ICE Admits Mistaken Identity in South Burlington Vermont Raid That Triggered Protests

ICE admitted in a new court filing that the March 11 South Burlington, Vermont raid on Dorset Street began with a case of mistaken identity. ICE officer Colton Riley had misidentified a vehicle based on registration data for a car that their target, Deyvi Daniel Corona-Sanchez, had previously owned but no longer possessed. The driver was in fact a teenage American citizen. The error triggered a high-speed chase through a school corridor, forced entry of a home, and a nine-hour standoff with over 200 protesters mobilized by Migrant Justice. Three individuals were arrested — none of them the named warrant target — and all were subsequently released by federal judges. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, called the ICE tactics 'totally unnecessary.' Corona-Sanchez, the original target, remained at large.