Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.

A Maryland woman has spent days in immigration detention despite being a U.S. citizen with a valid birth certificate and other documentation — documents ICE claims aren’t authentic, her attorneys told HuffPost Thursday.

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales, 22, was born in Maryland and spent time in Mexico before coming back to the United States, Victoria Slatton, one of the attorneys working on her case, told HuffPost in a phone call Thursday. Slatton has worked to draw attention to Diaz Morales’ case, including in several TikTok videos.

Shirley Elvirita, Diaz Morales’ 17-year-old sister, told HuffPost over the phone Thursday night that she, her sister and their father were doing laundry in Baltimore on Sunday, and afterwards, the sisters went to pick up some Taco Bell. After getting back on the road, Shirley recalled, they were surrounded by several vehicles filled with law enforcement personnel, who pulled them over. Officers ignored Shirley’s questions and took her sister “forcefully” into one of the vans. They told Shirley they would let her go – but not her sister.

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    Well I’m honestly curious what your intention is when you “inform” these non voters of their mistake.

    Is it all about emotional release? Or do you honestly believe that you can shame these voters into voting correctly next time?

    Why is your focus on this tiny subset of voters, and not focused on Trump voters?

    From my standpoint, you’re just doing more damage to the already fractured Democratic Party base. Damaging the Democratic Party is helping Trump win a third term.

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      I can only speak for myself, but for me it comes from the frustration of arguing with these people over and over before the election, trying to explain why it’s a terrible idea, then having to live through the past year and seeing them still refuse to accept it.

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        23 hours ago

        “aT LeASt I dIdNT vOtE FOr geNoCIdE!”

        Looks like that solved that problem. Hey Gaza, how’s it going over there!?

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        22 hours ago

        So it’s all about emotional release, at least you’re honest.

        Do you agree that this type of rhetoric is divisive; fracturing the Dem party; and ultimately helping Trump and MAGA?