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Sen. Scott Wiener Says ICE Was Terrorizing a Mother at San Francisco Airport; DHS Says Otherwise

There are a couple of videos that have gone viral on Monday of what creepy congressional candidate and California State Sen. Scott Wiener calls the terrorizing of a mother by ICE agents at San Francisco International Airport. If you check Google, you'll find news stories on the incident from NBC News, the San Francisco Chronicle, and at least three network news affiliates. Wiener saw all he needed to know from watching the video, the first one of which features a Karen claiming the arrest is illegal and demanding the officer's badge number.

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This editor's wife jumped through hoops for months and months last year to secure a REAL ID so she could board a domestic flight. What ID did this woman have?

According to airport spokesperson Doug Yakel, the arrests were believed to be an "isolated incident." DHS hopped on X to note that this incident happened before ICE officers were deployed to the airport to fill in for unpaid TSA workers.

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… final removal order of removal from an immigration judge since 2019.

While being escorted to the international terminal for processing, Lopez-Jimenez attempted to flee and resisted law enforcement officers. ICE is working as quickly as possible to repatriate the family unit to their home country of Guatemala.

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Questions for Wiener:

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There's a proposed Community Note citing the local NBC News affiliate saying exactly that:

The immigration enforcement action by ICE at SFO airport on Sunday, March 22, 2026 was unrelated to President Trump’s stated intention of using ICE to support TSA at airports. Additionally, SFO uses private security, rather than TSA.

And no, you can't have his badge number.

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