‘Violation’: Outrage as cops leak info that leads to student’s ICE arrest

A student from the University of Utah was arrested in Mesa County, Colorado, after local sheriffs shared details about her in a group chat that included federal immigration agents.

Caroline Dias Goncalves, 19, was stopped by Mesa County police officers on June 5 for following a semitrailer too closely. Police officers let her go after the stop, but she was stopped again by federal immigration officers just a few miles down the road, The Denver Post reported. Goncalves was then transferred to a federal immigration detention facility in Aurora, Colorado.

Goncalves arrived in the United States when she was 7 years old and remained after overstaying a tourist visa with her parents. The family has a pending asylum application…

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