Wrong Car, Wrong Target | Seattle News

Seattle News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 21, 2026 · 1m

A Venezuelan man, Moises Velasquez, was wrongfully detained by ICE outside a barber shop after agents mistaken him for a different Mexican national in a similar car. Despite having valid documents and an upcoming court date, he was cuffed and held based on faulty assumptions — a mistake so glaring a judge later called it “egregious” carelessness. ICE failed to run basic checks like his license plate before acting. Velasquez, terrified and shaken — especially with his pregnant wife at home — was eventually released after the court deemed the arrest unlawful. His story exposes troubling gaps in…