- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 23-year-old UC Berkeley student Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez at San Francisco International Airport as she waited for a flight.
- The Department of Homeland Security said the Colombian national overstayed her visitor visa, which expired in March 2023, and will remain in custody pending removal proceedings.
- Her attorneys noted that she holds a valid U.S. work permit and has a pending asylum claim following severe gender-based violence in Colombia.
- Albornoz Hernandez is being held at the California City Detention Facility, which legal advocates have criticized for inhumane conditions and poor medical care.
- Centro Legal de la Raza filed a federal habeas corpus petition claiming the arrest violated constitutional rights, while UC Berkeley leadership works to support her release.
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