Nurse Helped Injured Mexican Escape ICE Custody at Hospital: Feds
Summary
A Michigan nurse, Chloe Renae Freeman, was charged with helping an injured Mexican immigration detainee escape from a hospital while he was under federal custody. The incident happened on May 28 at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, and Freeman admitted to letting the detainee leave despite knowing he was in immigration custody.Key Facts
- Chloe Renae Freeman, 33, is charged with assisting the escape of a person under arrest.
- The charge could lead to up to one year in prison and a fine.
- The detainee was a Mexican man who had been previously removed from the U.S. in December 2022 without permission to return.
- He was injured while running from U.S. Border Patrol agents and taken to the hospital for treatment.
- The man was in federal immigration custody during his hospital stay, described as an administrative arrest (not a criminal arrest).
- Freeman reportedly used her hospital badge to enter the CT scan room and then helped the detainee leave the hospital through the ambulance bay.
- Security footage shows the detainee leaving the hospital shortly after Freeman's entry.
- Freeman told investigators she believed the detainee was not in custody at that moment because immigration agents were not present in the CT room.
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