Overview
- The assault, filmed on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk, occurred on July 3rd when 33-year-old Kaitlyn Tracey slapped a teenage girl during an argument.
- An immigration judge in Texas ordered Tracey removed to Canada on Tuesday after federal officials said she had overstayed her visa and transferred her from New Jersey detention to an ICE processing center in Texas.
- Tracey pleaded guilty in Ocean County criminal court to one count of simple assault and was given a one-day jail sentence credited to time already served while prosecutors said the victim’s family agreed to the plea.
- Court records show Tracey participated in immigration proceedings by phone from ICE custody, and officials have not set a public date for her physical removal or said whether she will be barred from reentering the United States long term.
- Online fundraising for Tracey’s legal and immigration costs raised limited sums and an earlier GoFundMe was removed for violating the platform’s policy on campaigns for people accused of violent crimes, a development that narrowed her available resources.