BREAKING: U.S.-Born American Wrongfully Detained by ICE Abruptly Transferred, Fears Deportation
By Nick Valencia | December 22, 2025
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND — An American-born woman wrongfully detained by ICE has been transferred again without notice to her attorney, and her current whereabouts remain unknown, according to her legal team.
On December 22, immigration attorney Victoria Slatton was scheduled to have a virtual legal visit with her client, Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, a U.S. citizen born in Prince George’s County, Maryland. That visit never happened.
Ahead of the appointment, Diaz Morales was moved by federal immigration authorities. Her attorney was not notified until after the transfer had already occurred. As of publication on Monday at 6pET, the ICE detainee locator has not been updated, and her location remains unconfirmed.
Early Monday morning, Diaz Morales placed a call to her parents with alarming news.
“I have not been able to confirm this with ICE or any official agency, but she called her parents this morning and said she thought she was getting deported.”
“I hope and pray that is not true,” she added.
The transfer comes despite extensive documentation submitted to the federal government showing that Diaz Morales is a U.S. citizen, including records confirming she was born at a hospital in Prince George’s County and received childhood immunizations in Maryland.
According to her attorney, the Department of Homeland Security has rejected those documents, claiming they are fabricated.
Diaz Morales was originally detained during what her attorney has described as a seemingly random encounter. She was placed into immigration proceedings despite asserting her U.S. citizenship. A habeas corpus petition was filed last week, and a federal judge issued an order barring her deportation while the case is adjudicated.
The sudden transfer, the canceled legal visit, and the lack of transparency have intensified fears that Diaz Morales could be removed from the country before the courts are able to intervene.
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This is outragous! Really, no one is safe. This just proves it. This regime is lawless and needs to be treated as the outlaws they are.
Noted. I'll make calls and send a letter tomorrow. Letters work. 👩⚖️📝☎️.