US citizen detained by ICE fights to prove her citizenship despite birth certificate

US citizen detained by ICE fights to prove her citizenship despite birth certificate

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales remains under ICE surveillance despite being released from detention, as her lawyers worry her case could set a dangerous precedent for other US citizens if not dismissed.Diaz Morales, who was born in Maryland on October 18, 2003, has provided extensive documentation proving her US citizenship by birth. Her legal team has submitted a certified Maryland birth certificate, contemporaneous hospital records from Laurel Re…

ICE places ankle monitor on Md. woman who provided U.S. birth certificate

A Maryland woman arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month and held for 25 days despite providing a birth certificate, immunization records and what her lawyers describe as overwhelming evidence that she is a U.S. citizen said the experience was shocking and she hopes the case against her will soon end. During a Zoom news conference with her lawyers Friday, Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, 22, sat in a black office chair wear…

Maryland mother fights deportation insisting she is a US-born citizen

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, 22, spent 25 days in ICE custody after being arrested in Baltimore, Md. in December.