‘Maybe we should call ICE on you’: Passenger describes United confrontation at SFO
A video from San Francisco International Airport shows a United Airlines employee allegedly threatening to call ICE on a passenger.
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A confrontation at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) involving a United Airlines employee and a passenger is circulating online. In the video, the employee is recorded stating, "Maybe we should call ICE on you" and questioning whether the passenger is acting like a citizen.
Coverage from SFist, the San Francisco Chronicle, Yahoo, KQED, NBC Bay Area, and The San Francisco Standard emphasizes the nature of the verbal exchange and the identity of the passenger as a Mexican American and a U.S. citizen. The reports focus on the worker's comments directed at the passenger and their family.
United Airlines' response or specific disciplinary actions remain unconfirmed in current reports. Coverage does not yet specify what preceded the recorded interaction or if any official investigation has been launched by the airline or airport authorities.
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Quick answers
Where did this incident occur?
The incident took place at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
What was the employee alleged to have said?
According to coverage, the employee stated, "Maybe we should call ICE on you" and remarked that the passenger did not "act like a citizen."
Has United Airlines commented?
Coverage does not yet specify a formal statement from the airline regarding the incident.
Coverage (6)
- United Airlines Employee at SFO Tells Customer 'Maybe We Should Call ICE On You' SFist · 1d ago
- United employee at SFO threatens to call ICE on Mexican American passenger: ‘You don’t act like a citizen’ San Francisco Chronicle · 1d ago
- Passenger Accuses Apparent United Airlines Employee of Threatening to Call ICE on Him in Video From San Francisco Airport Yahoo · 1d ago
- SFO United Airlines Employee Allegedly Threatens to Call ICE on US Citizen KQED · 1d ago
- United Airlines worker threatens to call ICE on Bay Area family at SFO NBC Bay Area · 1d ago
- ‘Maybe we should call ICE on you’: Passenger describes United confrontation at SFO The San Francisco Standard · 1d ago
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