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Supervisor Bilal Mahmood makes a speech as hospital workers hold signs in support of the Stand Up For SF campaign during a press conference at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026. Stand Up For SF campaign strives to protect public services in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
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After a dramatic\u00a0video of an immigration arrest<\/a> at San Francisco International Airport went viral earlier this week, two local lawmakers are floating a new law that would require police officers to ask federal agents to provide proof of identification.\u00a0<\/p>\n Supervisors Bilal Mahmood and Chyanne Chen, who are behind the proposal, said the legislation aims to bring more transparency to federal law enforcement operations in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n It would require officers to try to \u201cverify the credentials of the on-scene federal lead-agent, supervisor, or agent in charge,\u201d when it is safe to do so, according to a news release. It would also require the officers to capture their attempts to verify the agents\u2019 identities on body-worn cameras.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The legislation is a reaction in part to Sunday\u2019s viral incident in which a mother was detained by two plain-clothed federal immigration agents at SFO as her 9-year old daughter looked on, sobbing. One woman who witnessed the arrest told the Chronicle that bystanders asked the immigration agents to prove their identities, which the officers did not do in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n After the woman at the airport was taken into custody, San Francisco police officers arrived on scene and spoke with the agents, the Chronicle reported. It was not clear if they had asked to see the agents\u2019 credentials. In a statement Monday, a spokesperson for the department said officers \u201cwere not involved in the incident but remained at the scene to maintain public safety.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n