Overview
- ICE officers, seen in viral videos, detained Angelina Lopez-Jimenez at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday, and DHS said she resisted while being escorted with Wendy Godinez-Lopez.
- TSA identified the pair from a passenger list and shared their names and birth dates with ICE, according to federal documents reported by the New York Times and cited by other outlets.
- DHS named both detainees, said an immigration judge issued final removal orders in 2019, and stated deportation to Guatemala is being pursued and was not part of the new airport deployment plan.
- SFPD said its officers only stayed on scene to keep people safe, while critics point to video of a police line near ICE agents and argue that may have violated sanctuary rules, prompting planned records requests and a rally.
- Federal records described by the Times say the two were moved to Texas on Monday and placed on a flight to Guatemala early Tuesday, drawing criticism from California Democrats and renewed pledges to uphold San Francisco’s sanctuary policies.