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kpete

(72,024 posts)
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:07 AM Aug 2018

MAGA - What a country!

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Her husband Joel Arrona was driving his wife to the hospital for a scheduled Cesarean section Wednesday afternoon when they had to stop to get gas. That’s when their car was approached by two SUVs. Maria said they were officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The mother of five was then asked to show her identification and complied. When the agents asked Arrona, the couple said he didn’t have the ID on him, but that they lived nearby and could go get it for them. The agents then asked Arrona to exit the vehicle, searched the car for weapons, and put Arrona into custody, leaving Maria alone at the gas station.

Security video shows her visibly upset inside the convenience store.

Maria told CBS2 Arrona has never been stopped by police, and that he’s never been in trouble with the law, not even for a ticket. Maria ended up having to drive herself to the hospital to deliver the baby.



https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/joel-arrona-detained-by-ice-san-bernardino-driving-wife-to-deliver-baby/
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MAGA - What a country! (Original Post) kpete Aug 2018 OP
Driving while Hispanic. Is this a "great" country, or what? Glorfindel Aug 2018 #1
Outrageous.... CatMor Aug 2018 #2
Fuckin wow !!! They didn't bother to give her an escort at all?!? Thugs uponit7771 Aug 2018 #3
They are probably mad that treestar Aug 2018 #7
The land of the free and home of the brave? world wide wally Aug 2018 #4
Ethnic cleansing....n/t bluecollar2 Aug 2018 #5
Kick dalton99a Aug 2018 #6
Trump is turning this country into a hellhole. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #8
Turning it into a "shithole country", to borrow his own term. n/t Mister Ed Aug 2018 #14
Obeying orders? No excuse for being barbarians. BSdetect Aug 2018 #9
Make America Greedy Again MiniMe Aug 2018 #10
Latino voter registration should get a serious bump from this incident. oasis Aug 2018 #11
Why Did the ICE Agents Stop the Vehicle? Leith Aug 2018 #12
Outrageous. Grammy23 Aug 2018 #13
He's wanted for murder in Mexico. Petosky Stone Aug 2018 #15

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
2. Outrageous....
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:14 AM
Aug 2018

actions like this must stop. I can't believe they made her drive to the hospital alone.

Leith

(7,813 posts)
12. Why Did the ICE Agents Stop the Vehicle?
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 01:56 PM
Aug 2018

There was no mention in the article that there was a warrant or any other reason. Then they searched the van for weapons (none found) and took Joel away for not having papers.

Ahem. What was the probable cause for search and seizure? You do NOT have to be a citizen to have Constitutional protections in the US.

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