A row over a teenager's political sweatpants on a New Jersey boardwalk has escalated into a criminal prosecution and a live deportation case. Kaitlyn E Tracey, a 33-year-old Canadian citizen, is being held at a federal immigration facility after police accused her of striking a teenage girl who was wearing clothing bearing the words 'Trump' and 'ICE'.
Court papers, police statements and her husband's own social media posts have combined to build an unusually detailed public record of the case. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, Point Pleasant Beach police and US Customs and Border Protection all played a role in identifying and detaining her.