SALT LAKE CITY — Mayor Erin Mendenhall is publicly questioning the forcible detainment by ICE agents of a woman in the baggage claim area of Salt Lake City International Airport.

Video taken by Shannon Hale of Wednesday afternoon's incident shows a woman screaming while being brought through the airport by plain-clothed ICE agents. A woman can be heard asking agents to "have mercy" on the lady.

"I am left wondering and aching from the fear and pain these types of operations keep striking in my heart and the hearts of so many of us," Mendenhall said of the incident.

The mayor said she has watched the social media videos of the incident that have been shared, as well as body camera footage from a responding Salt Lake City Police officer. Mendenhall admitted not to knowing the reason behin

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