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Walking on the tarmac like it is nothing

Kuala Lumpur->Kochi 5 August 2026

An Oakland resident arrested by ICE as she attempted to board a plane to fly home from Denver last week, and held for 10 days in a controversial Colorado detention center, walked free on Thursday.

Clutching books and a water bottle, and wearing a “Bay Area” hat, Chantal Morales Rojas smiled and waved as she was met outside the gate of the Aurora ICE Processing Center by loved ones who had camped out all day awaiting her release.

Morales Rojas had taken part in a short group trip to Denver for a frisbee tournament but was stopped, questioned, and arrested by immigration officials on the jetway of her flight home on July 20. Video of her arrest quickly went viral and became one of a few high-profile cases illustrating a recent surge in immigration enforcement inside airports.

An unnamed ICE spokesperson told The Oaklandside last week that they detained her after she allegedly overstayed a visa that expired on Jan. 4, 2025.

Morales Rojas’ friends immediately mobilized to raise money and find an immigration attorney. Laura Lichter, a Colorado attorney, took on Morales Rojas’ case. On Tuesday, Lichter successfully petitioned an immigration judge to order Morales Rojas released on a $3,000 bond.

Frontier Airlines worker refuses to let a man check in for his flight, then taunts him as he rushes to avoid missing it

Man: “I paid for a ticket.”

Worker: “You didn't pay $25 for an agent assist fee. Hello? And you thought you was gonna get on your flight.” She repeatedly says the last line as the man tries to make his flight

Josh Longood, a former MMA fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, went viral for subduing an unruly passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight from Puerto Rico to Chicago. When a man tried to open the emergency exit and choked an off-duty flight attendant, Longood effortlessly restrained him until the plane diverted to Miami.

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