Police said they spoke to the male driver, who didn’t speak English, and who supplied a Mexico Identification Card and the title of the vehicle. The female passenger, who translated for police, said she did not have a driver’s license.
The driver was found to have a visa that had expired in June 2023, and therefore “was currently in the United States illegally,” police documents say, adding that ICE agents were then called.
ICE has both individuals in custody. Police have not identified the two individuals, as neither had been charged.
Multiple reports on social media Sunday described the traffic stop on Wilmington Pike just south of I-675, near Miami Valley Hospital South.
Photos posted from the incident showed Sugarcreek Twp. police officers and plainclothes law enforcement wearing tactical vests escorting one person to a police vehicle, and putting chain-type shackles on another.
The stop occurred the same day that ICE issued a statement saying it would be conducting “enhanced targeted operations” in Chicago on Sunday, as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reverse Biden administration immigration policies and to deport millions of non-citizens.
Under Trump, ICE is pursuing “expedited removal” of certain immigrants. ICE posted on social media Sunday that its agents had made 956 arrests nationwide, a number that is only expected to climb, Trump “border czar” Tom Homan told ABC’s “This Week,” on Sunday.
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