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M. A. Rothman𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐈𝐂𝐄Police say 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐲 approached a teenage girl and her friends on the 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 on July 3 and slapped the teen across the face and body — because the girl was wearing patriotic sweatpants reading “Trump” and “ICE”.Investigators identified Tracey, of Asbury Park, through surveillance video and her own social media. She was arrested and charged with 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.The bigger problem for Tracey: she’s not American. Police say she’s a 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a detainer, and agents took her into custody on July 13.Her husband posted a tearful plea online after her arrest. “𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘔𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳.” he said — leaving out entirely why she was arrested in the first place.𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐂𝐄.