A U.S. official confirmed Good‘s identity to CBS News, and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said she was a U.S. citizen. Minneapolis leaders said she was a legal observer of federal actions in the city and was not a target for arrest by ICE agents.

Good was a mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota with her 6-year-old son and partner, according to CBS Minnesota. She was previously married and widowed when her former husband died in 2023, the Associated Press and the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.