A migrant driver was shot and hospitalized after crashing a van while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an enforcement operation in Glen Burnie, Maryland, on Christmas Eve, according to federal and local officials.
The Department of Homeland Security said ICE officers were conducting a targeted operation Wednesday morning when they approached a van and instructed the driver to turn off the engine. The driver was identified as Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Portuguese national who DHS said overstayed a visa that expired in 2009. The passenger, Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, is a Salvadoran national whom DHS claimed is also an undocumented immigrant.
