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Alabama immigration advocate detained by ICE in traffic stop, family says: ‘Just heartbreaking and discouraging’
AL.com ^ | Aug. 07, 2025, 9:20 p.m. | By Heather Gann

Posted on 08/07/2025 10:39:55 PM PDT by 11th_VA

The family and friends of a Birmingham woman are pleading with the community to help them keep her in Alabama after she was detained this week during a traffic stop.

“On the morning of Tuesday August 5th, Giovanna [Martinez] was driving to work when a Leeds officer pulled her over for going 1 mile over the speed limit,” reads a GoFundMe set up by her brother Dilan Hernandez to cover Martinez’s legal expenses.

“What should have been a regular traffic stop, turned into something much worse as an ICE agent arrived closely thereafter. In less than an hour she was processed and taken into ICE custody.”

Leeds police on Thursday issued a statement disputing that account.

Chief Paul Irwin said the traffic stop was made on Tuesday at about 7:44 a.m. on Interstate 20 when an unmarked Leeds vehicle was passed by a Honda sedan “at a high rate of speed of over 80 mph.

“The vehicle came within feet of striking other vehicles and erratically changed lanes. A marked unit with the Leeds Police Department stopped the vehicle,” Irwin’s statement continued.

“The driver did not have a driver’s license, but instead identified herself with a Mexico issued (identification) card. Pursuant to our policy, Detectives contacted our federal partners, who informed Detectives that the female was in the United States of America illegally.

“Our federal partners responded to the scene and took custody of the driver. This vehicle was stopped because she posed a danger to the public by driving in a reckless manner.”



TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; aliens; birmingham; dilanhernandez; drunkdriver; giovannamartinez; harboring; heathergann; honda; ice; interstate20; leeds; mexico; ohnoanyway; paulirwin; subversion
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To: Secret Agent Man

So, let me get this straight-

a rabble-rousing, criminal illegal immigrant, welfare benefits, thieving invader who was caught breaking our traffic laws, didn’t follow the immigration law in America and has made it a point to educate other fellow invaders on how to illegally reside in our country is being called an ‘advocate’.

Got it.


21 posted on 08/08/2025 2:11:27 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: j.havenfarm

She has degrees from American universities - how were these paid for???? Also, she has a family of possible illegals who are here as well - why hasn’t this been addressed????

These ilk come to our country and use our laws agains us to undermine us from within. GET THEM ALL OUT.

When will bounties be put out???? These people aren’t taking the $1000 and leaving so give the money to Americans for each illegal we report that gets deported.


22 posted on 08/08/2025 2:16:47 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: 11th_VA

Planes leave alla time, Giovanna...self deport and be on one!


23 posted on 08/08/2025 2:34:49 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: NoLibZone

Maybe.

I’m on an iPac, latest iOS updates.

EVERY AI.com or your MSN link takes me to a page full of “tabs” none of which takes me to anything more than another page of tabs.

I can never get to the linked articles.

Is it just me?


24 posted on 08/08/2025 3:09:33 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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To: normbal

iPad.

precaffeinated, blurred vision.


25 posted on 08/08/2025 3:11:43 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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To: 11th_VA

“pulled her over for going 1 mile over the speed limit,” reads a GoFundMe”

…I guess they wouldn’t raise much money telling the truth huh?


26 posted on 08/08/2025 3:14:13 AM PDT by albie
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To: 11th_VA
Only in Shrub's world would a matricula consular be enough to get you off.
27 posted on 08/08/2025 3:17:49 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Oil Object Insp

It’s much easier to open the border and let millions of people in than it is to marshall the manpower to get them back out again, especially when filthy leftist judges ignore the Supreme Court to try to keep them here.


28 posted on 08/08/2025 3:20:29 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: 11th_VA
"...a Leeds officer pulled her over for going 1 mile over the speed limit," reads a GoFundMe set up by her brother Dilan Hernandez to cover Martinez’s legal expenses.

It was a lot more than going 1 mph over the limit.

29 posted on 08/08/2025 3:20:35 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: roving

ICE would have a great time at the Milestone Wal-Mart in Germantown, Maryland. I was there a number of times in 2023, and the place sounded like the international terminal in an airport. Lots of different languages spoken and peoples shopping inside.


30 posted on 08/08/2025 3:23:25 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Oil Object Insp

Deport more…MORE.

Seriously we need a 5 year total moratorium (except carefully considered refugees ..real ones) on immigration.So we can have time to deport all the bad ones and let some assimilation, adjustment occur.

LEGAL immigration is excessively high…much less illegal.


31 posted on 08/08/2025 3:31:16 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: 11th_VA
“ her business, Juntos Coaching and Consulting, to empower youth across Alabama,”

Sounds like she organized protests

32 posted on 08/08/2025 3:32:48 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: 11th_VA

BUT!! she had DREAMS!!!


33 posted on 08/08/2025 3:43:17 AM PDT by Dstorm
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To: 11th_VA

Hasta La Vista!! NOT!


34 posted on 08/08/2025 3:47:55 AM PDT by wetgundog
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To: 11th_VA

The piggies don’t know how “heartbreaking” and “discouraging” it is to watch foreign freeloader Socialists riding on the backs of U.S. Taxpayers while trashing our country, burning our flag and murdering Americans.


35 posted on 08/08/2025 3:51:38 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (They brought down the WTC now we're electing them to all government positions in the U.S.)
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To: Oil Object Insp

Pronto.


36 posted on 08/08/2025 3:52:05 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Bullish

Preferably in the middle of the night.


37 posted on 08/08/2025 3:52:46 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Exactly, I’m fed up with spoiled brat lefty crybullies who act like they’re special and life owes them everything. The sooner the lefties realize that they’re not so special and life owes them nothing the better.


38 posted on 08/08/2025 3:54:16 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: 11th_VA

Another miggy advocate sob story. I’ll bet all of her daughters have cancer.


39 posted on 08/08/2025 3:54:32 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (They brought down the WTC now we're electing them to all government positions in the U.S.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Add FAFO to the list 😂🤡


40 posted on 08/08/2025 4:11:03 AM PDT by blitz128
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