XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.immigration XPost: alt.los-angeles, sac.politics
Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, a critic of President Donald
Trump’s immigration crackdown, is being mocked for pushing a story about
an LA woman being kidnapped by ICE that ended up allegedly being an
elaborate hoax.
The Department of Homeland Security posted on its official X account on
Friday, "Mayor, you pushed a HOAX. There is still time to delete this."
This comes after Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, a 41-year-old Mexican
illegal alien living in Los Angeles, was charged with conspiracy and
making false statements to federal officers, according to the DOJ.
On July 1, Bass posted a link to a local news story about Calderon’s
supposed kidnapping, commenting, "She’s a mother from L.A. — taken out of her car on her way to work, and then held in a warehouse as officers hoped
she would ‘self-deport.’
"No hearing. Just fear," Bass added. "This doesn't make anyone safer."
After the charges went public, DHS slammed Bass for her comments, saying, "Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon was NEVER arrested or kidnapped by ICE or
bounty hunters—this criminal illegal alien scammed innocent Americans for money and diverted limited DHS resources from Los Angeles."
RNC Research, a page run by the Republican National Committee, also chimed
in, commenting on X that "Karen Bass spreads a false story demonizing ICE agents."
According to the Justice Department, Calderon claimed to have been
kidnapped by masked, uniformed men in unmarked cars at a Jack in the Box parking lot June 25. She claimed to have been forcibly taken to the border
and presented to an ICE staffer who demanded she sign self-deportation
papers. Calderon said that when she refused to sign the document, she was
taken to a warehouse to be held indefinitely.
The Los Angeles Police Department launched a missing person investigation
and notified DHS, which, after determining Calderon was not in its
custody, launched its own investigation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-mayor-mocked-pushing-ice-kidnapping- story-ended-up-being-hoax
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