A Venezuelan asylum seeker injured during an encounter with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last month has submitted a sworn statement that contradicts the agency’s version of events.
Yerlys Moreno López said ICE agents forced her to the ground after a May 19 car chase and crash, breaking her knee and causing other injuries that required emergency surgery. The agency claims she sustained the injuries in the crash itself. Medical records submitted by her attorneys appear to support her account. At the hospital a few hours after the incident, Moreno López repeatedly told doctors that she was injured after getting out of her vehicle.
Moreno López’s injuries fuel concerns that ICE’s tactics have become increasingly violent during President Donald Trump’s second term. Another migrant, Mohamd Salim Abdessamed, was severely injured last week after an apparent ICE car chase.
It’s hard to feel critical about people fleeing from ICE. Prisoners end up starved, Ill and dead, and many of them are innocent of any crime.
The lawsuits need to start flying.
The OP comment is critical about ICE engaging in a car chase, not the victim fleeing
Both actually. The reason is that more innocent people are at risk due to this. Sure, mostly ICE is to blame. But the innocent person still risks the lives of other innocent people when doing this. I understand the logic behind it, but it still feels odd to see more innocent people at risk.