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

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/16/maryland-woman-ice-detained-25-days/

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.

Diaz Morales, who has a 5-year-old son, was arrested in Baltimore on Dec. 14 while leaving a Taco Bell with her younger sister. She said Friday that she told the officers who detained her that she was born in the U.S. and gave them the date and place of her birth. She said she gave them her father’s phone number and he confirmed details about her birth date and the name of the Maryland hospital where she was born.

But, she said, the officers did not believe the information was true. Instead of being released, Diaz Morales began her almost four-week stay in federal custody and was told she could be deported.