A coalition of local organizations filed a complaint against the San Francisco Police Department on Wednesday, accusing officers of unlawfully assisting federal immigration authorities during an arrest of two migrants at San Francisco International Airport over the weekend.

On Sunday night, federal immigration authorities arrested a mother and daughter from Guatemala at SFO. They were identified as Angelina Lopez-Jimenez and Wendy Godinez-Lopez and had a final order of removal from an immigration judge since 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.