Plainclothes ICE agents detained Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, an Ecuadorian national with an expired visa, on the jetway at Denver International Airport as she tried to board a Southwest flight to Oakland, with onlookers recording the arrest on the tarmac. DHS confirmed the visa overstay and ICE custody pending removal proceedings, while airlines and airport officials emphasized agency access to passenger information and the incident drew widespread social-media scrutiny over immigration enforcement at airports.
