Florencio, a Guatemalan immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for nearly 13 years, was tackled and arrested by ICE agents in Corona, Queens while walking home from work. Agents had been searching for an Ecuadorian man but arrested Florencio anyway, claiming he resembled their intended target. According to court records, Florencio disputed ICE's account that he admitted to illegal border crossing, saying he was already handcuffed when agents questioned him. His case is among hundreds of street arrests in New York and New Jersey between October 2025 and March 2026, with over 93% of detainees who filed legal challenges being from Latin American countries.