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A 23-year-old female student from Colombia studying at the University of California at Berkeley was detained by ICE at the San Francisco airport on the grounds that her visa had expired. Lawyers and the school are helping him apply for relief.
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Paula Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old Berkeley student, was detained by ICE at San Francisco Airport last Friday while waiting to board a flight to Portland, Oregon, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Lawyers are currently working hard to save him. He is currently being held at the California City Detention Center in Kern County.
Hernandez’s boyfriend, Anthony, who requested that only his first name be used, planned the trip to take her away for a weekend. Anthony said that when ICE detained Hernandez, law enforcement officials told him he was being detained because his visa had expired.
Anthony said he immediately contacted the Alameda County Rapid Response Network, which provides resources and legal assistance to undocumented immigrants detained by ICE. The agency contacted him on Saturday afternoon; Over the next few days, ICE sent him first to a detention center in Sacramento, then to Stockton, and finally to a California city at least a five-hour drive from San Francisco.
“That place keeps changing,” Anthony said. “She says she’s fine, she’s calm, calmer than any of us.” His lawyer Nicolas de Braemaker said Hernandez has always complied with immigration rules. After fleeing Colombia in 2022, she submitted biometric information to the federal government, applied for asylum, and received a work permit within a year.
On Monday, he filed a habeas corpus petition on his behalf, claiming the government was detaining him illegally.
Anthony said he and Hernandez met in school in 2023. Although Hernandez attended college in Colombia, when she came to the United States, she “had to start all over.” Anthony said she was always determined to get into UC Berkeley and was overjoyed when she was finally accepted. “That was his dream.”
Hernandez’s detention caused widespread concern at UC Berkeley. The school’s newspaper, the Daily Californian, said the school sent letters to students informing them that the school was cooperating with Hernandez’s family and providing legal assistance.
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She is 23-year-old Paula Albornoz Hernandez. She was waiting to board a flight to Portland at the San Francisco airport. ICE detained him on the grounds that his visa had expired and he was subsequently transferred to several detention centers.
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Lawyers have filed a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf, arguing that the government is detaining him illegally. Additionally, the Alameda County Rapid Response Network has also intervened to provide resources, legal assistance, and help contact family members and the outside world.
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He is from Colombia. After escaping in 2022, he applied for asylum and received a work permit. While studying at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked hard to adapt to American life and when he was admitted, he was considered to have achieved his dream.
