ICE arrests UC Berkeley student, asylum seeker at San Francisco airport
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A UC Berkeley student was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at San Francisco International Airport Friday while waiting to board a flight to Portland for a vacation with her boyfriend.
A UC Berkeley student was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at San Francisco International Airport Friday while waiting to board a flight to Portland for a vacation with her boyfriend.
Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, 23, is currently being held at ICE’s California City Detention Center, agency records show, while UC Berkeley students and administration mobilize to support her. Attorneys at Centro Legal de la Raza have filed a habeas corpus petition challenging her detention.
The arrest likely represents the first ICE detention of an active UC Berkeley student since the Trump administration began its mass deportation push last year, said both Niko De Bremaeker, a managing attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza, and university spokesperson Aileen Zerrudo.
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