Overview
- Footage recorded Wednesday in Key Largo shows federal agents removing a woman in medical scrubs from a white Toyota Corolla as she screams that she is a U.S. citizen.
- CBP says the woman would not roll down her window or provide ID, agents then found her driver’s license in the car, verified her citizenship, and released her shortly afterward.
- A CBP spokesperson told Newsweek the woman was driving her boyfriend’s car and that officials say the boyfriend is undocumented.
- The stop occurred during a coordinated operation involving Border Patrol, CBP, ICE, Florida Highway Patrol, and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, with CBP reporting 14 arrests from the sweep.
- Residents protested Thursday in Islamorada and pressed for transparency on stop criteria, while the sheriff’s office said deputies only directed traffic and kept the peace.