ICE arrests mother and daughter at Florida hospital after car crash
Agents arrest women who ‘almost died’ after they were hit by vehicle and their car flipped over four times, family say An Ecuadorian mother and daughter were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents at a hospital after a car crash in central Florida. On 20 August, Grace Stephanie Calero Cabanilla, 39, and her daughter, Giulianna Mía Carriel Calero, 19, were involved in a car crash in Poinciana, Florida , according to arrest reports reviewed by multiple news outlets. According to Jonathan Bravo, Calero Cabanilla’s cousin, who spoke to Newsweek , she was driving to work with her daughter when another vehicle struck the passenger side of their car, in which the pair “almost died” after the car flipped over four times. Pictures of the crash posted by Bravo on a fundraiser showed a black SUV with damage to both the front and rear. After Calero Cabanilla and her daughter were transported by ambulance to HCA Florida Poinciana hospital, they were placed in separate rooms, Bravo told Newsweek.
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Where’s the arrest warrant?” In a statement to Newsweek, a Polk county sheriff’s office spokesperson said: “As part of a crash investigation on Thursday, deputies went to the local hospital to speak with the occupants of one of the vehicles … As the deputies were obtaining information from those involved, it was discovered that the driver is in the United States illegally from Ecuador after overstaying an expired visa by several years.” The sheriff’s office added that it determined Calero had also overstayed her visa, saying: “ICE issued detainers for both women, and after the women were discharged from the hospital, they were taken into custody and transported to the Polk County Jail.” An arrest warrant reviewed by Newsweek showed that neither woman had a criminal history.
