A routine request turned into a carefully orchestrated trap when a California parole agent persuaded Natalie Marinero, a transgender woman from El Salvador, to step outside her home. The moment she did, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were waiting to arrest her.
"I just need you to sign... and I go, and that's it," the parole agent told Marinero before she stepped outside. But the reality was far different.
