Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a woman believed to be a mother from Sacramento on Sunday night. Angelina Lopez-Jimenez was at San Francisco International Airport when she was arrested in front on her daughter. The incident is unrelated to the Trump administration’s deployment of ICE agents to assist the Transportation Security Administration.The Department of Homeland Security stated that Lopez-Jimenez, originally from Guatemala, was issued a removal order in 2019 and resisted officers as they took her to the international terminal for processing. NorCal Resist, an advocacy group, was alerted by sources in the Bay Area about Lopez-Jimenez’s arrest and is working to connect her family with support and resources.The group said the family is traumatized and has not been open to sharing more details. “I think just by the fact that they were not prepared to have a longer conversation about what happened with us. Even if we wanted to see how we could help, I think that really just shows how overwhelmed they are at this moment. Not only are they dealing with the trauma of separation, you know, the daughter witnessing that arrest,” Giselle Garcia, a representative from NorCal Resist said. “Their fear of retaliation has silenced them from telling their story on their terms, which is really disheartening.”In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said, “ICE is working as quickly as possible to repatriate the family unit to their home country of Guatemala.” The arrest happened a day before the Trump administration’s deployment began, and San Francisco International Airport is not one of the airports where ICE is deployed, as it uses a private contractor for security checkpoints.NorCal Resist said they reached out to Congresswoman Doris Matsui after learning of the woman’s ties to Sacramento. “I am demanding answers as to why ICE treated this Sacramentan so violently in front of her daughter,” Marsui wrote on X.The organization could not confirm where exactly her family lives in the area due to privacy reasons. “They’re in such a vulnerable position where they are being retaliated against for speaking up. And so that fear is unfortunately also stopping the community, us right, from actually learning the true depths of the horrors that happen,” Garcia said.Garcia told KCRA 3 that once the family gives them the green light, they will share more information. Right now, they’re focused on providing resources to the family.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a woman believed to be a mother from Sacramento on Sunday night.
Angelina Lopez-Jimenez was at San Francisco International Airport when she was arrested in front on her daughter.
The incident is unrelated to the Trump administration’s deployment of ICE agents to assist the Transportation Security Administration.
The Department of Homeland Security stated that Lopez-Jimenez, originally from Guatemala, was issued a removal order in 2019 and resisted officers as they took her to the international terminal for processing.
NorCal Resist, an advocacy group, was alerted by sources in the Bay Area about Lopez-Jimenez’s arrest and is working to connect her family with support and resources.
The group said the family is traumatized and has not been open to sharing more details.
“I think just by the fact that they were not prepared to have a longer conversation about what happened with us. Even if we wanted to see how we could help, I think that really just shows how overwhelmed they are at this moment. Not only are they dealing with the trauma of separation, you know, the daughter witnessing that arrest,” Giselle Garcia, a representative from NorCal Resist said. “Their fear of retaliation has silenced them from telling their story on their terms, which is really disheartening.”
In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said, “ICE is working as quickly as possible to repatriate the family unit to their home country of Guatemala.”
The arrest happened a day before the Trump administration’s deployment began, and San Francisco International Airport is not one of the airports where ICE is deployed, as it uses a private contractor for security checkpoints.
NorCal Resist said they reached out to Congresswoman Doris Matsui after learning of the woman’s ties to Sacramento.
“I am demanding answers as to why ICE treated this Sacramentan so violently in front of her daughter,” Marsui wrote on X.
The organization could not confirm where exactly her family lives in the area due to privacy reasons.
“They’re in such a vulnerable position where they are being retaliated against for speaking up. And so that fear is unfortunately also stopping the community, us right, from actually learning the true depths of the horrors that happen,” Garcia said.
Garcia told KCRA 3 that once the family gives them the green light, they will share more information. Right now, they’re focused on providing resources to the family.
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