Michigan nurse charged with helping immigrant flee ICE custody

A Michigan nurse, Chloe Renae Freeman, has been charged with helping a Mexican national escape ICE custody at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital. Freeman admitted she allowed the detainee to leave, stating she did not agree with family separations and knew she was going to set him free. The immigrant has not been located, and Freeman plans to plead not guilty.

A Michigan nurse, Chloe Renae Freeman, 33, has been charged with helping a Mexican national escape from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the hospital where she worked. The charges stem from an incident on May 28, when the unnamed immigrant injured himself while trying to escape ICE agents. He was taken to Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital for a medical evaluation and a CT scan. According to an FBI criminal complaint, after the scan, Freeman removed the immigrant from the scan room. Security footage shows the man leaving the hospital through ambulance bay doors less than three minutes later. He has not been located. During a June 18 interview, Freeman admitted she allowed the individual to leave, stating she did not believe he was in custody because agents were not physically present in the CT room. She also told interviewers she did not agree with ICE separating people from their families and that she knew she was going to set him free. Freeman was charged in late August with willfully helping an immigrant subject to removal escape federal custody. She is expected to appear in federal court in Detroit and plans to plead not guilty.