"On March 22, 2026, ICE officers arrested Angelina Lopez-Jimenez and Wendy Godinez-Jimenez at the San Francisco International Airport. "While being escorted to the international terminal for processing, Lopez-Jimenez attempted to flee and resisted law enforcement officers. "We have no reason to believe there is broader federal immigration enforcement at SFO," the mayor said in a statement, adding: "Under our city's longstanding policies, local law enforcement does not participate in federal civil immigration enforcement." SFO is not one of the airports where the Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to assist TSA amid the partial government shutdown. It's one of a handful of airports that utilize private contractors instead of TSA employees to man security checkpoints.

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2026 14:30 UTC