US Citizen Shackled and Detained by ICE Raises Rights Concerns
On Wednesday, a U.S.-born Spanish-speaking mother of four was detained by ICE at a Lafayette checkpoint, despite presenting her valid Louisiana ID and Social Security card. Agents insisted her documents were fake and took her to an ICE processing center, where she was interrogated for hours and shackled. After a lawyer intervened and a neighbor provided additional proof of her citizenship, she was released around 2 a.m. the following morning, though ICE retained her Social Security card and instructed her not to leave the state.
John Q. Hosedrinker