Stand with Marisa's Oklahoma Family: Overcome Injustice

Hello, I am raising funds for the family in Oklahoma City that were recently accosted by U.S. Marshals Service, ICE and the FBI on Thursday, April 24, 2025. That mob was about 20 armed agents who stormed their property. Let's show them what the true American stands for and not only support the family in our hearts but in our empathy and compassion. People have the Power!

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ICE Agents Raid Home, Force Family Out in Their Underwear: 'Traumatized'

Story by Billal Rahman

Federal immigration authorities seized a family of U.S. citizens' phones, laptops and life savings in Oklahoma City before forcing them to stand outside in the rain in their underwear, a family member said.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acknowledged that the previous tenants were the intended targets of the enforcement operation.

"The search warrants included the location of an address where U.S. citizens recently moved. The previous residents were the intended targets," a senior DHS official told Newsweek.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump has pledged to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. His administration's hard-line agenda and ICE's aggressive approach have sparked concern among immigrant communities.

What To Know

The woman, identified by Nexstar's KFOR as "Marisa," had moved with her family from Maryland to Oklahoma City just two weeks earlier.

On Thursday, April 24, about 20 armed agents stormed the property.

"I don't know who they were," Marisa told KFOR. "It was dark. All the lights were off."

Marisa said the men claimed to be federal agents from the U.S. Marshals Service, ICE and the FBI.

"I keep asking them, 'Who are you? What are you doing here? What's happening?'" Marisa said. "And they said, 'We have a warrant for the house, a search warrant.'"

The woman said the agents had a search warrant for the home, but the people named in it do not live there.

Marisa said the agents forced her and her daughters outside into the rain before they had a chance to get dressed.

"They wanted me to change in front of all of them, in between all of them," she said. "My husband has not even seen my daughter in her undergarments—her own dad, because it's respectful. You have her out there, a minor, in her underwear."

Marisa discovered that the names on the search warrant didn't belong to her or anyone in her family. Instead, she recognized them from mail still being delivered to the house—likely addressed to former residents.

"We just moved here from Maryland," Marisa said. "We're citizens. That's what I kept saying. 'We're citizens.'"

"They were very dismissive, very rough, very careless," she added. "I kept pleading. I kept telling them we weren't criminals. They were treating us like criminals. We were here by ourselves. We didn't do anything."

Marisa said the agents searched the entire house and went through their belongings, ultimately seizing their phones, laptops and their entire cash savings as "evidence."

"I told them before they left, I said, 'You took my phone. We have no money. I just moved here,'" she said. "'I have to feed my children. I'm going to need gas money. I need to be able to get around.' Like, how do you just leave me like this? Like an abandoned dog."

Marisa said her family is now left with virtually nothing. Her husband had remained in Maryland for a few additional weeks and was planning to join them later that weekend.

A senior DHS official said that ICE conducted a court-approved search warrant as part of a large-scale human smuggling investigation.

The search warrants targeted locations, including an address where U.S. citizens had recently moved, with the previous residents being the main focus of the investigation.

As a result of the investigation, eight Guatemalan nationals were indicted for their alleged involvement in smuggling undocumented immigrants into the U.S. Two of those indicted have prior criminal convictions, including charges related to narcotics possession, identity fraud, money laundering and reentry after deportation, according to DHS.

The case is being prosecuted in the Northern District of Oklahoma.