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New Body-Cam Video Shows Threats Before Agents Remove Woman in Florida Keys Stop

CBP says agents acted because she drove her undocumented boyfriend’s car after refusing to identify herself.

Monroe County allowed residents and business owners to re-enter into Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada at 7 a.m. Tuesday. US1 sign into the Florida Keys Tuesday morning around 6am.
In Key Largo, Florida, in front of Pink Plaza at mile marker 103.4, federal immigration agents stopped a woman driving a white Toyota Corolla and forcibly removed her from her car, cuffed and detained her, even though she was a U.S. citizen, Dec. 3, 2025. (David Goodhue/Miami Herald/TNS)
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Overview

  • Monroe County deputy body-camera footage, released Dec. 24 via public records to the Miami Herald, documents a Dec. 3 traffic stop in Key Largo.
  • The video captures federal agents threatening to break a window before removing the driver, who repeatedly said she was a U.S. citizen on her way to work.
  • Agents detained her in an SUV for about 10 minutes and released her after confirming her citizenship.
  • CBP states the stop targeted a car belonging to her undocumented boyfriend and says she refused lawful orders to identify herself.
  • The deputy on scene urged cooperation but declined to assist in forcing entry, highlighting local–federal limits as similar Upper Keys operations have focused on commuter stops.