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Cleveland grandmother faced deportation after calling 911 for a car fire on Houston freeway

Cleveland grandmother faced deportation after calling 911 for a car fire on Houston freeway

A Cleveland, Texas woman called 911 when her car burst into flames only to be told by responding Houston police officers that she faced deportation.
Guadalupe Perdomo was driving to work Monday morning along the Eastex Freeway near downtown Houston when her Kia Optima caught fire, captured on cell phone video.
In an interview in Spanish, she said it was very scary, but it was even scarier when she was detained and told she would be deported to her home country of Honduras.
Perdomo was handcuffed and put in a police car for an hour, she said.
A Houston Police Department spokesperson confirmed the woman was detained when the officer ran her identification and a system showed that she had an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) warrant for a deportation order.

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