T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Angelina Lopez-Jimenez, a 41-year-old Guatemalan woman, was detained by immigration agents at San Francisco International Airport while traveling with her 9-year-old daughter.
- TSA officials flagged Lopez-Jimenez based on a passenger list and shared her information with ICE, facilitating her arrest despite her lack of criminal history.
- The incident highlights a practice where the TSA shares names and birth dates of travelers ordered deported with ICE, enabling increased detentions at airports under the Trump administration.
- Lopez-Jimenez and her daughter lived in Contra Costa County, California, and were en route to Miami to visit a relative when the arrest occurred.
- The viral video of the arrest has drawn attention to the collaboration between TSA and ICE and its impact on undocumented immigrants traveling domestically.
