ICE Lodges Detainer for Guatemalan Suspect After 74-Year-Old Woman Is Critically Injured in Miami-Dade Hit-and-Run
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 6
ICE Lodges Detainer for Guatemalan Suspect After 74-Year-Old Woman Is Critically Injured in Miami-Dade Hit-and-Run
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 6
Summary
ICE asked Miami-Dade jail officials not to release Tomas Raymundo Brito after his arrest in a hit-and-run that left 74-year-old Geraldine Byrd on life support, and the county said he remains in custody.
Authorities say Brito struck Byrd outside her home early Sunday, fled, was found hiding in a shed, and later admitted he was driving after drinking five beers.
Brito, a Guatemalan national whom DHS says entered the U.S. illegally, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury and driving without a license.
Miami-Dade said it honors ICE detainers by holding inmates for up to 48 hours as required by law; Florida bars sanctuary policies, and the sheriff's office participates in ICE's 287(g) program.
The case surfaced as Trump promoted a plan to fast-track commercial trucking licenses for military veterans while attacking policies he says let undocumented immigrants obtain such licenses.