Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez, a United States citizen, was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities, even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges.
  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
    961·
    3 days ago

    A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges. The man was released after his case received widespread coverage.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
      58·
      3 days ago

      Mark my words, these types of things are about to become increasingly more common at a rapid rate.

      • cley_faye@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        The cases we hear about? Sure. The others… who knows how many cases happened without media attention for each ones that gets some attention.