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And at times, it has been treated as one.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Padilla is at least the second member of Congress to visit SFO’s “in-transit lounge,” a 3,000 square-foot windowless room in the International Terminal where more than two dozen immigrants have been held for days at a time since the start of the year, according to a \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sfo-immigration-detention-ice-22405344.php\">investigation\u003c/a> last month. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Federal law permits members of Congress to conduct unannounced oversight visits of detention facilities. 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San Francisco police responded within five minutes and were on scene when the ICE agent returned to retrieve his gun. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if the gun was loaded and if the ICE agent was at the airport to board a flight or as part of an operation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pablo Lastra, an immigration attorney with law firm Fellom & Solorio in San Francisco, questioned why the officer was armed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067210\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Passengers wait for their flight at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>Activist Avital Raff stood in front of a crowd of mourners gathered at Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay and described her time in the occupied Palestinian territories, with the family of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ramadan is normally greeted with excitement for the happiest and holiest time of year, but it was greeted this year with dread and despair,” she said Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recalled Al-Hathaleen’s wife, Hanady, telling her that she feared the idea of waking up early for the pre-fast meal alone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Awdah would normally prepare for Suhoor for her,” Raff said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Raff said she also helped babysit Al-Hathaleen’s three sons. 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(Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We cheered and clapped for him, but we did so with tears in our eyes, knowing that his father was not here for this milestone,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raff was one of many who attended and spoke at a Tuesday night memorial in Piedmont, honoring the life of 31-year-old Awdah Al-Hathaleen, who had deep ties to the Bay Area. A year after his killing, attendees shared memories, photos and videos of the teacher and his loved ones, recited \u003ca href=\"https://www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-should-never-be-extinguished/\">a poem by his widow\u003c/a> and emphasized his mission: protecting his village, Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another speaker, Shira Wolkenfeld, said she worked with Al-Hathaleen on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/?hl=en\">Humans of Masafer Yatta \u003c/a>on social media, which documents Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes. She said they would often talk about how to end a story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Do you leave people with a piece of hope to hold onto, a call to action, something to keep them going?” she said. “Awdah usually chose to end his stories and his presentations with a simple request to share his story: to tell people what’s happening, to help others understand, not to let this be ignored.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friends of Awdah Al-Hathaleen listen to memories and prayers during his memorial, at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. 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A memorial video shown during the service said that Al-Hathaleen was filming settlers when he was killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I arrived in Umm al-Khair for the first time this past September, Awdah’s blood still stained the ground of the community center,” said another speaker, Emily Axelrod.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kehilla is the host of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, an organization created \u003ca href=\"https://kehillasynagogue.org/act/face-to-face-a-jewish-palestinian-reparations-alliance/\">in 2021\u003c/a> that connects allies in the Bay Area with residents of Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last October, Face-to-Face advocates sounded the alarm over the future of Umm al-Khair, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">reports of Israel’s plan\u003c/a> to demolish the village. 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(Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People chimed in:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Friendship.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Soccer.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Barbecue.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The children.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked them to hold these praises during the prayer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see the world through his eyes for a moment,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“May his memory be for a blessing, may his memory be for revolution … may his memory be for a positive peace, a just peace, a lasting peace, in which all are free.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Activist Avital Raff stood in front of a crowd of mourners gathered at Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay and described her time in the occupied Palestinian territories, with the family of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ramadan is normally greeted with excitement for the happiest and holiest time of year, but it was greeted this year with dread and despair,” she said Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recalled Al-Hathaleen’s wife, Hanady, telling her that she feared the idea of waking up early for the pre-fast meal alone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Awdah would normally prepare for Suhoor for her,” Raff said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Raff said she also helped babysit Al-Hathaleen’s three sons. The youngest began to walk in February. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12093065\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rev. Michael Yoshii leads mourners in prayer during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12093062\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093062\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Community members offer condolences and watch a slideshow of photos under a Muharram mourning tent during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We cheered and clapped for him, but we did so with tears in our eyes, knowing that his father was not here for this milestone,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raff was one of many who attended and spoke at a Tuesday night memorial in Piedmont, honoring the life of 31-year-old Awdah Al-Hathaleen, who had deep ties to the Bay Area. A year after his killing, attendees shared memories, photos and videos of the teacher and his loved ones, recited \u003ca href=\"https://www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-should-never-be-extinguished/\">a poem by his widow\u003c/a> and emphasized his mission: protecting his village, Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another speaker, Shira Wolkenfeld, said she worked with Al-Hathaleen on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/?hl=en\">Humans of Masafer Yatta \u003c/a>on social media, which documents Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes. She said they would often talk about how to end a story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Do you leave people with a piece of hope to hold onto, a call to action, something to keep them going?” she said. “Awdah usually chose to end his stories and his presentations with a simple request to share his story: to tell people what’s happening, to help others understand, not to let this be ignored.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friends of Awdah Al-Hathaleen listen to memories and prayers during his memorial, at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the memorial video, Al-Hathaleen is leaning down, translating a young Palestinian girl’s words into English. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We love our land,” he said. “We will not leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among his activist work, Al-Hathaleen captured footage for the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971802/no-other-land-review-palestinian-israeli-documentary-west-bank\">\u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which follows the Israeli government’s bulldozing of a Palestinian community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last June, Al-Hathaleen was slated to speak at a series of events at synagogues and other places of worship in the Bay Area as part of a humanitarian mission. However, Al-Hathaleen and his cousin, another speaker, were denied \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">entry at San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>, detained overnight and then sent back home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, Al-Hathaleen was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">shot and killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a> whom witnesses identified as Yinon Levi, according to Phil Weintraub, an organizer with the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, which sponsored Al-Hathaleen’s visit. A memorial video shown during the service said that Al-Hathaleen was filming settlers when he was killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I arrived in Umm al-Khair for the first time this past September, Awdah’s blood still stained the ground of the community center,” said another speaker, Emily Axelrod.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kehilla is the host of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, an organization created \u003ca href=\"https://kehillasynagogue.org/act/face-to-face-a-jewish-palestinian-reparations-alliance/\">in 2021\u003c/a> that connects allies in the Bay Area with residents of Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last October, Face-to-Face advocates sounded the alarm over the future of Umm al-Khair, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">reports of Israel’s plan\u003c/a> to demolish the village. A recent investigation by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/17/they-took-toilet-settlement-squeezed-palestinian-village\">\u003cem>Al Jazeera\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported several Palestinians’ fears of a new Israeli outpost established nearby that has prevented them from moving and working freely in the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want to stress that this gathering is not just a memorial to Awdah,” Kehilla Rabbi David Cooper said. “It is an active recommitment to Umm al-Khair and to Palestinian freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rabbi David speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna — who was among \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">several Bay Area elected officials\u003c/a> who condemned Al-Hathaleen’s detention and deportation from SFO last year — recently visited the village during his three-day \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">visit to the West Bank\u003c/a> this summer, according to Israeli American peace activist Ben Linder who accompanied the politician during the trip. Khanna has also recently shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RoKhannaUSA/videos/umm-al-khair-is-surrounded-on-all-sides-by-settlements-listen-to-them-share-thei/2491224254724033/\">a social media post\u003c/a> featuring residents of the village, writing “Umm al-Khair is surrounded on all sides by settlements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the trip, in the town of Khirbet Zanuta, Khanna said settlers and the Israeli military detained him, and he was only able to leave after contacting the American Embassy in Jerusalem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Israeli military said, “IDF troops were dispatched to the scene, quickly dispersed the Israeli civilians, and reopened the blocked road … The IDF soldiers operating in the area did not take part in blocking the road.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Khanna pushed back on the explanation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893386/rep-ro-khanna-on-being-detained-by-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">on NPR\u003c/a>, saying that the IDF is “now claiming that they were just waiting for orders from the police, and that’s why they had detained us. But it still does not change the facts that there were illegal settlers that detained us and that the IDF sided with the settlers, as the videotape shows.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093063\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mourners gather at a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Al-Hathaleen’s ceremony ended with a Kaddish, a mourner’s prayer, recited by San Francisco Rabbi Faryn Borella.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When we mourn a loved one, we get this opportunity to remember, to praise, to remember to look toward what is beautiful in the world and look through their eyes at what they saw,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked the crowd what the ways Al-Hathaleen praised the world he lived in “even in the midst of such suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093072\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shira Wolkenfeld speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People chimed in:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Friendship.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Soccer.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Barbecue.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The children.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked them to hold these praises during the prayer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see the world through his eyes for a moment,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>More than a dozen people have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077353/ice-airports-tsa-trump-deployed-shutdown-sfo-incident-your-rights-what-to-know\">detained at Bay Area airports\u003c/a> since June 27, according to local rapid response networks, which monitor and respond to federal enforcement operations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Following a surge in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/ice-immigrant-arrests-surge.html\">arrests \u003c/a>in recent weeks, immigrants’ rights advocates are urging people without U.S. citizenship to avoid air travel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We are recommending that during this period of time, during this administration … if you don’t have an urgent matter to travel for, even domestically, that you think about it to determine whether the risks are worth it,” said Jazmin Preciado, an attorney with Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On June 27, a man from Argentina, who entered the United States with his wife on a visa in 2020, was detained at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, where he planned to depart for Texas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Preciado, the couple had overstayed their visas during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained in the country. But the man and his wife, along with their child, who was born in the U.S., planned to return to Argentina in October, Preciado said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The individual had taken a domestic flight maybe about three months ago, and it was without incident, so he figured, ‘I can take one more flight right before we take off permanently,’” Preciado said. “And it was different.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said the man spent multiple days in a detention facility before Alameda County’s Rapid Response Network was able to connect him with legal representation and secure a court order to release him from custody. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067064\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the last month, advocates have tracked similar arrests across the Bay Area. On July 22, video footage of San Francisco resident Iryna Gorb \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092491/it-wasnt-right-woman-arrested-by-ice-at-sfo-is-a-san-francisco-photographer-barista\">being forcibly detained\u003c/a> at San Francisco International Airport while traveling circulated online, and an Oakland woman was \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/07/22/ice-oakland-resident-detained-denver-airport-immigration/\">detained\u003c/a> at the Denver International Airport on July 20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network, the county’s coalition has recorded 10 arrests of residents traveling through SFO and San José Mineta International airports since July 1. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The individual had taken a domestic flight maybe about three months ago, and it was without incident, so he figured, ‘I can take one more flight right before we take off permanently,’” Preciado said. “And it was different.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said the man spent multiple days in a detention facility before Alameda County’s Rapid Response Network was able to connect him with legal representation and secure a court order to release him from custody. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067064\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the last month, advocates have tracked similar arrests across the Bay Area. On July 22, video footage of San Francisco resident Iryna Gorb \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092491/it-wasnt-right-woman-arrested-by-ice-at-sfo-is-a-san-francisco-photographer-barista\">being forcibly detained\u003c/a> at San Francisco International Airport while traveling circulated online, and an Oakland woman was \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/07/22/ice-oakland-resident-detained-denver-airport-immigration/\">detained\u003c/a> at the Denver International Airport on July 20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network, the county’s coalition has recorded 10 arrests of residents traveling through SFO and San José Mineta International airports since July 1. Six were arrested at SFO, while four were at SJC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Alameda County Rapid Response Networks said they weren’t able to provide a full account of arrests at airports for their counties’ residents, but both said the practice is becoming more regular.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve been seeing an uptick in reports, not just from the Bay Area, but from around the country, of similar arrests,” Preciado said. “It’s definitely been a lot more consistently that we’ve heard of this happening.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Arrests of domestic travelers have become more common in the last year, as the Trump administration has significantly expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and budget over the last year and a half. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first known airport arrest of a Santa Clara County resident at the San José Airport was in November, according to the county’s rapid response network spokesperson. Since then, the network has recorded a few arrests each month. In March, a mother and daughter who lived in Contra Costa County were detained at SFO, drawing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082395/san-francisco-condemns-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-actions-at-sfo-airport\">broad condemnation\u003c/a> for the arrests in a sanctuary city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The March detention sparked controversy again after \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reporting found that the Transportation Security Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077581/bay-area-officials-raise-privacy-concerns-after-ice-arrest-at-sfo\">tipped off immigration officials\u003c/a> that the pair would be traveling after their names showed up on a flight’s passenger list. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The TSA has said that information sharing is routine and legal because the agency is a part of the Department of Homeland Security. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is not new policy to share information between the agencies of the Department of Homeland Security,” TSA’s acting director Ha Nguyen McNeill said during a Congressional hearing in January. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We are supporting the mission of our colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security, and that includes enforcement of immigration laws,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, Milli Atkinson, director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association, said the uptick in arrests indicates that TSA may be sharing passenger information more frequently than in the past. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-87-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067062\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-87-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-87-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-87-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Passengers wait for their flight at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>A Ukrainian woman who has lived in the U.S. for 16 years was detained by immigration enforcement agents at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a> on Wednesday after a flight home from Portland. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Iryna Gorb, 38, was arrested by plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after landing in San Francisco, where she has lived and worked for more than a decade. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She is currently in detention at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073215/judge-orders-ice-to-provide-medical-care-in-largest-immigration-jail-in-california\">California City Detention Facility\u003c/a> in Kern County, according to Andy Eblin, who’s been a friend of Gorb’s for 13 years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Videos of Gorb’s arrest circulated on social media Wednesday evening after Richmond City Councilmember Doria Robinson, who was traveling through the airport at the time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DoriaforRichmond\">posted\u003c/a> footage of the incident on Facebook. She said two ICE agents approached Gorb in a store in Terminal 3.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01540_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066313\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01540_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01540_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01540_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doria Robinson speaks at the West Contra Costa United School District rally at Marina Bay Park in Richmond on Dec. 5, 2025. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They put hands on her, pulled her down to the ground and we see the agent get on top of her,” Robinson said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the videos, Gorb can be heard yelling: “They’re f—n ICE, I’m from Ukraine, please, somebody.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She can be seen telling the agents to let her go, and heard saying, “You’re f—ing choking me.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Robinson said the officials did not respond to bystanders who asked them to identify themselves. They handcuffed Gorb to an airport wheelchair and rolled her away, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t right,” Robinson said. “It just felt in your heart and your soul that that was not right. That was not the way we should be doing things.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eblin said Gorb called him from an ICE field office in Stockton late Wednesday, and told him she had been detained and would be transferred to the California City Detention Facility. She asked him to tell her boss at Better Half Coffee in Nob Hill, where she is a head barista, and a few friends whom she was supposed to cat-sit for this week, that she would not be able to work. Eblin said Gorb also requested that he ask her neighbor to water her plants. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I can’t think of a better explanation of Iryna as a person than those concerns,” Eblin said. “She’s a good person that helped out a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eblin said she was “not certain exactly” why she was detained, and as far as he knew, she hadn’t received any paperwork regarding her visa status. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Gorb entered the U.S. lawfully in 2010 under a visa that expired in May 2011. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Gorb overstayed her visa and remained in the United States illegally for 15 years in violation of our nation’s laws. She will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings,” the spokesperson said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eblin said Gorb moved to the U.S. to attend college in Boston before relocating to San Francisco 13 years ago. He said she’s an active part of the city’s coffee and art communities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-SFO-ICE-02-KQED-2000x2667.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-SFO-ICE-02-KQED-2000x2667.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-SFO-ICE-02-KQED-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-SFO-ICE-02-KQED-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-SFO-ICE-02-KQED-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-SFO-ICE-02-KQED-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iryna Gorb worked as a head barista at Better Half Coffee in Nob Hill and was an active member of San Francisco’s coffee community, according to friends. (Courtesy of Andy Eblin)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Gorb is a professional photographer and has run a vintage pop-up over the years, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Her absence leaves a tremendous void in our cafe and in our community,” Better Half, the coffee shop where Gorb works, posted on social media Thursday. “She has been such an important part of this space, and her presence will be deeply missed.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eblin said that when he was able to connect with Gorb again Thursday evening, she had been transferred to California City and sounded “substantially rattled.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said she’s expected to meet with an attorney on Friday afternoon. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our predominant concern at this point is getting her released on bond so she’s able to wait out any proceedings in a safe, dignified place and dignified setting, which California City is absolutely not,” Eblin told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Milli Atkinson, director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association, immigration advocates began seeing ICE detentions at airports outside of Customs and Border Protection last year anecdotally, but in the last month, they have become a “consistent tactic.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing now is ICE showing up at airports because they have information about travelers, they have ID information,” she said. “The Department of Homeland Security includes TSA, so it just appears that TSA is now cooperating with ICE at a level that we haven’t seen before.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said via email that ICE and DHS operate outside the jurisdiction of U.S. airports, and that SFO is “not involved in any decisions about their operations, nor are we notified when they occur.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Atkinson said for people who are not U.S. citizens, “now is not a safe time to be traveling through airports unless you’ve spoken to an attorney and you assess what risk there is.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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I employ people,” Varela said on Friday. “For her, especially with what’s going on right now in America … to say that to a minority, especially a Hispanic person, I think it’s really, really hateful and it’s really racist.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHMdIwkuegQ\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>United Airlines declined to answer specific questions regarding the employee’s conduct or employment status.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking into the interaction in this video, but don’t have anything additional to share at this time,” a United media relations spokesperson told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Varela said he, his wife and two of their daughters arrived at SFO around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday for an 11:40 a.m. flight to Montreal, Canada, where his wife was attending a work conference. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Weeks prior, he said, his wife had accidentally entered their daughter’s middle name in the last name field when booking through United for a flight operated by Air Canada. 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His 14-year-old daughter, standing next to him, was crying, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family eventually made their flight after another United representative stepped in to finalize the ticket release.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We are aware of a video being circulated online, but we have no verification of its authenticity or the full context,” the IAM Union said in a statement. “As depicted, the comments made in the video do not reflect the views or values of the IAM Union. Any potential matters arising from this incident will be handled through the appropriate processes established by the collective bargaining agreement.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFO officials declined to comment, directing inquiries to United Airlines.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The incident comes amid mounting fear among travelers of federal immigration enforcement at transit hubs. 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Upon his arrival, Ahmed continued, several San Mateo County deputies were there waiting for him, and proceeded to physically beat and “torture” him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Ahmed is \u003ca href=\"https://odyportal-ext.sanmateocourt.org/Portal-External/DocumentViewer/DownloadDocumentFile/Download?d=5FCA895C15A411F5DC89AE0A093E2E76&c=7C5E7DE302ECD5EE0F85AEACDF8E1BCC&l=FBD47E265B0469242043312D479CDD22&cn=3BCA5C3F9F0BD275F3FCBD95092474E0&fileName=26-CIV-04766%20-%20Complaint%20AHMEDpdf&docTypeId=3&isVersionId=False\">suing\u003c/a> San Mateo County and the former county sheriff, claiming that he sustained physical and psychological damage during his 21 hours in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-91-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ahmed told KQED he was “completely compliant” — but was left with disabling injuries, including broken bones and nerve damage. He said that during the assault, deputies attempted to strip him from the waist down, then strapped him to a chair and pulled a hood over his head. He said he was denied food, water and the opportunity to use a bathroom during this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later into the night, Ahmed recounted, he began yelling aloud, talking about who he was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Hey, my name’s Ahmed Ahmed. I’m an international professional stand-up comedian. I’ve been in blockbuster movies, TV shows, multiple comedy specials. … If you don’t let me out of this chair right now, I’m going to blow the whistle on everybody in this building.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only then, he said, was he unstrapped, but he remained in custody for several hours.[aside postID=news_12087535 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2242752228-scaled-e1769196948121.jpg']He said that at around 9:30 p.m. on the following day, he was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office wrote that it is “aware of the complaint and takes allegations of this magnitude extremely seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office said that it conducted an internal investigation in 2025, and that “the evidence disputes Mr. Ahmed’s version of events,” but it did not provide additional details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added that the office was not involved with the arrest at SFO, and that Ahmed was held for public intoxication. But Ahmed said he was never informed of his charges, even after his release, and alleged that he was not allowed to speak with a lawyer while detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahmed said that the complaint, filed June 15, was the first time he publicly addressed the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also added that one of the first people he discussed it with afterward was longtime friend Tom Morello, the lead singer and guitarist of Rage Against the Machine. Morello connected him to attorney Nicholas Rowley, a founding partner of the law firm Trial Lawyers for Justice, who is now representing Ahmed in his lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After speaking with Rowley, Ahmed said, “I felt saved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowley told KQED that he decided to take on Ahmed as a client to prevent a similar incident from happening to anyone else. He added that Ahmed’s status as a public figure “might have saved his life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They picked a fight with the wrong guy,” Rowley told KQED. “He’s somebody who is well-known and well-connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to find out who the members of this law enforcement gang are,” Rowley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowley and Ahmed both believe Ahmed was targeted for his ethnicity. Although he was born in Egypt, Ahmed was raised in Riverside, California, and is an American citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t committing a crime. I didn’t threaten anybody. I didn’t hit anybody. I wasn’t yelling and screaming. I wasn’t resisting,” Ahmed said. ”I hate to throw out the race card, but being an Arab Muslim in America these days, fricking sucks, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 9/11, he said he’s been “arrested, detained, and profiled probably over 100 times — always at the airport.“ But Ahmed said he had never been physically beaten like this before while traveling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the arrest, he’s felt physically and spiritually “broken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost friends, I lost work, I lost my girlfriend,” Ahmed said. “Psychologically, it just messed me up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But performing, he added, has been his “saving grace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The happiest I’ve ever been in the past eight months is when I’m on stage making people laugh,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He said that at around 9:30 p.m. on the following day, he was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office wrote that it is “aware of the complaint and takes allegations of this magnitude extremely seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office said that it conducted an internal investigation in 2025, and that “the evidence disputes Mr. Ahmed’s version of events,” but it did not provide additional details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added that the office was not involved with the arrest at SFO, and that Ahmed was held for public intoxication. But Ahmed said he was never informed of his charges, even after his release, and alleged that he was not allowed to speak with a lawyer while detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahmed said that the complaint, filed June 15, was the first time he publicly addressed the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also added that one of the first people he discussed it with afterward was longtime friend Tom Morello, the lead singer and guitarist of Rage Against the Machine. Morello connected him to attorney Nicholas Rowley, a founding partner of the law firm Trial Lawyers for Justice, who is now representing Ahmed in his lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After speaking with Rowley, Ahmed said, “I felt saved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowley told KQED that he decided to take on Ahmed as a client to prevent a similar incident from happening to anyone else. He added that Ahmed’s status as a public figure “might have saved his life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They picked a fight with the wrong guy,” Rowley told KQED. “He’s somebody who is well-known and well-connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to find out who the members of this law enforcement gang are,” Rowley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowley and Ahmed both believe Ahmed was targeted for his ethnicity. Although he was born in Egypt, Ahmed was raised in Riverside, California, and is an American citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t committing a crime. I didn’t threaten anybody. I didn’t hit anybody. I wasn’t yelling and screaming. I wasn’t resisting,” Ahmed said. ”I hate to throw out the race card, but being an Arab Muslim in America these days, fricking sucks, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 9/11, he said he’s been “arrested, detained, and profiled probably over 100 times — always at the airport.“ But Ahmed said he had never been physically beaten like this before while traveling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the arrest, he’s felt physically and spiritually “broken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost friends, I lost work, I lost my girlfriend,” Ahmed said. “Psychologically, it just messed me up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But performing, he added, has been his “saving grace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The happiest I’ve ever been in the past eight months is when I’m on stage making people laugh,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This winter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125464\">San Francisco International Airport will begin offering nonstop flights to Sapporo\u003c/a>, the capital city of Hokkaido in Japan, which is also a prime skiing destination — with the new route running three times a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These direct United Airlines flights to Japan’s northernmost island are part of the airline’s move to offer more flights nationwide to Sapporo during the winter. Currently, travelers wanting to reach the city’s ski resorts typically fly into Tokyo first before making their way north by air or train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flights may make what is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/world/asia/japan-mount-fuji-kyoto-tourism.html\">already an increasingly popular\u003c/a> winter ski destination even more attractive. They’ve also been announced at a time when many Bay Area skiers are already making plans for this coming winter by mulling which, if any, \u003ca href=\"https://www.epicpass.com/passes/epic-pass.aspx?CMPID=PPC&adname=NTL_CONS_EP_EPICP_PROSG_RegionStudent_BD&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22264120545&gbraid=0AAAAADQhkiC9xGt3kFhwV7wX9gKfwAXJL&gclid=CjwKCAjw2rrQBhBuEiwAarLWHf8T55VAKvANLeQ9SgoK7fKTcIWPrhzObLZ62jySenoF5YiNlWn7OhoC3jIQAvD_BwE\">annual ski passes to buy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winter sports enthusiasts have long complained that \u003ca href=\"https://www.travelandleisure.com/is-it-cheaper-to-ski-in-europe-than-in-the-us-11880026\">in many instances\u003c/a>, it’s cheaper to fly abroad to ski than to take a trip to American resorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, these SFO-Sapporo flights — which last 11 hours each way — are not exactly cheap. Right now, \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en-us/flights-from-san-francisco-to-sapporo\">they’re listed at around $1,500 for a January 2027 round trip\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But once in Japan, the skiing, accommodations, rentals and other daily costs are \u003ca href=\"https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/how-i-skied-japan-on-a-budget/\">much lower\u003c/a> than in most other ski destinations. So much so that U.S. travelers already mulling an international vacation this winter might just consider bringing along their skis and making a trip out of it, said Christine Savage, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.btbounds.com/\">Beyond the Boundaries\u003c/a>, a women-oriented snowboard camp and tour company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants on a Beyond the Boundaries trip enjoy snowboarding in Sapporo, Japan. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Krista Holden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If Japan isn’t on your bucket list, it’s just because you haven’t looked into it enough yet,” Savage said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savage said she’s excited to hear about the new flights — both for herself and for the tour groups she leads to \u003ca href=\"https://www.btbounds.com/japan-8-day-trip-north-island\">Sapporo every winter.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does she hope more frequent, direct flights will mean easier access to Hokkaido and “more simplified, more smooth” travel — with the nonstop route potentially reducing headaches like delays and lost luggage — there are major bonuses to going all the way to Sapporo to ski, Savage said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why U.S. skiers might choose Japan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For one, the snow is fantastic in Japan — something to which this author can attest. During my own winter ski trip to Rusutsu in January, courtesy of a $500 round trip budget flight on \u003ca href=\"https://www.zipair.net/en\">ZIPAIR\u003c/a>, it snowed more than a foot each day I was on the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While “nowhere is guaranteed” to have snow, and Savage said she’s had “lackluster” snow years even in Japan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.data.jma.go.jp/stats/etrn/view/monthly_s3_en.php?block_no=47412&view=14\">the city of Sapporo\u003c/a> itself gets around 13 feet of snow each year, with higher-elevation mountains nearby getting \u003ca href=\"https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/burtons-official-guide-to-snowboarding-Rusutsu/\">closer to 40 feet per year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s compared to Tahoe’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.palisadestahoe.com/mountain-information/snowfall-tracker\">average annual snowfall of around 30 feet\u003c/a> at its resorts — and the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077367/tahoe-ski-resorts-closing-dates-2026-heavenly-palisades-homewood-closed-weather-snow-forecast-storms\">particularly dismal\u003c/a> snow seasons, like this year’s, are not uncommon here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants on a Beyond the Boundaries trip enjoy snowboarding in Sapporo, Japan. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Krista Holden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In general, Japan tends to be fairly reliable,” Savage said. “The snow quality is incredible. I feel really grateful to get to ride it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s the lower cost of skiing in Japan. Day rates for lift tickets at major resorts like Niseko and Rusutsu can be extremely low — rates around $50 per day — \u003ca href=\"https://www.travelandleisure.com/is-it-cheaper-to-ski-in-japan-or-the-us-11894156\">as opposed to hundreds of dollars for walk-up tickets at major U.S. resorts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gear rentals, too, can be hundreds of dollars lower in Japan than in Tahoe or other U.S. ski destinations.[aside postID=news_12064955 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Sugar-Bowl-2-johnjackson3_2-5-2025_ME.png']This broad difference in price has held true despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16314799\">price increases\u003c/a> across Japanese resorts in the last couple of years, as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/japan-overtourism-measures/\">country tries to mitigate overtourism\u003c/a>. Savage said she expects to see prices continue to rise for people traveling into Japan from abroad to ski (some ski resorts, like Niseko,\u003ca href=\"https://locals.hirafu-hanazono.com/public/landing/en/shop.html\"> offer discounts for area residents\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For San Ramon resident Scott Yin, skiing in Japan is a way to get more bang for his buck. He started skiing when he was living in China in 2021, and said that compared to a ski vacation in Tahoe, the experience of skiing in Japan is as good, if not better, and sometimes around half the price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, he noted the range of resorts and ski towns in Sapporo, meaning fewer crowds, lots of family-friendly options and less of a need to book far in advance. Yin has found that Sapporo lift lines are shorter, parking is easier and the food — particularly the affordable prices and high quality — is a big draw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yin doesn’t have an Ikon or Epic Pass, so it’s cheapest for him to get lift tickets directly from the resorts and hotels he stays at for individual trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tahoe is kind of the go-to, but we didn’t go this season because it was so expensive and there was no good date for us,” he said. “Compared to Sapporo, where there’s way more choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What could this mean for Tahoe?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The announcement of United’s direct Sapporo flights comes at a time when the cost of skiing in Tahoe has \u003ca href=\"https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/prices-for-the-epic-pass-hit-new-highs-for-2026-2027-season-despite-discount-for-next-generation/\">reached an all-time high.\u003c/a> That’s sent many people in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064955/is-it-possible-to-ski-tahoe-without-spending-a-fortune\">looking for cheaper alternatives, like smaller, local mountains or independent pass options.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also driving some to head abroad for their ski trips. Tim Pham founded SnowPals, a platform that connects Bay Area skiers and snow enthusiasts who want to share rides, ski leases or days out on the mountain — and his forum’s community was abuzz at the news of the direct SFO-Sapporo flights, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are very excited, and they’re looking to do it,” he said. “Especially if the snow is lacking [in Tahoe].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078062\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People carry skis as they walk toward a resort on March 21, 2023, in South Lake Tahoe, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pham chalked the excitement up mostly to these conditions: This year’s poor snow in Tahoe was a real disappointment, he said. What’s more, many are worried next year might bring a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083376/an-incoming-super-el-nino-may-bring-california-a-wet-hot-winter\">Super El Niño\u003c/a>”: repeating warm, wet conditions that don’t bode well for mountain sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what can you do, right? Now there’s an option where you can hop on a plane, and you can be skiing dry powder in Japan,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some of the higher-income skiers in the Bay Area, that direct flight will feel worth the high price, Pham said. Especially since there’s even a red-eye option that can see a traveler get onto the mountain straightaway the next day, in time for a half-day of skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just Japan, Pham said — he’s also seeing international travel to ski destinations like Chile and Europe rising in popularity among online communities like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while some people might outright replace their once-yearly Tahoe trip with a ski vacation abroad, Pham said, the entry-level costs inherent in skiing and snowboarding mean that there’ll always be others who’ll just do both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skier at Niseko, an Alterra partner resort in Sapporo, Japan. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Alterra Mountain Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an expensive sport. It’s not cheap,” he said. “So if people have the means, they are always planning trips.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even as day rates and Tahoe pass prices continue to climb, Pham doubts the rise in international skiing will dent annual pass sales, either. Both the Ikon and Epic Passes have destinations in Sapporo and all over the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, in fact, two destinations on the Epic Pass in Japan — Hakuba Valley, a few hours by train from Tokyo, and Rusutsu Resort, just two hours from Sapporo — which allows passholders a total of 10 days of skiing in Japan each season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Sapporo serving as a major gateway to Rusutsu, expanded flight options from SFO to Sapporo make access even more seamless,” Carly Mangan, spokesperson for Vail Resorts, told KQED. Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood resorts in Tahoe are all operated by Vail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Savage, an Ikon Pass holder, it’s a major selling point of the pass itself.[aside postID=news_12066608 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-SNOWY-TAHOE-CS-KQED.jpg']“It makes my Ikon Pass more worthwhile having those Japan days that I know I’ll use,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly the marketing message being promoted by Alterra Mountain Company, which sells the Ikon Pass and has nine partner resorts in the country, Ikon spokesperson Kristin Rust said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Ikon Pass is mostly rooted in aspiration,” she said. “We look at our destinations at really the tipping point of why you would choose Ikon Pass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>United’s upcoming SFO-Sapporo flights are “a huge adjacent perk for us,” she said. “The more access and the easier access, the more skiers are going to get on a plane and go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for whether or not skiers might see international destinations as equally expensive — or even cheaper — alternatives, it’s all about the trade-offs, Rust said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It all depends on what you want in a trip,” she said. “You gotta look at exchange rates, you gotta look at fuel rates when it comes to driving or flying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But oftentimes that can be the case — and so why not go explore the culture of Japan?” Rust said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, not everyone is convinced it’s really worth it to go all the way to Japan \u003cem>just \u003c/em>to ski — including Yin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A United Airlines plane takes off from the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if he does travel all the way to Japan just to ski, he said, he isn’t likely to shell out to fly direct even with the new United routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to spend that much money just for the flight ticket,” Yin said. Given local airports like SFO already offer direct flights to Tokyo, “I’d rather just fly to Tokyo or anywhere that’s cheaper.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/japan-tourism-is-booming-as-travellers-look-beyond-tokyo-and-kyoto/ar-AA1Yu3zb?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1\">Sapporo’s increasing popularity\u003c/a>, he said, may have more to do with the rising popularity of Japan as a tourist destination in general. And more likely, many people already planning a multi-week international vacation may find it worthwhile to tack on some skiing while they’re there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savage and her tour clients have the same mentality, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for a lot of folks, it’s easy to be like, ‘Well, if I’m already spending this extreme amount of money, why not spend it and go see somewhere I’ve never been?’” Savage said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winter sports enthusiasts have long complained that \u003ca href=\"https://www.travelandleisure.com/is-it-cheaper-to-ski-in-europe-than-in-the-us-11880026\">in many instances\u003c/a>, it’s cheaper to fly abroad to ski than to take a trip to American resorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, these SFO-Sapporo flights — which last 11 hours each way — are not exactly cheap. Right now, \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en-us/flights-from-san-francisco-to-sapporo\">they’re listed at around $1,500 for a January 2027 round trip\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But once in Japan, the skiing, accommodations, rentals and other daily costs are \u003ca href=\"https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/how-i-skied-japan-on-a-budget/\">much lower\u003c/a> than in most other ski destinations. So much so that U.S. travelers already mulling an international vacation this winter might just consider bringing along their skis and making a trip out of it, said Christine Savage, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.btbounds.com/\">Beyond the Boundaries\u003c/a>, a women-oriented snowboard camp and tour company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-135-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants on a Beyond the Boundaries trip enjoy snowboarding in Sapporo, Japan. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Krista Holden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If Japan isn’t on your bucket list, it’s just because you haven’t looked into it enough yet,” Savage said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savage said she’s excited to hear about the new flights — both for herself and for the tour groups she leads to \u003ca href=\"https://www.btbounds.com/japan-8-day-trip-north-island\">Sapporo every winter.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does she hope more frequent, direct flights will mean easier access to Hokkaido and “more simplified, more smooth” travel — with the nonstop route potentially reducing headaches like delays and lost luggage — there are major bonuses to going all the way to Sapporo to ski, Savage said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why U.S. skiers might choose Japan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For one, the snow is fantastic in Japan — something to which this author can attest. During my own winter ski trip to Rusutsu in January, courtesy of a $500 round trip budget flight on \u003ca href=\"https://www.zipair.net/en\">ZIPAIR\u003c/a>, it snowed more than a foot each day I was on the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While “nowhere is guaranteed” to have snow, and Savage said she’s had “lackluster” snow years even in Japan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.data.jma.go.jp/stats/etrn/view/monthly_s3_en.php?block_no=47412&view=14\">the city of Sapporo\u003c/a> itself gets around 13 feet of snow each year, with higher-elevation mountains nearby getting \u003ca href=\"https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/burtons-official-guide-to-snowboarding-Rusutsu/\">closer to 40 feet per year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s compared to Tahoe’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.palisadestahoe.com/mountain-information/snowfall-tracker\">average annual snowfall of around 30 feet\u003c/a> at its resorts — and the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077367/tahoe-ski-resorts-closing-dates-2026-heavenly-palisades-homewood-closed-weather-snow-forecast-storms\">particularly dismal\u003c/a> snow seasons, like this year’s, are not uncommon here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/KristaHolden_2026_JapanBTB-147-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants on a Beyond the Boundaries trip enjoy snowboarding in Sapporo, Japan. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Krista Holden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In general, Japan tends to be fairly reliable,” Savage said. “The snow quality is incredible. I feel really grateful to get to ride it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s the lower cost of skiing in Japan. Day rates for lift tickets at major resorts like Niseko and Rusutsu can be extremely low — rates around $50 per day — \u003ca href=\"https://www.travelandleisure.com/is-it-cheaper-to-ski-in-japan-or-the-us-11894156\">as opposed to hundreds of dollars for walk-up tickets at major U.S. resorts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gear rentals, too, can be hundreds of dollars lower in Japan than in Tahoe or other U.S. ski destinations.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This broad difference in price has held true despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16314799\">price increases\u003c/a> across Japanese resorts in the last couple of years, as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/japan-overtourism-measures/\">country tries to mitigate overtourism\u003c/a>. Savage said she expects to see prices continue to rise for people traveling into Japan from abroad to ski (some ski resorts, like Niseko,\u003ca href=\"https://locals.hirafu-hanazono.com/public/landing/en/shop.html\"> offer discounts for area residents\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For San Ramon resident Scott Yin, skiing in Japan is a way to get more bang for his buck. He started skiing when he was living in China in 2021, and said that compared to a ski vacation in Tahoe, the experience of skiing in Japan is as good, if not better, and sometimes around half the price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, he noted the range of resorts and ski towns in Sapporo, meaning fewer crowds, lots of family-friendly options and less of a need to book far in advance. Yin has found that Sapporo lift lines are shorter, parking is easier and the food — particularly the affordable prices and high quality — is a big draw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yin doesn’t have an Ikon or Epic Pass, so it’s cheapest for him to get lift tickets directly from the resorts and hotels he stays at for individual trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tahoe is kind of the go-to, but we didn’t go this season because it was so expensive and there was no good date for us,” he said. “Compared to Sapporo, where there’s way more choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What could this mean for Tahoe?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The announcement of United’s direct Sapporo flights comes at a time when the cost of skiing in Tahoe has \u003ca href=\"https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/prices-for-the-epic-pass-hit-new-highs-for-2026-2027-season-despite-discount-for-next-generation/\">reached an all-time high.\u003c/a> That’s sent many people in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064955/is-it-possible-to-ski-tahoe-without-spending-a-fortune\">looking for cheaper alternatives, like smaller, local mountains or independent pass options.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also driving some to head abroad for their ski trips. Tim Pham founded SnowPals, a platform that connects Bay Area skiers and snow enthusiasts who want to share rides, ski leases or days out on the mountain — and his forum’s community was abuzz at the news of the direct SFO-Sapporo flights, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are very excited, and they’re looking to do it,” he said. “Especially if the snow is lacking [in Tahoe].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078062\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/TahoeGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People carry skis as they walk toward a resort on March 21, 2023, in South Lake Tahoe, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pham chalked the excitement up mostly to these conditions: This year’s poor snow in Tahoe was a real disappointment, he said. What’s more, many are worried next year might bring a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083376/an-incoming-super-el-nino-may-bring-california-a-wet-hot-winter\">Super El Niño\u003c/a>”: repeating warm, wet conditions that don’t bode well for mountain sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what can you do, right? Now there’s an option where you can hop on a plane, and you can be skiing dry powder in Japan,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some of the higher-income skiers in the Bay Area, that direct flight will feel worth the high price, Pham said. Especially since there’s even a red-eye option that can see a traveler get onto the mountain straightaway the next day, in time for a half-day of skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just Japan, Pham said — he’s also seeing international travel to ski destinations like Chile and Europe rising in popularity among online communities like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while some people might outright replace their once-yearly Tahoe trip with a ski vacation abroad, Pham said, the entry-level costs inherent in skiing and snowboarding mean that there’ll always be others who’ll just do both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2015-02-25_PD_NU_SkiingPowder_0004-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skier at Niseko, an Alterra partner resort in Sapporo, Japan. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Alterra Mountain Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an expensive sport. It’s not cheap,” he said. “So if people have the means, they are always planning trips.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even as day rates and Tahoe pass prices continue to climb, Pham doubts the rise in international skiing will dent annual pass sales, either. Both the Ikon and Epic Passes have destinations in Sapporo and all over the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, in fact, two destinations on the Epic Pass in Japan — Hakuba Valley, a few hours by train from Tokyo, and Rusutsu Resort, just two hours from Sapporo — which allows passholders a total of 10 days of skiing in Japan each season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Sapporo serving as a major gateway to Rusutsu, expanded flight options from SFO to Sapporo make access even more seamless,” Carly Mangan, spokesperson for Vail Resorts, told KQED. Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood resorts in Tahoe are all operated by Vail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Savage, an Ikon Pass holder, it’s a major selling point of the pass itself.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It makes my Ikon Pass more worthwhile having those Japan days that I know I’ll use,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly the marketing message being promoted by Alterra Mountain Company, which sells the Ikon Pass and has nine partner resorts in the country, Ikon spokesperson Kristin Rust said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Ikon Pass is mostly rooted in aspiration,” she said. “We look at our destinations at really the tipping point of why you would choose Ikon Pass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>United’s upcoming SFO-Sapporo flights are “a huge adjacent perk for us,” she said. “The more access and the easier access, the more skiers are going to get on a plane and go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for whether or not skiers might see international destinations as equally expensive — or even cheaper — alternatives, it’s all about the trade-offs, Rust said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It all depends on what you want in a trip,” she said. “You gotta look at exchange rates, you gotta look at fuel rates when it comes to driving or flying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But oftentimes that can be the case — and so why not go explore the culture of Japan?” Rust said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, not everyone is convinced it’s really worth it to go all the way to Japan \u003cem>just \u003c/em>to ski — including Yin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A United Airlines plane takes off from the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if he does travel all the way to Japan just to ski, he said, he isn’t likely to shell out to fly direct even with the new United routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to spend that much money just for the flight ticket,” Yin said. Given local airports like SFO already offer direct flights to Tokyo, “I’d rather just fly to Tokyo or anywhere that’s cheaper.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/japan-tourism-is-booming-as-travellers-look-beyond-tokyo-and-kyoto/ar-AA1Yu3zb?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1\">Sapporo’s increasing popularity\u003c/a>, he said, may have more to do with the rising popularity of Japan as a tourist destination in general. And more likely, many people already planning a multi-week international vacation may find it worthwhile to tack on some skiing while they’re there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savage and her tour clients have the same mentality, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for a lot of folks, it’s easy to be like, ‘Well, if I’m already spending this extreme amount of money, why not spend it and go see somewhere I’ve never been?’” Savage said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Service workers at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco’s airport\u003c/a> called for a $30 an hour minimum wage and other improved benefits during a Board of Supervisors hearing on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at San Francisco International Airport who clean airplane cabins, handle baggage, work security, push wheelchairs and more currently make about $22 per hour. This translates to a little over $45,000, before taxes, for a 40-hour work week — well below the poverty line in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestor Dolde, 73, said he works two separate jobs at the airport — totalling 16 hours a day — to earn enough for his family of four to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sacrifice the health and safety of myself just to give a decent living [to] my family because the transportation now is so expensive … I don’t sleep too much,” Dolde said at the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing comes days after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082129/bay-area-elected-officials-among-several-arrested-at-may-day-protest-at-sfo\">May Day protest at the airport\u003c/a> over the labor fight ended in arrests of Supervisors Rafael Mandelman and Connie Chan, and state Sen. Josh Becker, D-San Mateo, along with around 20 others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officials had gathered with dozens of janitors, security officers and airport workers with Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West, who said at the rally that their stagnant pay could not keep up with the high cost of living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mandelman scheduled Thursday’s hearing in April to check on the lengthy contract negotiations between nearly 2,000 SFO employees represented by SEIU-USWW and a group of multi-national corporate contractors that employ them, including G2/Menzies, PrimeFlight, Unifi, ABM and Compass/Flix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082139\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Rafael Mandelman is arrested as he stands with other demonstrators blocking the road in front of San Francisco International terminal during ICE Out of San Francisco protest at SFO on May Day at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, May 1, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The protest and the hearing follow a year of fruitless negotiations with the airport contractors, union representatives said. They also said that the airport contractors have not yet offered a full response to workers’demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the five contractors involved in the negotiations sent a representative to the hearing, nor did they respond to KQED’s requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the hearing, airport workers shared emotional stories about struggling to make enough to survive in the Bay Area — doing everything from taking on second jobs to subsisting on diets of rice and oatmeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, the employees displayed immense pride in their work, sporting T-shirts with the slogan “We Make SFO Fly” splashed across the back.[aside postID=news_12081923 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20240426_DEPTOFLABORANNOUNCEMENT-16-GC-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Noyra Gonzalez, a wheelchair agent who spends her days helping people get to and from their gates, told KQED: “At the end of the day, it’s a very fulfilling job because we’re helping people that actually need the help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez said that she cannot afford her own apartment and only recently upgraded from her aunt’s couch to a room in a shared home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to sleep on a couch in order to make ends meet … Many of my co-workers sleep at the parking lot in their cars, and some others sleep in the airport because they have two or three jobs, so they basically live at the airport,” Gonzalez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, airport workers in Los Angeles won a $30 an hour wage, to be phased in by 2028. There, a coalition of airlines — along with other industry groups that employ service workers — tried to force a citywide vote on the new laws, claiming they would lead to layoffs and deliver a fresh blow to the tourism industry, after COVID-19 led to major losses, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-14/council-hikes-hotel-minimum-wage-despite-warnings-from-tourism-companies\">\u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanjay Garla, first vice president of SEIU-USWW, a 50,000-person union that fought for the gains in Los Angeles, said that the low wages are ultimately the airline’s responsibility. The airlines, which set the overall contracting prices, have pushed to keep them low despite record profits, Garla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report by Airport Workers United, a national airport workers union, shared ahead of the meeting, stated that every individual domestic airline in the “Big Four” — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines — saw record revenues in 2025 and net profits of about $39.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is just such a contrast between the evident wealth of that airport and the working conditions of the lowest wage workers at the airport,” Mandelman told KQED after the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He confirmed that the board could step in, saying, “We have legislated around the airport in the past, and we could do it again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Service workers at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco’s airport\u003c/a> called for a $30 an hour minimum wage and other improved benefits during a Board of Supervisors hearing on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at San Francisco International Airport who clean airplane cabins, handle baggage, work security, push wheelchairs and more currently make about $22 per hour. This translates to a little over $45,000, before taxes, for a 40-hour work week — well below the poverty line in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestor Dolde, 73, said he works two separate jobs at the airport — totalling 16 hours a day — to earn enough for his family of four to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sacrifice the health and safety of myself just to give a decent living [to] my family because the transportation now is so expensive … I don’t sleep too much,” Dolde said at the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing comes days after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082129/bay-area-elected-officials-among-several-arrested-at-may-day-protest-at-sfo\">May Day protest at the airport\u003c/a> over the labor fight ended in arrests of Supervisors Rafael Mandelman and Connie Chan, and state Sen. Josh Becker, D-San Mateo, along with around 20 others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officials had gathered with dozens of janitors, security officers and airport workers with Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West, who said at the rally that their stagnant pay could not keep up with the high cost of living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mandelman scheduled Thursday’s hearing in April to check on the lengthy contract negotiations between nearly 2,000 SFO employees represented by SEIU-USWW and a group of multi-national corporate contractors that employ them, including G2/Menzies, PrimeFlight, Unifi, ABM and Compass/Flix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082139\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/MayDaySFGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Rafael Mandelman is arrested as he stands with other demonstrators blocking the road in front of San Francisco International terminal during ICE Out of San Francisco protest at SFO on May Day at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, May 1, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The protest and the hearing follow a year of fruitless negotiations with the airport contractors, union representatives said. They also said that the airport contractors have not yet offered a full response to workers’demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the five contractors involved in the negotiations sent a representative to the hearing, nor did they respond to KQED’s requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the hearing, airport workers shared emotional stories about struggling to make enough to survive in the Bay Area — doing everything from taking on second jobs to subsisting on diets of rice and oatmeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, the employees displayed immense pride in their work, sporting T-shirts with the slogan “We Make SFO Fly” splashed across the back.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Noyra Gonzalez, a wheelchair agent who spends her days helping people get to and from their gates, told KQED: “At the end of the day, it’s a very fulfilling job because we’re helping people that actually need the help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez said that she cannot afford her own apartment and only recently upgraded from her aunt’s couch to a room in a shared home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to sleep on a couch in order to make ends meet … Many of my co-workers sleep at the parking lot in their cars, and some others sleep in the airport because they have two or three jobs, so they basically live at the airport,” Gonzalez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, airport workers in Los Angeles won a $30 an hour wage, to be phased in by 2028. There, a coalition of airlines — along with other industry groups that employ service workers — tried to force a citywide vote on the new laws, claiming they would lead to layoffs and deliver a fresh blow to the tourism industry, after COVID-19 led to major losses, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-14/council-hikes-hotel-minimum-wage-despite-warnings-from-tourism-companies\">\u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanjay Garla, first vice president of SEIU-USWW, a 50,000-person union that fought for the gains in Los Angeles, said that the low wages are ultimately the airline’s responsibility. The airlines, which set the overall contracting prices, have pushed to keep them low despite record profits, Garla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report by Airport Workers United, a national airport workers union, shared ahead of the meeting, stated that every individual domestic airline in the “Big Four” — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines — saw record revenues in 2025 and net profits of about $39.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is just such a contrast between the evident wealth of that airport and the working conditions of the lowest wage workers at the airport,” Mandelman told KQED after the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He confirmed that the board could step in, saying, “We have legislated around the airport in the past, and we could do it again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many Bay Area travelers have been relieved that because \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a> uses a private contractor for its security screening rather than the Transportation Security Administration, it has been largely unaffected by the partial government shutdown, which has caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077353/ice-airports-tsa-trump-deployed-shutdown-sfo-incident-your-rights-what-to-know\">hours-long security lines\u003c/a> in other airports around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But new guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration that went into effect on Monday is now restricting how planes land on SFO’s runways and is already causing delays for a quarter of arriving flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetraveler.org/faa-ends-sfos-iconic-parallel-landings-cutting-capacity/\">uniquely\u003c/a> has two main landing runways, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">about 750 feet apart\u003c/a>. On a clear day, planes can land side-by-side, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">allowing around 60 arrivals per hour\u003c/a>. On foggy days, SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">avoids these dual arrivals\u003c/a> for safety reasons and \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">reduces arrivals to 30 per hour.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the FAA told KQED that the agency’s “safety measure prohibits flights from making side-by-side approaches to SFO’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather when the pilots acknowledge having the other aircraft in sight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And as of Monday, the FAA’s new rule for SFO landings “requires staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This change has already led to flight delays “averaging around 30 minutes,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you have an upcoming flight in or out of SFO, or are planning to travel soon, what should you know? Read more on these restrictions and how they could impact your flights in and out of the Bay’s biggest airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\"> What should I do if I have an existing flight booking?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\"> Will this change impact security lines, too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are the changes to SFO’s runways, and why will this cause flight delays?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firstly, you should know: Delays caused by this new FAA runway restriction are coming on the heels of unrelated construction work at SFO that’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>causing delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 30, unrelated to the recent FAA restriction, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/media/press-releases/six-month-closure-runway-1r-sfo-set-begin-march-30th\">SFO closed Runway 1 Right\u003c/a> for construction that is predicted to last six months. Yakel said the airport is currently forecasting that 15% of flights will be delayed over the next half a year due to this project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067210\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEating-86-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers wait for their flight at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But now, on top of that, the FAA restriction will \u003cem>also \u003c/em>“increase the delay potential to approximately 25% of arriving flights experiencing a delay of at least 30 minutes,” Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the FAA on ways to improve the arrival rate at SFO,” Yakel said to KQED. “We remain in contact with both the FAA and airlines on this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAA confirmed to KQED that it is “exploring ways to safely increase the airport arrival rate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which is to say: Between construction and the new FAA restriction, there’s a higher chance passengers will face flight delays at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this just affect incoming flights at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The restriction — and the 25%-of-flights-affected figure — apply to arriving flights, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if that arriving aircraft is turning around to represent a departing flight, that could also experience a delay,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-75-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta Airlines plane at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That means that even if your flight \u003cem>leaves \u003c/em>from SFO, you could still be left waiting — because the plane your flight is using has been delayed arriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\">\u003c/a>Will this impact existing bookings for flights arriving at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This depends on the airlines, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know they are looking into this,” he said. “Airlines would communicate such changes directly to affected customers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson with United Airlines — which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/hub-airports.html\">its hub at SFO\u003c/a> — said that they are “reviewing the FAA’s updated guidance to determine if we will need to make any changes to our flight schedule in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-49-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks to their destination at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We encourage customers to check their flight status in the United app,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/blaberge\">KQED photographer Beth LaBerge\u003c/a>, who previously worked for years as a customer service agent for Delta Airlines, said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067167/sfo-airport-security-food-terminals-hacks-tips-san-francisco-international-service-animals\">a previous guide exploring hacks for navigating SFO smoothly\u003c/a> that the airport is already \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/sfo-ground-delay-low-clouds-21230684.php\">known\u003c/a> for what’s called \u003ca href=\"https://avgeekery.com/why-is-my-flight-delayed-at-san-francisco-international/\">“flow control delay,”\u003c/a> especially during morning flights when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997579/bay-area-hikes-views-clouds-marine-inversion-layer\">the marine layer\u003c/a> comes in.[aside postID=news_12065518 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-SFOEATING-31-BL-KQED.jpg']“Being proactive is one of the biggest things that I recommend to anyone flying from anywhere,” LaBerge said. She recommended that you download your airline’s app and turn on alerts, which “will give you updates about delays, gate changes [and] cancellations, and just help you stay ahead of those surprises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058887/flight-delays-government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-sfo-oak-sjc\">a backup\u003c/a>, travelers can also check on the status of their flight on \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/passengers/flight-info/flight-status\">the SFO website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long will this restriction be in place?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yakel said that the “FAA has yet to communicate a timeframe for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO’s unrelated runway construction project, however, is scheduled to end on Oct. 2. However, Yakel said, if the FAA’s restrictions remain in place, then we would still see 25% of flights delayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\">\u003c/a>Will this cause the same security delays that travelers are seeing around the country?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yakel said the new FAA rule will not impact security lines at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5744648/as-partial-shutdown-drags-on-morning-edition-checks-out-tsa-lines-at-3-airports\">Feb. 14\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/air-travel\">TSA staff\u003c/a> have worked without pay due to the ongoing partial government shutdown — and with many calling out of work, passengers across the United States have experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/21/nx-s1-5755796/airport-security-tsa-lines-travel-tips\">hours-long security screening lines\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2267571375-scaled-e1774462803299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CE agents stand next to the security line at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 23, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetraveler.org/faa-ends-sfos-iconic-parallel-landings-cutting-capacity/\">uniquely\u003c/a> has two main landing runways, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">about 750 feet apart\u003c/a>. On a clear day, planes can land side-by-side, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">allowing around 60 arrivals per hour\u003c/a>. On foggy days, SFO \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/weather-impact#:~:text=SFO's%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">avoids these dual arrivals\u003c/a> for safety reasons and \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/airport-operations/policies-regulations/runway-constraints#:~:text=SFO%27s%20runways%20are%20only%20750,aircraft%20must%20arrive%20single%2Dfile\">reduces arrivals to 30 per hour.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the FAA told KQED that the agency’s “safety measure prohibits flights from making side-by-side approaches to SFO’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather when the pilots acknowledge having the other aircraft in sight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251210-SFOEating-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk past a flight board in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And as of Monday, the FAA’s new rule for SFO landings “requires staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This change has already led to flight delays “averaging around 30 minutes,” SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you have an upcoming flight in or out of SFO, or are planning to travel soon, what should you know? Read more on these restrictions and how they could impact your flights in and out of the Bay’s biggest airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIhaveanexistingflightbooking\"> What should I do if I have an existing flight booking?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Willthischangeimpactsecuritylinestoo\"> Will this change impact security lines, too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are the changes to SFO’s runways, and why will this cause flight delays?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firstly, you should know: Delays caused by this new FAA runway restriction are coming on the heels of unrelated construction work at SFO that’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>causing delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 30, unrelated to the recent FAA restriction, \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/about/media/press-releases/six-month-closure-runway-1r-sfo-set-begin-march-30th\">SFO closed Runway 1 Right\u003c/a> for construction that is predicted to last six months. 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LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But now, on top of that, the FAA restriction will \u003cem>also \u003c/em>“increase the delay potential to approximately 25% of arriving flights experiencing a delay of at least 30 minutes,” Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the FAA on ways to improve the arrival rate at SFO,” Yakel said to KQED. “We remain in contact with both the FAA and airlines on this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAA confirmed to KQED that it is “exploring ways to safely increase the airport arrival rate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which is to say: Between construction and the new FAA restriction, there’s a higher chance passengers will face flight delays at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this just affect incoming flights at SFO?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The restriction — and the 25%-of-flights-affected figure — apply to arriving flights, Yakel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if that arriving aircraft is turning around to represent a 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077353/ice-airports-tsa-trump-deployed-shutdown-sfo-incident-your-rights-what-to-know\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5744648/as-partial-shutdown-drags-on-morning-edition-checks-out-tsa-lines-at-3-airports\">el 14 de febrero\u003c/a>, el personal de la \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/air-travel\">Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte\u003c/a> (o TSA por sus siglas en inglés) ha estado trabajando sin sueldo debido al cierre parcial del Gobierno que sigue vigente; y, dado que muchos han decidido no acudir al trabajo, los pasajeros en todo Estados Unidos han tenido que \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/03/21/nx-s1-5755796/airport-security-tsa-lines-travel-tips\">esperar durante horas en las filas de control de seguridad\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado fin de semana, el presidente Donald Trump anunció que, a partir del lunes , se desplegarían agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (o ICE por sus siglas en inglés) en los aeropuertos para apoyar las operaciones de la TSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La administración de Trump dijo que los agentes de ICE permanecerían en servicio para \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">ayudar con la capacidad de personal de seguridad en los aeropuertos\u003c/a>. Pero la presencia de los agentes de ICE ha \u003ca href=\"https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2026/03/23/ice-officers-at-airports-could-sow-fear-latino-group-warns/89294194007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116320p119050l004550c119050e1123xxv116320d--45--b--45--&gca-ft=168&gca-ds=sophi\">despertado el temor y la incertidumbre\u003c/a> entre los viajeros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco, el más grande del Área de la Bahía, se ha librado de las largas esperas gracias a que los controles de seguridad están \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flysfo/p/DWHseVzDnnc/\">a cargo de una empresa privada\u003c/a> en lugar de la TSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el domingo por la noche, en un incidente \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1s1a3lq/ice_already_causing_havoc_at_sfo/\">captado en vídeo\u003c/a>, se vio a agentes de inmigración vestidos de civiles en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco (o SFO por sus siglas en inglés) \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">tratando con fuerza a una mujer delante de su hijo pequeño\u003c/a>. El SFO no figuraba en la lista de los 14 aeropuertos \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/tsa-wait-times-ice-airports-03-23-26?post-id=cmn37qf65000q3b6rfo32wpep\">obtenida por la cadena de noticias CNN\u003c/a> en los que iba a intervenir el ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ir directo a:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#ICE\">\u003cstrong>¿Por qué estaba el ICE en el SFO con respecto al domingo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#aeropuerto\">\u003cstrong>¿Tengo que responder a las preguntas del ICE en un aeropuerto?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#grabar\">\u003cstrong>¿Es legal grabar al ICE en un aeropuerto?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La terminal internacional del Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco, con respecto al 10 de diciembre de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Entonces, ¿qué debe saber ahora mismo sobre el ICE en los aeropuertos de EE. UU.? Siga leyendo para conocer lo que sabemos sobre los agentes de inmigración, los viajes aéreos y sus derechos ante los agentes del ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenga en cuenta que la siguiente información no constituye asesoramiento legal, y que debe dirigir cualquier pregunta específica sobre su situación particular a un abogado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿A qué aeropuertos de EE. UU. se ha desplegado al ICE?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>De acuerdo con \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/politics/ice-airports-homan-trump.html?smid=url-share\">información publicada por The New York Times\u003c/a>, 14 aeropuertos de todo el país contarán con agentes del ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/tsa-wait-times-ice-airports-03-23-26?post-id=cmn37qf65000q3b6rfo32wpep\">La cadena CNN informó\u003c/a> de que entre estos se encuentran el Aeropuerto Internacional O’Hare de Chicago, el Aeropuerto Internacional Hartsfield-Jackson de Atlanta, los aeropuertos internacionales John F. Kennedy y LaGuardia de Nueva York, y el Aeropuerto Internacional Louis Armstrong de Nueva Orleans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ningún aeropuerto de California figura en la lista actual de CNN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El martes, un portavoz de la TSA confirmó a KQED que el ICE se desplegaría en “los aeropuertos que se ven afectados negativamente” por las ausencias y dimisiones de la TSA, y que ninguno de ellos se encontraba en el Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ICE\">\u003c/a>¿Por qué estaba el ICE en el aeropuerto de San Francisco el domingo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En unas imágenes grabadas alrededor de las 10 de la noche del domingo y publicadas en las redes sociales, se ve a unos hombres vestidos con ropa oscura en el aeropuerto de San Francisco sacando a una mujer que lloraba de un banquillo de la terminal y empujándola luego a una silla de ruedas, mientras se oye llorar cerca a una niña de unos 10 años. Se puede ver a agentes de la policía de San Francisco observando la escena mientras se producía la detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los hombres no llevan insignias visibles ni distintivos de la agencia, pero el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (o DHS por sus siglas en inglés) \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2036158826341077203?s=46&t=PMxn5DJx4Cr-fWgaQBUvVA\">afirmó\u003c/a> el lunes en la red social X que, de hecho, se trataba de agentes de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según un portavoz del DHS, la mujer y su hija fueron detenidas en el aeropuerto y estaban siendo “escoltadas a la terminal internacional para ser procesadas” cuando la mujer intentó huir. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">Lea más información sobre el incidente del domingo por la noche en el aeropuerto de San Francisco\u003c/a> (SFO). Según informó The New York Times el martes por la noche, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html\">el ICE había sido alertado inicialmente\u003c/a> de la presencia de ambas en el SFO por la TSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flysfo/p/DWPA-h5D_QG/\">un comunicado emitido por el SFO\u003c/a>, el aeropuerto “no participó en este incidente ni fue notificado de antemano”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entendemos que los agentes federales transportaban a dos personas en un vuelo con destino al extranjero cuando se produjo este incidente”, señala el comunicado. “Creemos que se trata de un incidente aislado y no tenemos motivos para sospechar que se esté llevando a cabo una operación de control más amplia en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPGTBvmGX9/\">El alcalde de San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, se hizo eco del comunicado del aeropuerto el lunes en una publicación en las redes sociales\u003c/a>. Lurie afirmó en su comunicado que las fuerzas del orden locales “no participan en la aplicación de la ley federal de inmigración civil”, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/attorneys-say-sfpd-may-have-violated-the-law-during-ice-arrest-at-sfo/\">aunque algunos abogados de inmigración han cuestionado, no obstante, la presencia de la Policía de San Francisco\u003c/a> (SFPD) durante la detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hasta el lunes por la tarde, los defensores locales de los derechos de los inmigrantes afirmaron que \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sfrrn_/p/DWPQRS4lMjl/\">seguían evaluando la situación\u003c/a> y trabajando para “confirmar todos los hechos relacionados con este incidente”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tras haber matado a personas en nuestras calles y detenido a ciudadanos estadounidenses, el ICE ha perdido toda credibilidad y confianza ante la opinión pública”, afirmaron el representante del Área de la Bahía Kevin Mullin y la presidenta emérita de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, en una declaración conjunta. “Exigimos respuestas inmediatas sobre el estado de la madre y su hijo, así como sobre los motivos de su detención”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Puede el ICE detener a personas en el aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sí, existen casos documentados de \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/community-alert-immigration-arrests-at-airports/\">detenciones por parte del ICE en aeropuertos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Blazer, director de estrategias fronterizas y asesor principal de la Unión Americana por las Libertades Civiles (o ACLU por sus siglas en inglés), afirmó que “no hay nada que prohíba categóricamente a ICE entrar en un aeropuerto en calidad de agente de control de inmigración”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ejemplo, señaló Blazer, los agentes de ICE han utilizado vuelos comerciales anteriormente para transportar a personas en vuelos de deportación, o para trasladar a personas detenidas a centros de detención de inmigrantes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/United-Airlines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/United-Airlines.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/United-Airlines-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los pasajeros esperan su vuelo en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco el 10 de diciembre de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Además, tal y como informó por primera vez \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.1lIj.Qa1WfLVCwcJB&smid=url-share\">The New York Times\u003c/a> en diciembre de 2025, el TSA ha compartido con el ICE información sobre pasajeros de vuelos que se cree que están sujetos a órdenes de deportación, facilitando así a los agentes de inmigración la realización de detenciones en el aeropuerto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Blazer afirmó que el despliegue del ICE en los aeropuertos de esta semana —la simple presencia con este fin, de forma no selectiva y en gran número— es «sin precedentes»\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ice-tsa-wait-times-shutdown-03-24-26?post-id=cmn48kb0y00823b6p6u9q5bxl\">la cadena CNN el martes por la mañana\u003c/a>, Trump dijo que los agentes seguirán deteniendo a personas indocumentadas, pero dijo sobre los agentes del ICE en los aeropuertos “no es por eso por lo que están allí; en realidad están allí para ayudar”. (La mayoría de los agentes del TSA \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us#what-types-of-law-enforcement-officers-and-other-government-officials-could-i-encounter-during-the-security-screening-process-at-the-airport\">no son agentes de policía\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parte de lo que resulta tan complicado aquí es que la administración Trump no ha aclarado cuáles son las competencias que está otorgando a ICE como parte de esta misión”, dijo Blazer. En su resumen de \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/community-alert-immigration-arrests-at-airports/\">los riesgos de los viajes aéreos\u003c/a>, el Centro Nacional de Leyes de Inmigración (o NILC por sus siglas en inglés) señaló que, para las personas indocumentadas, con estatus migratorio temporal o sujetas a una orden de deportación, existe “un riesgo significativo de ser detenidas en un aeropuerto de EE. UU.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el NILC también señaló que “todos los no ciudadanos corren algún riesgo” al viajar por los aeropuertos de EE. UU., incluidos aquellos con residencia permanente, si tienen determinadas condenas penales o si gozan del estatus de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (o DACA por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores animan a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMjSDSgeoZ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">los pasajeros que no sean ciudadanos estadounidenses a consultar con un abogado\u003c/a> sobre su situación particular antes de viajar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blazer, de la ACLU, señaló que, aunque la CBP tiene mucho “poder a la hora de controlar a las personas que llegan en un vuelo internacional”, eso no es aplicable a los \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/cbp-cant-detain-domestic-flight-passengers-refusing-suspicionless-id-checks#:~:text=CBP%20is%20bound%20by%20those,actions%20that%20participation%20is%20voluntary.\">vuelos nacionales\u003c/a>. Por ejemplo, ni la CBP ni el ICE pueden inspeccionar sus dispositivos electrónicos sin una orden judicial en un vuelo nacional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Hallett, directora de la Clínica de Derechos de los Inmigrantes y profesora clínica de Derecho en la Universidad de Chicago, declaró al \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/ice-agents-tsa-airports/\">Washington Post\u003c/a> que el ICE no puede registrar las pertenencias personales de un pasajero sin una orden judicial, y solo puede hacerlo si actúa en nombre de una agencia que sí pueda, como la CBP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si están actuando como agentes de la TSA, deben seguir las normas de la TSA. Si actúan como agentes de la CBP y realizan labores de la Patrulla Fronteriza, entonces tienen la autoridad que tiene la Patrulla Fronteriza”, dijo Hallett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Y si simplemente se encuentran en el aeropuerto como agentes de ICE, entonces tienen la misma autoridad legal que cualquier agente de ICE que se encuentre en un lugar público”, afirmó. (En cualquier caso, señaló que ICE puede \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ph/YWJ1z#selection-853.62-853.119\">acercarse a los pasajeros en cualquier lugar\u003c/a> del aeropuerto, incluso después del control de seguridad.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué debo hacer si ICE se me acerca en el aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En los puestos de control fronterizos, incluidos los aeropuertos, los agentes pueden hacer preguntas, realizar registros personales y detener a personas con amplia discrecionalidad, explicó \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5517998/ice-arrest-rules-explained\">a al cadena radial NPR\u003c/a> Ahilan Arulanantham, codirector del Centro de Derecho y Política Migratoria de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de California en Los Angeles (o UCLA, pos sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Blazer señaló que, para que ICE pueda detener a alguien por una infracción de inmigración sin una orden judicial, \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantjustice.org/sites/default/files/content-type/page/documents/2025-01/Castanon-Nava_training_slides_2025-01-16-english.pdf\">debería demostrar que existen motivos fundados\u003c/a> para creer que la persona se encuentra en EE. UU. infringiendo las leyes de inmigración del país, y que es probable que huya antes de que se pueda obtener una orden de detención. Según él, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/five-individuals-launch-class-action-lawsuit-over-warrantless-immigration-arrests-in-north-carolina\">recientemente se han producido litigios en todo el país\u003c/a> que cuestionan algunas de las detenciones sin orden judicial llevadas a cabo por ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077962\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/flight-boards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/flight-boards.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/flight-boards-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unos pasajeros pasan junto a un panel de información de vuelos en la Terminal 1 “Harvey Milk” del Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco el 10 de diciembre de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Los agentes del ICE “no tienen ninguna autoridad adicional en un aeropuerto”, afirmó Blazer. Pero, en realidad, señaló, las garantías constitucionales y los derechos que tienen las personas pueden resultar “mucho más complicados de ejercer” en el contexto de un aeropuerto para la mayoría de la gente, que no solo tiene que lidiar con la presión añadida de perder vuelos caros, sino también con la impaciencia de los demás pasajeros en la fila de seguridad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ejemplo, las personas, ya sean ciudadanos o inmigrantes, tienen derecho a preguntar a un agente de inmigración “¿Puedo marcharme?”. Si no tienen una sospecha concreta, individualizada y razonable de que ha cometido un delito, no pueden seguir interrogándole y usted puede marcharse, explicó Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero pensemos sobre cómo funciona esto en el contexto del aeropuerto», dijo. ““¿Puedo marcharme?” Y marcharme significa que probablemente esté saliendo del aeropuerto para alejarme de una situación, y en ese momento podría perder mi vuelo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"aeropuerto\">\u003c/a>¿Tengo que responder a las preguntas de ICE en el aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si un agente de ICE le hace preguntas en el aeropuerto, usted “tiene el mismo derecho a guardar silencio que en la vía pública””, afirmó Blazer. “Nada cambia por el mero hecho de estar en un aeropuerto”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero este es otro ejemplo de cómo la presión del entorno aeroportuario puede afectar a su situación, señaló Blazer. Si decide ejercer su derecho a guardar silencio, el agente puede retirarle de la fila de seguridad e intentar hacerle más preguntas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tenemos los mismos derechos, pero en ese entorno, el ejercitar esos derechos conlleva costos adicionales” , dijo Blazer. “Muchas personas en esa situación, por su propio interés… ‘siguen la corriente’ en la mayor medida posible”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué pasa si ICE me pide la identificación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Según \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2026/03/23/ice-agents-airports-tsa-my-rights/89278550007/\">una información publicada por USA Today\u003c/a>, los viajeros deben presentar un documento de identidad y someterse al control de seguridad de la TSA para embarcar en un vuelo. Sin embargo, por lo general, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/community-resources/know-your-rights-faq#item-5131\">tanto los ciudadanos como los inmigrantes\u003c/a> tienen derecho a guardar silencio cuando se dirigen a las fuerzas del orden, incluido ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Asian Law Caucus ha señalado que, si cree que va a ser detenido por ICE, \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/guides-reports/know-your-rights-at-airports\">debe ejercer su derecho a guardar silencio y no responder a ninguna pregunta\u003c/a>. La organización también ha indicado que no debe firmar ningún documento sin que lo revise un abogado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blazer señaló que, según \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065885/ice-immigration-us-citizens-detained-carry-passports-documentation-green-card\">la ley federal\u003c/a>, las personas con residencia permanente legal u otros visados que les otorguen un estatus legal deben llevar consigo una prueba de dicho estatus, como su tarjeta de residencia. “Y puede que les convenga, para evitar más interrogatorios indebidos o detenciones ilegales, responder a esas preguntas y mostrar dicha prueba de estatus”, afirmó Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Así que, aunque usted tiene derecho a no hacerlo, quiero dejar claro que las personas tendrán que tomar una decisión personal sobre si les conviene ejercer ese derecho”, dijo. Especialmente si son titulares adultos de tarjetas de residente permanente o cualquier otra persona sujeta a una ley federal que les obligue a llevar consigo una prueba de su estatus en todo momento”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"grabar\">\u003c/a>¿Es legal grabar a los agentes de ICE?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Tomar fotografías y grabar vídeos de lo que es claramente visible en espacios públicos es \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">un derecho constitucional\u003c/a>, y eso incluye a la policía y a otros funcionarios públicos en el ejercicio de sus funciones”, señala la guía de la ACLU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y aunque no existe una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo que establezca de forma inequívoca el derecho, amparado por la Primera Enmienda, a grabar a los agentes del orden, “los siete Tribunales Federales de Circuito de EE. UU. que han examinado la cuestión han afirmado prácticamente unánimemente que existe \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">un derecho, amparado por la Primera Enmienda, a grabar a la policía y a observarla\u003c/a>”, declaró a principios de este año el reportero de justicia penal C.J. Ciaramella, colaborador de Reason, en el podcast Close All Tabs de KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/border-patrol-bovino.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/border-patrol-bovino.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/border-patrol-bovino-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Bovino, excomandante general de la Patrulla Fronteriza (en el centro), se dirige junto a agentes federales hacia el Edificio Federal Edward R. Roybal después de que agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU. realizaran una demostración de fuerza frente al Museo Nacional Japonés-Americano, donde el gobernador Newsom ofrecía una rueda de prensa con respecto a la redistribución de distritos el jueves 14 de agosto de 2025, en Los Ángeles. \u003ccite>(Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times vía Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, los aeropuertos podrían ser un entorno potencialmente más complicado para grabar, señaló Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No es que la Primera Enmienda no se aplique en los aeropuertos, pero estos no son un espacio público tradicional como lo son los parques”, explicó Blazer. Por ejemplo, en algunas filas de seguridad de la TSA hay un aviso que dice “prohibido tomar fotos”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rara vez hacen cumplir esa norma, pero eso solo demuestra que ya se trata de un entorno más regulado en el que pueden imponer ciertas restricciones”, señaló Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sí es legal grabar a las fuerzas del orden en “cualquier lugar abierto y visible mientras desempeñan sus funciones”, dijo Blazer, haciendo eco de las directrices establecidas en \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">esta exhaustiva guía de la ACLU\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero, al mismo tiempo, puede ser permitido que los operadores aeroportuarios impongan ciertas normas razonables, y esas normas podrían incluir la restricción de tomar fotografías en áreas particulares del aeropuerto” dijo Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De hecho, podría ser difícil discutir con un funcionario del aeropuerto que le diga que no tome fotos en una zona determinada, señaló Blazer. Y podría haber una batalla legal después de los hechos, “si una persona no obedece esa orden y es detenida o retirada de la fila” señaló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero creo que la verdad es que, en un entorno aeroportuario, resulta más difícil ejercer ese derecho”, afirmó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Los vídeos de testigos presenciales también ofrecen importantes narrativas alternativas\u003c/a> a las versiones oficiales de las fuerzas del orden. Tras el tiroteo mortal de Alex Pretti a manos de agentes de ICE en Minnesota a principios de este año, los funcionarios de la administración Trump afirmaron inmediatamente que Pretti era un “terrorista naciona” que pretendía “masacrar” a los agentes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/25/nx-s1-5687875/minneapolis-shooting-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-dhs-investigation\">afirmaciones contradichas\u003c/a> por los múltiples vídeos de testigos presenciales grabados durante el tiroteo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, funcionarios de la administración Trump han \u003ca href=\"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/secretary-kristi-noem-addresses-surge-in-attacks-on-ice-agents-in-tampa-dhs-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agents-florida-department-of-homeland-security-july-13-2025\">calificado la filmación de ICE como “violencia” y “doxing”\u003c/a>, y \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">los estadounidenses se han enfrentado a la detención\u003c/a> por parte de ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-detains-woodbury-man-filming-agents\">tras filmar a los agentes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Así que, en definitiva, aunque grabar a ICE pueda ser un derecho constitucional, también conlleva riesgos cada vez mayores. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Lea más sobre la logística, y los riesgos, de grabar a agentes de las fuerzas del orden como los de ICE\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué dicen los defensores de los inmigrantes sobre viajar en estos momentos?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El grupo de defensa de San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sfrrn_/p/DWPQRS4lMjl/?img_index=2\">Mission Action\u003c/a> advierte de que los no ciudadanos que actualmente no tienen estatus legal “deberían considerar cuidadosamente los riesgos de viajar en avión, incluidos los vuelos nacionales dentro de los EE. UU.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Informes recientes apuntan a un aumento de los riesgos, entre ellos la posibilidad de que la TSA esté compartiendo información sobre los viajeros con el ICE, lo que podría exponer a las personas a medidas legales”, se lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sfrrn_/p/DWPQRS4lMjl/?img_index=2\">en su publicación en redes sociales\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agentes del Departamento de Policía de Atlanta observan con respecto a los viajeros que hacen largas colas en el Aeropuerto Internacional Hartsfield-Jackson de Atlanta el 23 de marzo de 2026, en Atlanta, Georgia. \u003ccite>(Foto de Megan Varner/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>La Asociación para la Educación Legal en materia de Inmigración del Condado de Alameda recomendó que las personas “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMjSDSgeoZ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">consulten con un abogado antes de volar para conocer los riesgos a los que se exponen\u003c/a>“. Las \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMjSDSgeoZ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">recomendaciones\u003c/a> sugerían que las personas planificaran con tiempo suficiente antes de viajar y tuvieran a mano documentos clave, como \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/community-alert-immigration-arrests-at-airports/\">pruebas de su situación legal, solicitudes pendientes o copias certificadas de expedientes penales si el caso se había cerrado\u003c/a>. La organización hizo hincapié en que las personas no deben “firmar nada» que les entreguen los agentes de inmigración y que «no entiendan”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La ACLU del Norte de California tiene una \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">página que detalla sus derechos en el aeropuerto\u003c/a> y si los agentes fronterizos pueden o no preguntarle sobre su estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según la ACLU NorCal, los ciudadanos de los EE. UU. solo tienen que “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">responder a preguntas que establezcan su identidad y ciudadanía\u003c/a> (además de preguntas relacionadas con la aduana)”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, la organización advierte que “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us\">negarse a responder a preguntas rutinarias\u003c/a> sobre la naturaleza y el propósito de su viaje podría dar lugar a retrasos y/o a una inspección más exhaustiva”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los titulares de visados que no sean ciudadanos y los visitantes que se nieguen a responder a las preguntas podrían sufrir un retraso o que se les deniegue la entrada. Los residentes permanentes legales, como los titulares de la tarjeta verde, solo tienen que responder a preguntas sobre su identidad y su residencia permanente, según \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">la ACLU del norte de California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Negarse a responder a otras preguntas probablemente causará retrasos, pero es posible que los funcionarios no le denieguen la entrada a los EE. UU. por no responder a otras preguntas”, aconsejó \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">ACLU del norte de California\u003c/a> a los residentes permanentes legales, señalando que el estatus de tarjeta verde “solo puede ser revocado por un juez de inmigración” y advirtiendo: “¡No renuncie a su tarjeta verde voluntariamente!”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Asian Law Caucus también cuenta con \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/guides-reports/know-your-rights-at-airports\">una tabla muy útil\u003c/a> con respecto a lo que pueden esperar en los aeropuertos las personas con diferentes estatus en lo que respecta a su equipaje, los registros de dispositivos y la duración de una posible detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué debo hacer si creo haber visto a agentes de ICE en un aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En lugar de publicar posibles encuentros con agentes de ICE en las redes sociales, defensores de inmigrantes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">recomiendan encarecidamente\u003c/a> que la gente les llamen primero. A través de estas líneas directas, los defensores pueden \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">verificar estos avistamientos\u003c/a>, con el fin de evitar la difusión de información errónea en Internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede consultar la lista completa y actualizada de números de respuesta rápida en \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">la página web de California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede seguir a estas organizaciones en \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/acilep_rapidresponse/\">sus cuentas de redes sociales\u003c/a> para ver si se trata de avistamientos confirmados o solo de rumores.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Los agentes de inmigración han detenido a alguien que conozco. ¿Cómo puedo encontrarlo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Por lo general, cualquier persona, independientemente de su estatus, puede ser \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/guides-reports/know-your-rights-at-airports\">detenida hasta 72 horas en un puerto de entrada\u003c/a>, según el Asian Law Caucus. También puede ser trasladada a un centro de detención penal o a la custodia de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED ofrece \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047506/searching-for-a-loved-one-in-ice-custody-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">una guía que le explica paso a paso\u003c/a> cómo localizar a alguien en diferentes centros de detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La principal manera de encontrar a alguien es a través del \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">Sistema de Localización de Detenidos en Línea de ICE\u003c/a>. También puede llamar a ICE al \u003ca href=\"https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1706?language=en_US\">866-347-2423\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según el \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\">Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project\u003c/a>, pueden pasar unos días hasta que una persona aparezca en la base de datos de ICE. Si el nombre que busca no aparece en el sistema de ICE, o si le preocupa su seguridad y una posible deportación, puede solicitar ayuda a organizaciones de defensa como \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/hotline\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">Lea más sobre cómo encontrar asistencia jurídica gratuita o de bajo costo en el Área de la Bahía.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este reportaje incluye información de Katie DeBenedetti, Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, Tyche Hendricks y Carly Severn, de KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y esa traducción fue editada por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La administración de Trump dijo que los agentes de ICE permanecerían en servicio para \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">ayudar con la capacidad de personal de seguridad en los aeropuertos\u003c/a>. Pero la presencia de los agentes de ICE ha \u003ca href=\"https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2026/03/23/ice-officers-at-airports-could-sow-fear-latino-group-warns/89294194007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116320p119050l004550c119050e1123xxv116320d--45--b--45--&gca-ft=168&gca-ds=sophi\">despertado el temor y la incertidumbre\u003c/a> entre los viajeros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco, el más grande del Área de la Bahía, se ha librado de las largas esperas gracias a que los controles de seguridad están \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flysfo/p/DWHseVzDnnc/\">a cargo de una empresa privada\u003c/a> en lugar de la TSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el domingo por la noche, en un incidente \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1s1a3lq/ice_already_causing_havoc_at_sfo/\">captado en vídeo\u003c/a>, se vio a agentes de inmigración vestidos de civiles en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco (o SFO por sus siglas en inglés) \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">tratando con fuerza a una mujer delante de su hijo pequeño\u003c/a>. El SFO no figuraba en la lista de los 14 aeropuertos \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/tsa-wait-times-ice-airports-03-23-26?post-id=cmn37qf65000q3b6rfo32wpep\">obtenida por la cadena de noticias CNN\u003c/a> en los que iba a intervenir el ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ir directo a:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#ICE\">\u003cstrong>¿Por qué estaba el ICE en el SFO con respecto al domingo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#aeropuerto\">\u003cstrong>¿Tengo que responder a las preguntas del ICE en un aeropuerto?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#grabar\">\u003cstrong>¿Es legal grabar al ICE en un aeropuerto?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/sfo-international-terminal-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La terminal internacional del Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco, con respecto al 10 de diciembre de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Entonces, ¿qué debe saber ahora mismo sobre el ICE en los aeropuertos de EE. UU.? Siga leyendo para conocer lo que sabemos sobre los agentes de inmigración, los viajes aéreos y sus derechos ante los agentes del ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenga en cuenta que la siguiente información no constituye asesoramiento legal, y que debe dirigir cualquier pregunta específica sobre su situación particular a un abogado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿A qué aeropuertos de EE. UU. se ha desplegado al ICE?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>De acuerdo con \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/politics/ice-airports-homan-trump.html?smid=url-share\">información publicada por The New York Times\u003c/a>, 14 aeropuertos de todo el país contarán con agentes del ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/tsa-wait-times-ice-airports-03-23-26?post-id=cmn37qf65000q3b6rfo32wpep\">La cadena CNN informó\u003c/a> de que entre estos se encuentran el Aeropuerto Internacional O’Hare de Chicago, el Aeropuerto Internacional Hartsfield-Jackson de Atlanta, los aeropuertos internacionales John F. Kennedy y LaGuardia de Nueva York, y el Aeropuerto Internacional Louis Armstrong de Nueva Orleans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ningún aeropuerto de California figura en la lista actual de CNN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El martes, un portavoz de la TSA confirmó a KQED que el ICE se desplegaría en “los aeropuertos que se ven afectados negativamente” por las ausencias y dimisiones de la TSA, y que ninguno de ellos se encontraba en el Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ICE\">\u003c/a>¿Por qué estaba el ICE en el aeropuerto de San Francisco el domingo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En unas imágenes grabadas alrededor de las 10 de la noche del domingo y publicadas en las redes sociales, se ve a unos hombres vestidos con ropa oscura en el aeropuerto de San Francisco sacando a una mujer que lloraba de un banquillo de la terminal y empujándola luego a una silla de ruedas, mientras se oye llorar cerca a una niña de unos 10 años. Se puede ver a agentes de la policía de San Francisco observando la escena mientras se producía la detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los hombres no llevan insignias visibles ni distintivos de la agencia, pero el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (o DHS por sus siglas en inglés) \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dhsgov/status/2036158826341077203?s=46&t=PMxn5DJx4Cr-fWgaQBUvVA\">afirmó\u003c/a> el lunes en la red social X que, de hecho, se trataba de agentes de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según un portavoz del DHS, la mujer y su hija fueron detenidas en el aeropuerto y estaban siendo “escoltadas a la terminal internacional para ser procesadas” cuando la mujer intentó huir. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">Lea más información sobre el incidente del domingo por la noche en el aeropuerto de San Francisco\u003c/a> (SFO). Según informó The New York Times el martes por la noche, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html\">el ICE había sido alertado inicialmente\u003c/a> de la presencia de ambas en el SFO por la TSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flysfo/p/DWPA-h5D_QG/\">un comunicado emitido por el SFO\u003c/a>, el aeropuerto “no participó en este incidente ni fue notificado de antemano”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entendemos que los agentes federales transportaban a dos personas en un vuelo con destino al extranjero cuando se produjo este incidente”, señala el comunicado. “Creemos que se trata de un incidente aislado y no tenemos motivos para sospechar que se esté llevando a cabo una operación de control más amplia en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPGTBvmGX9/\">El alcalde de San Francisco, Daniel Lurie, se hizo eco del comunicado del aeropuerto el lunes en una publicación en las redes sociales\u003c/a>. Lurie afirmó en su comunicado que las fuerzas del orden locales “no participan en la aplicación de la ley federal de inmigración civil”, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/attorneys-say-sfpd-may-have-violated-the-law-during-ice-arrest-at-sfo/\">aunque algunos abogados de inmigración han cuestionado, no obstante, la presencia de la Policía de San Francisco\u003c/a> (SFPD) durante la detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hasta el lunes por la tarde, los defensores locales de los derechos de los inmigrantes afirmaron que \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sfrrn_/p/DWPQRS4lMjl/\">seguían evaluando la situación\u003c/a> y trabajando para “confirmar todos los hechos relacionados con este incidente”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tras haber matado a personas en nuestras calles y detenido a ciudadanos estadounidenses, el ICE ha perdido toda credibilidad y confianza ante la opinión pública”, afirmaron el representante del Área de la Bahía Kevin Mullin y la presidenta emérita de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, en una declaración conjunta. “Exigimos respuestas inmediatas sobre el estado de la madre y su hijo, así como sobre los motivos de su detención”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Puede el ICE detener a personas en el aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sí, existen casos documentados de \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/community-alert-immigration-arrests-at-airports/\">detenciones por parte del ICE en aeropuertos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Blazer, director de estrategias fronterizas y asesor principal de la Unión Americana por las Libertades Civiles (o ACLU por sus siglas en inglés), afirmó que “no hay nada que prohíba categóricamente a ICE entrar en un aeropuerto en calidad de agente de control de inmigración”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ejemplo, señaló Blazer, los agentes de ICE han utilizado vuelos comerciales anteriormente para transportar a personas en vuelos de deportación, o para trasladar a personas detenidas a centros de detención de inmigrantes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/United-Airlines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/United-Airlines.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/United-Airlines-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los pasajeros esperan su vuelo en el Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco el 10 de diciembre de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Además, tal y como informó por primera vez \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.1lIj.Qa1WfLVCwcJB&smid=url-share\">The New York Times\u003c/a> en diciembre de 2025, el TSA ha compartido con el ICE información sobre pasajeros de vuelos que se cree que están sujetos a órdenes de deportación, facilitando así a los agentes de inmigración la realización de detenciones en el aeropuerto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Blazer afirmó que el despliegue del ICE en los aeropuertos de esta semana —la simple presencia con este fin, de forma no selectiva y en gran número— es «sin precedentes»\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ice-tsa-wait-times-shutdown-03-24-26?post-id=cmn48kb0y00823b6p6u9q5bxl\">la cadena CNN el martes por la mañana\u003c/a>, Trump dijo que los agentes seguirán deteniendo a personas indocumentadas, pero dijo sobre los agentes del ICE en los aeropuertos “no es por eso por lo que están allí; en realidad están allí para ayudar”. (La mayoría de los agentes del TSA \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us#what-types-of-law-enforcement-officers-and-other-government-officials-could-i-encounter-during-the-security-screening-process-at-the-airport\">no son agentes de policía\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parte de lo que resulta tan complicado aquí es que la administración Trump no ha aclarado cuáles son las competencias que está otorgando a ICE como parte de esta misión”, dijo Blazer. En su resumen de \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/community-alert-immigration-arrests-at-airports/\">los riesgos de los viajes aéreos\u003c/a>, el Centro Nacional de Leyes de Inmigración (o NILC por sus siglas en inglés) señaló que, para las personas indocumentadas, con estatus migratorio temporal o sujetas a una orden de deportación, existe “un riesgo significativo de ser detenidas en un aeropuerto de EE. UU.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el NILC también señaló que “todos los no ciudadanos corren algún riesgo” al viajar por los aeropuertos de EE. UU., incluidos aquellos con residencia permanente, si tienen determinadas condenas penales o si gozan del estatus de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (o DACA por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los defensores animan a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMjSDSgeoZ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">los pasajeros que no sean ciudadanos estadounidenses a consultar con un abogado\u003c/a> sobre su situación particular antes de viajar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blazer, de la ACLU, señaló que, aunque la CBP tiene mucho “poder a la hora de controlar a las personas que llegan en un vuelo internacional”, eso no es aplicable a los \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/cbp-cant-detain-domestic-flight-passengers-refusing-suspicionless-id-checks#:~:text=CBP%20is%20bound%20by%20those,actions%20that%20participation%20is%20voluntary.\">vuelos nacionales\u003c/a>. Por ejemplo, ni la CBP ni el ICE pueden inspeccionar sus dispositivos electrónicos sin una orden judicial en un vuelo nacional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Hallett, directora de la Clínica de Derechos de los Inmigrantes y profesora clínica de Derecho en la Universidad de Chicago, declaró al \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/ice-agents-tsa-airports/\">Washington Post\u003c/a> que el ICE no puede registrar las pertenencias personales de un pasajero sin una orden judicial, y solo puede hacerlo si actúa en nombre de una agencia que sí pueda, como la CBP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si están actuando como agentes de la TSA, deben seguir las normas de la TSA. Si actúan como agentes de la CBP y realizan labores de la Patrulla Fronteriza, entonces tienen la autoridad que tiene la Patrulla Fronteriza”, dijo Hallett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Y si simplemente se encuentran en el aeropuerto como agentes de ICE, entonces tienen la misma autoridad legal que cualquier agente de ICE que se encuentre en un lugar público”, afirmó. (En cualquier caso, señaló que ICE puede \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ph/YWJ1z#selection-853.62-853.119\">acercarse a los pasajeros en cualquier lugar\u003c/a> del aeropuerto, incluso después del control de seguridad.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué debo hacer si ICE se me acerca en el aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En los puestos de control fronterizos, incluidos los aeropuertos, los agentes pueden hacer preguntas, realizar registros personales y detener a personas con amplia discrecionalidad, explicó \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5517998/ice-arrest-rules-explained\">a al cadena radial NPR\u003c/a> Ahilan Arulanantham, codirector del Centro de Derecho y Política Migratoria de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de California en Los Angeles (o UCLA, pos sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Blazer señaló que, para que ICE pueda detener a alguien por una infracción de inmigración sin una orden judicial, \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantjustice.org/sites/default/files/content-type/page/documents/2025-01/Castanon-Nava_training_slides_2025-01-16-english.pdf\">debería demostrar que existen motivos fundados\u003c/a> para creer que la persona se encuentra en EE. UU. infringiendo las leyes de inmigración del país, y que es probable que huya antes de que se pueda obtener una orden de detención. Según él, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/five-individuals-launch-class-action-lawsuit-over-warrantless-immigration-arrests-in-north-carolina\">recientemente se han producido litigios en todo el país\u003c/a> que cuestionan algunas de las detenciones sin orden judicial llevadas a cabo por ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077962\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/flight-boards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/flight-boards.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/flight-boards-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unos pasajeros pasan junto a un panel de información de vuelos en la Terminal 1 “Harvey Milk” del Aeropuerto Internacional de San Francisco el 10 de diciembre de 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Los agentes del ICE “no tienen ninguna autoridad adicional en un aeropuerto”, afirmó Blazer. Pero, en realidad, señaló, las garantías constitucionales y los derechos que tienen las personas pueden resultar “mucho más complicados de ejercer” en el contexto de un aeropuerto para la mayoría de la gente, que no solo tiene que lidiar con la presión añadida de perder vuelos caros, sino también con la impaciencia de los demás pasajeros en la fila de seguridad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ejemplo, las personas, ya sean ciudadanos o inmigrantes, tienen derecho a preguntar a un agente de inmigración “¿Puedo marcharme?”. Si no tienen una sospecha concreta, individualizada y razonable de que ha cometido un delito, no pueden seguir interrogándole y usted puede marcharse, explicó Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero pensemos sobre cómo funciona esto en el contexto del aeropuerto», dijo. ““¿Puedo marcharme?” Y marcharme significa que probablemente esté saliendo del aeropuerto para alejarme de una situación, y en ese momento podría perder mi vuelo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"aeropuerto\">\u003c/a>¿Tengo que responder a las preguntas de ICE en el aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si un agente de ICE le hace preguntas en el aeropuerto, usted “tiene el mismo derecho a guardar silencio que en la vía pública””, afirmó Blazer. “Nada cambia por el mero hecho de estar en un aeropuerto”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero este es otro ejemplo de cómo la presión del entorno aeroportuario puede afectar a su situación, señaló Blazer. Si decide ejercer su derecho a guardar silencio, el agente puede retirarle de la fila de seguridad e intentar hacerle más preguntas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tenemos los mismos derechos, pero en ese entorno, el ejercitar esos derechos conlleva costos adicionales” , dijo Blazer. “Muchas personas en esa situación, por su propio interés… ‘siguen la corriente’ en la mayor medida posible”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué pasa si ICE me pide la identificación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Según \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2026/03/23/ice-agents-airports-tsa-my-rights/89278550007/\">una información publicada por USA Today\u003c/a>, los viajeros deben presentar un documento de identidad y someterse al control de seguridad de la TSA para embarcar en un vuelo. Sin embargo, por lo general, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/community-resources/know-your-rights-faq#item-5131\">tanto los ciudadanos como los inmigrantes\u003c/a> tienen derecho a guardar silencio cuando se dirigen a las fuerzas del orden, incluido ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Asian Law Caucus ha señalado que, si cree que va a ser detenido por ICE, \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/guides-reports/know-your-rights-at-airports\">debe ejercer su derecho a guardar silencio y no responder a ninguna pregunta\u003c/a>. La organización también ha indicado que no debe firmar ningún documento sin que lo revise un abogado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blazer señaló que, según \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065885/ice-immigration-us-citizens-detained-carry-passports-documentation-green-card\">la ley federal\u003c/a>, las personas con residencia permanente legal u otros visados que les otorguen un estatus legal deben llevar consigo una prueba de dicho estatus, como su tarjeta de residencia. “Y puede que les convenga, para evitar más interrogatorios indebidos o detenciones ilegales, responder a esas preguntas y mostrar dicha prueba de estatus”, afirmó Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Así que, aunque usted tiene derecho a no hacerlo, quiero dejar claro que las personas tendrán que tomar una decisión personal sobre si les conviene ejercer ese derecho”, dijo. Especialmente si son titulares adultos de tarjetas de residente permanente o cualquier otra persona sujeta a una ley federal que les obligue a llevar consigo una prueba de su estatus en todo momento”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"grabar\">\u003c/a>¿Es legal grabar a los agentes de ICE?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Tomar fotografías y grabar vídeos de lo que es claramente visible en espacios públicos es \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">un derecho constitucional\u003c/a>, y eso incluye a la policía y a otros funcionarios públicos en el ejercicio de sus funciones”, señala la guía de la ACLU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y aunque no existe una sentencia del Tribunal Supremo que establezca de forma inequívoca el derecho, amparado por la Primera Enmienda, a grabar a los agentes del orden, “los siete Tribunales Federales de Circuito de EE. UU. que han examinado la cuestión han afirmado prácticamente unánimemente que existe \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">un derecho, amparado por la Primera Enmienda, a grabar a la policía y a observarla\u003c/a>”, declaró a principios de este año el reportero de justicia penal C.J. Ciaramella, colaborador de Reason, en el podcast Close All Tabs de KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/border-patrol-bovino.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/border-patrol-bovino.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/border-patrol-bovino-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Bovino, excomandante general de la Patrulla Fronteriza (en el centro), se dirige junto a agentes federales hacia el Edificio Federal Edward R. Roybal después de que agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU. realizaran una demostración de fuerza frente al Museo Nacional Japonés-Americano, donde el gobernador Newsom ofrecía una rueda de prensa con respecto a la redistribución de distritos el jueves 14 de agosto de 2025, en Los Ángeles. \u003ccite>(Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times vía Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, los aeropuertos podrían ser un entorno potencialmente más complicado para grabar, señaló Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No es que la Primera Enmienda no se aplique en los aeropuertos, pero estos no son un espacio público tradicional como lo son los parques”, explicó Blazer. Por ejemplo, en algunas filas de seguridad de la TSA hay un aviso que dice “prohibido tomar fotos”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rara vez hacen cumplir esa norma, pero eso solo demuestra que ya se trata de un entorno más regulado en el que pueden imponer ciertas restricciones”, señaló Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sí es legal grabar a las fuerzas del orden en “cualquier lugar abierto y visible mientras desempeñan sus funciones”, dijo Blazer, haciendo eco de las directrices establecidas en \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">esta exhaustiva guía de la ACLU\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero, al mismo tiempo, puede ser permitido que los operadores aeroportuarios impongan ciertas normas razonables, y esas normas podrían incluir la restricción de tomar fotografías en áreas particulares del aeropuerto” dijo Blazer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De hecho, podría ser difícil discutir con un funcionario del aeropuerto que le diga que no tome fotos en una zona determinada, señaló Blazer. Y podría haber una batalla legal después de los hechos, “si una persona no obedece esa orden y es detenida o retirada de la fila” señaló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero creo que la verdad es que, en un entorno aeroportuario, resulta más difícil ejercer ese derecho”, afirmó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Los vídeos de testigos presenciales también ofrecen importantes narrativas alternativas\u003c/a> a las versiones oficiales de las fuerzas del orden. Tras el tiroteo mortal de Alex Pretti a manos de agentes de ICE en Minnesota a principios de este año, los funcionarios de la administración Trump afirmaron inmediatamente que Pretti era un “terrorista naciona” que pretendía “masacrar” a los agentes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/25/nx-s1-5687875/minneapolis-shooting-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-dhs-investigation\">afirmaciones contradichas\u003c/a> por los múltiples vídeos de testigos presenciales grabados durante el tiroteo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, funcionarios de la administración Trump han \u003ca href=\"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/secretary-kristi-noem-addresses-surge-in-attacks-on-ice-agents-in-tampa-dhs-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agents-florida-department-of-homeland-security-july-13-2025\">calificado la filmación de ICE como “violencia” y “doxing”\u003c/a>, y \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">los estadounidenses se han enfrentado a la detención\u003c/a> por parte de ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-detains-woodbury-man-filming-agents\">tras filmar a los agentes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Así que, en definitiva, aunque grabar a ICE pueda ser un derecho constitucional, también conlleva riesgos cada vez mayores. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Lea más sobre la logística, y los riesgos, de grabar a agentes de las fuerzas del orden como los de ICE\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué dicen los defensores de los inmigrantes sobre viajar en estos momentos?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El grupo de defensa de San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sfrrn_/p/DWPQRS4lMjl/?img_index=2\">Mission Action\u003c/a> advierte de que los no ciudadanos que actualmente no tienen estatus legal “deberían considerar cuidadosamente los riesgos de viajar en avión, incluidos los vuelos nacionales dentro de los EE. UU.”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Informes recientes apuntan a un aumento de los riesgos, entre ellos la posibilidad de que la TSA esté compartiendo información sobre los viajeros con el ICE, lo que podría exponer a las personas a medidas legales”, se lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sfrrn_/p/DWPQRS4lMjl/?img_index=2\">en su publicación en redes sociales\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Atlanta-police-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agentes del Departamento de Policía de Atlanta observan con respecto a los viajeros que hacen largas colas en el Aeropuerto Internacional Hartsfield-Jackson de Atlanta el 23 de marzo de 2026, en Atlanta, Georgia. \u003ccite>(Foto de Megan Varner/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>La Asociación para la Educación Legal en materia de Inmigración del Condado de Alameda recomendó que las personas “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMjSDSgeoZ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">consulten con un abogado antes de volar para conocer los riesgos a los que se exponen\u003c/a>“. Las \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMjSDSgeoZ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">recomendaciones\u003c/a> sugerían que las personas planificaran con tiempo suficiente antes de viajar y tuvieran a mano documentos clave, como \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/community-alert-immigration-arrests-at-airports/\">pruebas de su situación legal, solicitudes pendientes o copias certificadas de expedientes penales si el caso se había cerrado\u003c/a>. La organización hizo hincapié en que las personas no deben “firmar nada» que les entreguen los agentes de inmigración y que «no entiendan”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La ACLU del Norte de California tiene una \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">página que detalla sus derechos en el aeropuerto\u003c/a> y si los agentes fronterizos pueden o no preguntarle sobre su estatus migratorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según la ACLU NorCal, los ciudadanos de los EE. UU. solo tienen que “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">responder a preguntas que establezcan su identidad y ciudadanía\u003c/a> (además de preguntas relacionadas con la aduana)”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, la organización advierte que “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-airports-and-other-ports-entry-us\">negarse a responder a preguntas rutinarias\u003c/a> sobre la naturaleza y el propósito de su viaje podría dar lugar a retrasos y/o a una inspección más exhaustiva”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los titulares de visados que no sean ciudadanos y los visitantes que se nieguen a responder a las preguntas podrían sufrir un retraso o que se les deniegue la entrada. Los residentes permanentes legales, como los titulares de la tarjeta verde, solo tienen que responder a preguntas sobre su identidad y su residencia permanente, según \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">la ACLU del norte de California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Negarse a responder a otras preguntas probablemente causará retrasos, pero es posible que los funcionarios no le denieguen la entrada a los EE. UU. por no responder a otras preguntas”, aconsejó \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunorcal.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry/\">ACLU del norte de California\u003c/a> a los residentes permanentes legales, señalando que el estatus de tarjeta verde “solo puede ser revocado por un juez de inmigración” y advirtiendo: “¡No renuncie a su tarjeta verde voluntariamente!”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Asian Law Caucus también cuenta con \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/guides-reports/know-your-rights-at-airports\">una tabla muy útil\u003c/a> con respecto a lo que pueden esperar en los aeropuertos las personas con diferentes estatus en lo que respecta a su equipaje, los registros de dispositivos y la duración de una posible detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué debo hacer si creo haber visto a agentes de ICE en un aeropuerto?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En lugar de publicar posibles encuentros con agentes de ICE en las redes sociales, defensores de inmigrantes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">recomiendan encarecidamente\u003c/a> que la gente les llamen primero. A través de estas líneas directas, los defensores pueden \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">verificar estos avistamientos\u003c/a>, con el fin de evitar la difusión de información errónea en Internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede consultar la lista completa y actualizada de números de respuesta rápida en \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">la página web de California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede seguir a estas organizaciones en \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/acilep_rapidresponse/\">sus cuentas de redes sociales\u003c/a> para ver si se trata de avistamientos confirmados o solo de rumores.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Los agentes de inmigración han detenido a alguien que conozco. ¿Cómo puedo encontrarlo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Por lo general, cualquier persona, independientemente de su estatus, puede ser \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resources/guides-reports/know-your-rights-at-airports\">detenida hasta 72 horas en un puerto de entrada\u003c/a>, según el Asian Law Caucus. También puede ser trasladada a un centro de detención penal o a la custodia de ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED ofrece \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047506/searching-for-a-loved-one-in-ice-custody-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">una guía que le explica paso a paso\u003c/a> cómo localizar a alguien en diferentes centros de detención.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La principal manera de encontrar a alguien es a través del \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">Sistema de Localización de Detenidos en Línea de ICE\u003c/a>. También puede llamar a ICE al \u003ca href=\"https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1706?language=en_US\">866-347-2423\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según el \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\">Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project\u003c/a>, pueden pasar unos días hasta que una persona aparezca en la base de datos de ICE. Si el nombre que busca no aparece en el sistema de ICE, o si le preocupa su seguridad y una posible deportación, puede solicitar ayuda a organizaciones de defensa como \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/hotline\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">Lea más sobre cómo encontrar asistencia jurídica gratuita o de bajo costo en el Área de la Bahía.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este reportaje incluye información de Katie DeBenedetti, Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí, Tyche Hendricks y Carly Severn, de KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y esa traducción fue editada por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After the detention and deportation of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077292/is-ice-at-sfo-heres-what-we-know-about-videos-of-woman-being-forcefully-detained\">mother and child\u003c/a> from the San Francisco International Airport this week, Bay Area officials and advocates are raising alarms about privacy and civil liberties as immigration enforcement expands nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. John Garamendi said the revelation that the Transportation Security Administration flagged Angelina Lopez-Jimenez, 41, and her 9-year-old daughter, Wendy Godinez-Lopez, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for arrest — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html\">as reported by \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on Tuesday — is the latest example of unprecedented data sharing between government agencies to target and arrest immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Herein lies a very fundamental question of our civil liberties: How did ICE know that she was going to get on an airplane at a specific time?” Garamendi told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newspaper’s investigation adds new context to footage of the incident, which quickly went viral. Video of the arrest shows plainclothes agents struggling with a crying woman in Terminal 3, her distressed child nearby, as onlookers yell at agents to stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TSA officials informed ICE that the family had planned to fly within the U.S. when they showed up on a flight manifest for a Sunday flight from San Francisco to Miami, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html\">the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>. Lopez-Jimenez, who was born in Guatemala, and her daughter were going to visit another daughter in Miami, Garamendi said. He confirmed Lopez-Jimenez and her daughter are Contra Costa County residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was just a part of our community, living a lawful life, with the exception of this immigration issue,” the lawmaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Tuesday, the pair were on a flight bound for Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Previous \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html?searchResultPosition=1\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> reporting\u003c/a> has documented that TSA has shared names and birth dates of travelers as part of President Donald Trump’s far-reaching deportation effort. Lopez-Jimenez and her daughter had a final order of removal from an immigration judge dating back to 2019, the Department of Homeland Security \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2036158826341077203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2036158826341077203%7Ctwgr%5E316cc36d549a4c1b6763530d86bc21f24def5b3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwpde.com%2Fnews%2Fnation-world%2Ftsa-tip-led-to-ice-san-francisco-airport-immigration-arrest-of-mother-angeline-lopez-jimenez-guatemala-daughter-seen-in-viral-video-federal-documents-homeland-security-government-shutdown\">said\u003c/a> in a March 23 post on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“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,” the agency said.[aside postID=news_12077353 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2267571375-2000x1333.jpg']Bill Ong Hing, a longtime immigration attorney, professor of law at the University of San Francisco and former police commissioner, said immigration enforcement is not “within the TSA’s jurisdiction or responsibilities,” and called the Trump administration’s use of TSA to go after people targeted for removal “disturbing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[TSA’s] responsibility is to make sure that people have their travel documents and they have a valid ID. It’s not to test whether or not somebody is lawfully in the United States,” he told KQED on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, Bay Area officials confirmed that the arrest was not part of the Trump administration’s wider push to use ICE to staff security lines, while TSA workers go unpaid during a government shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hing said it’s not unusual for ICE to take a while to follow up with people with active removal orders, which a judge may automatically order if \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077372/san-francisco-immigration-courts-order-800-removals-in-absentia-in-1-week\">a person misses an immigration court hearing\u003c/a>. While in the past, ICE prioritized those with U.S. criminal records, the administration is likely looking closely at deportation lists in order to fulfill “Stephen Miller’s goal of deporting 3,000 people a day,” the attorney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hing, who volunteers with rapid response networks, also described the impact the removal process can have on young children who witness their family member’s arrest or sometimes are arrested themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be a different way of doing this, but every day parents are being arrested with their children,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the TSA news came to light, local advocates filed complaints against the San Francisco Police Department on Wednesday, alleging that officers violated local and state sanctuary city laws during the detention and deportation, after cell phone footage showed a phalanx of SFPD officers lining up between the agents and the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant Chief San Francisco Public Defender Angela Chan, who worked on writing the SFPD sanctuary policy in 2020, said she was filing a complaint with the Department of Police Accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I reviewed all the videos. I re-reviewed the laws that I helped to write. I believe what they did was they assisted with immigration enforcement by assisting with an arrest, a detention, and transportation for ICE,” Chan told reporters outside SFPD headquarters on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SFPD does not assist in civil federal immigration enforcement and cannot impede federal law enforcement actions as outlined in our city charter, state law and our department policy,” SFPD spokesperson Paulina Henderson said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. Henderson said officers responded to a 911 call at the airport Sunday evening, and then determined the event involved federal immigration officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie told reporters that city sanctuary policies “are not going anywhere as long as I am mayor. We are going to continue those policies. SFPD and any local law enforcement will not assist federal immigration enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unimpressed with Lurie’s response, Chan called on city officials to address questions about SFPD’s role in the arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t need a law degree to understand the SFPD violated state and local sanctuary laws that night,” she said. “They were there to protect ICE.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/tychehendricks\">Tyche Hendricks\u003c/a> and Paula Sibulo contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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