RSSWoman arrested at Greenacres church on immigration warrant
Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | February 25, 2008
GREENACRES — A woman was arrested as she left church service on Sunday morning, accused of missing a hearing on her immigration status.
Yverose Michel is being held at Palm Beach County Jail on a warrant from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
But it was Greenacres Police officers who handcuffed the woman on the church’s steps Sunday in front of her children, ages 3, 8 and 9, said church officials.
“I do understand if someone has a problem with the law it’s to be dealt with. … but in a county that supposedly gives people freedom to worship, I think this is an act of terror against the church by inexperienced officers,” said Paul Mathias, pastor of West Pines Baptist Church.
Mathias said Michel moved here from Haiti about 15 years ago and has been going to the church with her daughters for about a year. He said she works at a day care center in the Delray Beach area.
He is not familiar with her legal status, but said she had court hearings on her residency recently.
ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said the agency is looking into the incident.
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