Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan nurse with aiding the escape of an undocumented immigrant from ICE custody while the individual was hospitalized, according to newly unsealed court documents. The allegations stem from an incident in May, where the nurse allegedly helped the patient leave an Ann Arbor hospital despite being in federal immigration detention. An FBI affidavit accuses the nurse of violating federal law by "instigating or assisting escape," marking the first known case of its kind under recent enforcement priorities. The case follows the migrant’s brief arrest by border patrol agents before being transferred to hospital care.
FBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in MichiganThe federal government is charging a Michigan nurse accused of illegally helping an undocumented immigrant, who was being treated in a hospital, escape from immigration officials, court records unsealed this week show.An FBI agent’s declaration submitted in a federal court accuses Chloe Renae Freeman, 33, of “instigating or assisting escape”, a federal misdemeanor, by helping a patient leave an Ann Arbor hospital while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in May. The patient, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, had been arrested about two hours earlier by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border patrol agents. Continue reading...
