United Airlines says it will ‘look into’ worker’s threat to call ICE in viral video
Summary
United Airlines is investigating a video showing one of its employees threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a customer at San Francisco Airport. The incident happened after a long wait and argument about a ticket name error, and the customer, a U.S. citizen, was not detained after his return from Canada.Key Facts
- The video shows a United Airlines employee threatening to call ICE on Julio Varela, a Mexican American man and U.S. citizen.
- The incident took place at San Francisco International Airport.
- The argument started because of a long delay fixing a mistake in Varela’s daughter’s ticket name for a flight to Canada.
- Varela asked the employee for her name to report her, and she responded by threatening to call ICE.
- Varela said he is a naturalized U.S. citizen and worried about being detained by ICE.
- United Airlines said it is looking into the situation but gave no other details.
- Varela returned from Montreal without any problems related to ICE.
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