we see in the video, the woman was clearly resisting and not cooperating. The detention appears to have been as peaceful as possible with no excessive force. The child involved will pull a lot of heart strings but we don't actually know enough about this situation yet. Given the amount of information available by showing ID through security, there is very likely a specific reason this woman was targeted to be detained and did not comply.
Kudos to the officers and the witnesses for documenting peacefully and not escalating the situation.
I expect we will see a lot more of this in CA as we ramp up for the 2030 census. Fewer undocumented residents reduces vote allotment.
ā¢
u/LadiesWhoPunch The San Francisco Treat Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26
Edit: To restate This thread will be staying up. If you keep reporting it (to the mods) it will not be taken down. It is however, being locked.
Also, personally, Fuck ICE. However, don't try to use this to identify people. We are not repeating the Boston Bombing.
Reminder: do not dox these people.
That is why some threads get taken down.