
BREAKING: A UC Berkeley student is being held by ICE after being detained at San Francisco International Airport.
The student’s attorney, Niko De Bremaeker of Centro Legal de la Raza, confirmed that UC Berkeley student Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old who came to the U.S. from Colombia to study business administration, was detained by immigration agents at SFO and is currently being held in a detention facility.
De Bremaeker said Albornoz Hernandez was detained for an overstayed visa and was applying for asylum due to “gender-based violence” she experienced in Colombia. He stated that Albornoz Hernandez has a work permit.
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