The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) criticized on Thursday the mainstream media’s narrative around the recent arrest in Leeds of Giovanna Martinez, a JSU graduate who worked with the Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama (HICA).
According to Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin, an officer in an unmarked vehicle clocked Martinez traveling over 80 mph and coming into close proximity with other vehicles and “erratically” changing lanes. A marked unit then stopped the car and found that Martinez did not have a driver’s license, but instead had a Mexico-issued ID.
DHS called mainstream media criticism of the arrest a “sob story.”
“This sob story being pushed by @Reuters is PATHETIC,” a DHS spokesperson said on X. “Here are the FACTS: Giovanna Hernandez Martinez was tailgating a law enforcement vehicle, passed them erratically at 80 MPH, and cut them off. Upon witnessing this reckless driving, ICE and local police initiated a traffic stop and discovered she was an illegal alien from Mexico. Unlike the Biden Administration, we are NOT going to ignore the law. When we encounter an illegal alien, they will be arrested and face the consequences for illegally entering the U.S.”
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