Overview

• Luna-Perez is detained at the Ocean County Jail under an ICE hold and charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and assault.
• Prosecutors await blood toxicology results that could trigger additional DUI charges if they confirm impairment.
• The head-on crash on July 26 claimed the lives of Maria Pleitez and her 11-year-old daughter Dayanara Cortes, with a second child hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
• ICE’s detainer request has clashed with New Jersey’s sanctuary law, which prohibits honoring detainers without a warrant.
• DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin and Governor Murphy’s office have publicly traded blame over enforcement and sanctuary policy failures.