After a suspected immigration arrest set off alarms Tuesday afternoon near the University of Washington campus in Seattle, police have confirmed that federal officials made the arrest on a warrant unrelated to immigration. Mayor Katie Wilson later confirmed the arrest was in connection to a criminal warrant.
KUOW has also learned that the person detained is a pregnant woman from Venezuela. Her 10-month-old baby girl was in the car at the time of the arrest and was also taken into custody, according to friends of the detained woman.
Videos of the arrest show armed men in military uniforms, bullet-proof vests, helmets, and assault-style rifles surrounding the woman, while she stands with her hands behind her back…