Victory Through Rapid Community Action
Socialists Without Borders (Socialistas Sin Fronteras)
San Francisco, February 14, 2026
Yesterday we issued an emergency declaration after ICE agents carried out a brazen daytime abduction of a 66-year-old nanny in Diamond Heights — a woman who has spent years caring for the children of this city.
Today we celebrate: SHE IS FREE.
After only 12 hours in custody, our neighbor was released late yesterday afternoon. The San Francisco Rapid Response Network, her legal team (who immediately filed a habeas petition and temporary restraining order in federal court), and dozens of community members who documented the arrest, flooded hotlines, and refused to let her disappear into the system — all of it worked.
A federal judge stepped in. ICE was forced to back down. She is home, safe, and reunited with the people who love her.
This is what solidarity looks like in real time.
But let’s be clear:
- This was not a “routine enforcement action.” It was political terror.
- She had valid work authorization, no criminal record, and was simply waiting for her day in immigration court.
- The agents refused to identify themselves, wore masks, and operated like a snatch squad.
- She was on her way to work. They hunted her down in broad daylight.
The fact that we got her back in half a day does not mean the system is just. It means we made them flinch.
The deportation machine is still running. For-profit prisons like CoreCivic are still getting paid. Families are still being torn apart every single day.
So we do not declare victory and go home.
We declare this a taste of what is possible when we move together.
We thank every person who answered the call yesterday. We thank the Rapid Response Network, the lawyers who dropped everything, the neighbors who filmed, the workers who called, and everyone who refused to normalize this.
Now we turn that energy outward.
To the San Francisco Labor Council, every union local, every elected official who claims to stand with workers:
You saw what happens when we actually fight.
No more statements.
No more “monitoring the situation.”
Defend the entire working class — documented or not.
Our demands remain unchanged:
STOP ALL DEPORTATIONS NOW
ABOLISH ICE
PAPERS FOR ALL
FREE EVERYONE STILL CAGED
AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL
The fight is not over.
It has only just begun.
Solidarity forever.
See you in the streets.