Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has supported a claim by illegal immigrant Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon regarding an alleged kidnapping by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which federal authorities have called a hoax. Calderon faces charges for conspiracy and making false statements, accused of fabricating her story and misleading the public to raise funds via GoFundMe. Federal authorities have denied the kidnapping allegations and described the claims as a distraction from law enforcement.
Former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wrote, “She’s a mother from L.A. — taken out of her car on her way to work, and then held in a warehouse as officers hoped she would ‘self-deport.’ No hearing. Just fear.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that Calderon was neither kidnapped nor detained by ICE. Bass had shared a local news article on social media, framing it as a serious threat…