A Native American woman born in Phoenix was wrongly flagged for deportation at an Iowa jail after an ICE detainer mix-up, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.

The 24-year-old was born in Phoenix and is a member of Arizona’s Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. She was booked into the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa, where she currently lives, in September for allegedly driving with a suspended license. Jacobo was scheduled to be released on Nov. 11, but what should have been a routine process was complicated and delayed by an erroneously issued ICE detainer. She was ultimately allowed to leave just before 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 12.

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Of all the rightfully deserved criticism Florida gets, I’ll give them this, they don’t arrest for most driving infractions. I got a couple driving while license suspended tickets and they got dismissed once I got it sorted out. Meanwhile the state I moved to arrested me for failing to pay a seatbelt ticket! And what’s crazy is that I always use my seatbelt, I was just pulling out of the parking lot and was in the middle of putting it on when I got flashed.