NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON -The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) asked officials in Miami-Dade County to not release acriminalillegal aliencharged withhit-and-runafter injuring a 74-year-old woman.
According to local reporting,the incident occurred on the morning of August 2.The victim,74-year-old Geraldine Byrd,had stopped her vehicle to get out and open the gate to her driveway when another vehicle struck her car from behind, causing it to spin andhit her. The truck that hitByrdthen continued forward and hit her again, trapping her underneath. The driv...