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?w=420&h=219Her 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. Thats 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 didnt 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 hes 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
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Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)1. Driving while Hispanic. Is this a "great" country, or what?
n/t
CatMor
(6,212 posts)2. Outrageous....
actions like this must stop. I can't believe they made her drive to the hospital alone.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)3. Fuckin wow !!! They didn't bother to give her an escort at all?!? Thugs
treestar
(82,383 posts)7. They are probably mad that
the child she will give birth to will be a U.S. citizen.
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)4. The land of the free and home of the brave?
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)5. Ethnic cleansing....n/t
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)8. Trump is turning this country into a hellhole.
I hate what this nation is becoming.
Mister Ed
(5,944 posts)14. Turning it into a "shithole country", to borrow his own term. n/t
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)9. Obeying orders? No excuse for being barbarians.
MiniMe
(21,719 posts)10. Make America Greedy Again
oasis
(49,426 posts)11. Latino voter registration should get a serious bump from this incident.
Stop Trump!
Leith
(7,813 posts)12. Why Did the ICE Agents Stop the Vehicle?
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.
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)13. Outrageous.
This country has lost its freakin mind.
Petosky Stone
(52 posts)15. He's wanted for murder in Mexico.