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When reporters said the government was holding a U.S. citizen, DHS’s answer was that the press had it wrong. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin publicly disputed the reporting in December 2025, stating that Diaz Morales was not a U.S. citizen — Newsweek
This woman is NOT a citizen, she’s an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS’s statement called her an illegal alien from Mexico and denied her U.S. citizenship — Newsweek
Her birth certificate is fake. ICE asserted that the citizenship records her attorneys submitted were fake — DC News Now
Her lawyers had already handed over a watermarked Maryland birth certificate, immunization records, hospital confirmation she was born there, and affidavits from people who were in the room. Attorneys submitted a Maryland birth certificate, immunization records, and sworn affidavits from people present at her birth, and the hospital independently confirmed she was a patient at the time — DC News Now
The government called all of it fake and held her for 25 days anyway. Diaz Morales was held in ICE custody for 25 days after her December arrest despite presenting proof of citizenship — The Washington Post
Why does she have a United States passport today? She was issued a U.S. passport on June 2, 2026, after attorneys presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of citizenship — The Washington Post
Why did they drop the case? DHS filed a request to dismiss the removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review on May 27, 2026 — WMAR-2 News
They dropped the case without prejudice, never admitting it, leaving the door open to come back. The case was closed without prejudice, which her attorney says allows DHS to resume proceedings at any time, and the government would not concede she was born in the U.S. — WMAR-2 News