Overview
- Federal filings say agents in unmarked vehicles detained the woman in Diamond Heights on Friday without showing a warrant or identification.
- Her attorney says she has legal work authorization, no criminal record, and a pending asylum case with immigration hearings attended since 2014.
- A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, called the detention inexplicable, and barred re-detaining or deporting her without notice and a hearing.
- She was released within hours after the court’s order, with attorneys noting she had been transported toward a detention facility before being freed in Bakersfield.
- Mayor Daniel Lurie said SFPD was not involved under sanctuary policy, ICE and DHS did not comment, and the court set a government response deadline of Feb. 17 with a hearing on Feb. 19.