Transportation and Security Administration staff reportedly alerted immigration authorities to a Guatemalan mother and her 9-year-old daughter before agents descended on them inside San Francisco’s airport.
New details about the woman’s harrowing arrest — which went viral after travelers surrounded the officers and posted footage on social media — raises critical questions about TSA’s relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including how checkpoint agents are sharing information about travelers they suspect are living in the country illegally.
