Overview
- New body‑camera and eyewitness video released this week shows ICE agents detaining Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and Adriana Gavilan Sanchez outside Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School after their daughter was dropped off.
- The footage records a Baltimore police officer saying ICE was not allowed on school property, a point that conflicts with DHS accounts that described violent resistance by the couple.
- Court filings and a judge’s hearing found the arrest outside the school lacked probable cause and that ICE did not follow required procedures, and the couple was released after more than a month in custody.
- DHS publicly defended ICE’s work as focused on people charged or convicted of crimes, but investigators and defense attorneys say the newly released video and affidavit details contradict parts of the department’s initial narrative.
- The case highlights friction between Baltimore’s March law limiting local police cooperation with ICE and federal enforcement, and it has prompted ongoing judicial review and separate federal oversight inquiries into ICE tactics and transparency.