Woman Dragged from ICE Discussion Is Now in Jail

A woman protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreement with Miami-Dade County was arrested and is currently held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on charges of battery and aggravated assault against a law enforcement officer, as well as resisting an officer with violence.

The arrest came during a chaotic Miami-Dade County Commission meeting Thursday, where men in khaki and gray suits forcibly removed 36-year-old Camila Ramos from the chambers.

Video footage shows her near the floor as men in suits force her to the ground and drag her from the meeting while Ramos repeatedly asks them to stop.

"I deserve to know the process! I just asked what the process was," the woman in the video proclaims. "What's your name?" a male voice asks in response, as she continually pleads, "Let go of me!"

Police brutality against a speaker at the Miami-Dade County Commission, as an item cementing police-ICE collaboration is being considered. pic.twitter.com/9b5Ben3hNO

— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) June 26, 2025

According to the Miami Herald, Ramos disregarded an officer’s instruction to remain silent, as Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez explained that anyone speaking on the matter during Thursday’s meeting would be prohibited from making future public comments on the issue.

Ramos was waiting by the dais for her opportunity to speak, the Herald reported. When she sought clarification on Rodriguez’s directions, a non-uniformed deputy told her to stay silent. After she objected, deputies physically (and forcibly) moved her from her spot.

As the men ignored Ramos' cries to be heard, the crowd launched its own petition: "Let her go, let her go!" The chant quickly shifted to “Let her speak! Let her speak!”

Miami-Dade County signed a formal deal earlier this year to collaborate with ICE within its jail system, as such arrangements are now required under Florida law. The agenda item discussed on Thursday involved revising that agreement to include provisions for reimbursing the county when local inmates held for deportation are housed in its jails. Democratic Mayor Daniella Levine Cava recommended that the board approve the update.

Ahead of the scheduled vote, Commissioner Oliver Gilbert called for the item to be deferred indefinitely, citing that Levine Cava had already signed the agreement. Commissioner Rodriguez supported the move and told attendees they could still share their comments — but warned that if the issue came back for a vote in the future, there wouldn’t be another opportunity for public input.

Thomas Kennedy, a policy analyst for the Florida Immigration Coalition, was also present at the chaotic meeting.

"[Rodriguez] kept saying that the agreement was not executed. And we were talking with the mayor's team on the side, and they were like, no, no, no, it's executed," Kennedy tells New Times. So there were a lot of questions about, like, is the agreement in place or not? There was a lot of confusion around it."

Kennedy says he requested that Levine Cava’s staff issue the young woman a trespass warning or citation and release her, but was told the decision rested with the sheriff’s office and that their hands were tied.

"It was completely unwarranted, unnecessary, and undemocratic," Kennedy says.

“This is not something about which I have a choice,” Levine Cava said later in the meeting, according to the Herald. “This is the law. ... It doesn’t mean it is the wish of this body.”

Levine Cava's office did not immediately respond to New Times' requests for comment. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sent an arrest affidavit with no comment.

This is a breaking story and will be updated as events warrant.