Under Trump, SFO is now a de facto immigration detention center
More than two dozen immigrants have been held at San Francisco’s airport this year for longer than three days, in violation of Customs and Border Protection’s guidelines.
Tucked within SFO’s International Terminal is a windowless room officials call an “in-transit lounge.” Immigration lawyers and the people who’ve been detained inside call it a jail. More than two dozen immigrants, mostly green-card holders with past arrests, have been held at San Francisco International Airport this year without access to dedicated medical care, attorneys or even beds for more than three days, a violation of Customs and Border Protection’s guidelines, a Chronicle investigation found. Some of the immigrants were taken to SFO after landing at other California airports,…
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