A Native American woman born in Phoenix was wrongly flagged for deportation at an Iowa jail after an ICE detainer mix-up, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.

The 24-year-old was born in Phoenix and is a member of Arizona’s Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. She was booked into the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa, where she currently lives, in September for allegedly driving with a suspended license. Jacobo was scheduled to be released on Nov. 11, but what should have been a routine process was complicated and delayed by an erroneously issued ICE detainer. She was ultimately allowed to leave just before 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 12.

  • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 hours ago

    i think what you’re doing here is rationalizing our fucked up legal system.
    2 months over a suspended license isn’t unheard of… if it was suspended over a dui, she was on probation, or she had multiple offenses….
    and of course, her skin is brown.
    them sovcits are dumb but they’re not really that common