The video, recorded Thursday morning, shows two men wearing vests labeled “police” inside a home in the Sunrise neighborhood.
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio woman says two men she believes were federal agents entered her northeast-side home without a warrant, an encounter captured on a Facebook Live video that has since gone viral.
The video, recorded Thursday morning, shows two men wearing vests labeled “police” inside a home in the Sunrise neighborhood. At one point, the men are seen scuffling with another man as he attempts to close the door.
The woman recording the video, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for her safety, said everyone inside the home is either a U.S. citizen or has legal status.
“Having a gun pointed at you and your family — not being able to do anything — it just makes you feel weak and useless,” she said. “What else am I going to do?”
According to the woman, the incident began earlier that morning when her roommate and her roommate’s boyfriend were pulled over by an unmarked vehicle while driving to work, about five minutes from the home. She said both are U.S. citizens.
She claimed the men banged on the car windows and did not allow the couple time to present identification.
“They didn’t want the ID. They just kept banging on the windows,” she said.
The couple drove away, and the men followed them back to the house, she said. Officers detained the roommate, but the boyfriend ran and hid.
The woman said officers accused her roommate’s boyfriend of being a child molester, but she insists they had the wrong person.
“She asked for a picture, and it wasn’t even him,” the woman said. “We told them they had the wrong house and the wrong people.”
She said officers later released her roommate and left the area for about 20 minutes before returning after spotting the man they were searching for. That is when the Facebook Live video began.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said he has asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement for answers after seeing the video.
“I directly asked the chief of staff to the field director of ICE about that raid,” Castro said. “He said he was unaware of it, but I asked him to provide an explanation of exactly what happened.”
KENS 5 reached out to ICE for comment but has not yet received a response.
No one was arrested at the home on Thursday morning, according to available information.
The woman said the encounter had left her and her 3-year-old child shaken.
“They left everyone here traumatized when it wasn’t even the right person,” she said.