A man from Honduras alerted his community this Friday after capturing on video the moment when agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to arrest his wife at the entrance of their home in Miramar, Florida. The woman managed to avoid arrest.
Sneijder Juarez posted on Facebook a video from his security camera with the warning: “Watch out, everyone, in the city of Miramar immigration detained my wife in my backyard, I will keep you updated on anything.”
The incident was recorded at 4:36 PM on Friday, August 21, according to the timestamp from the WYZE surveillance device installed on the property.
In later comments, Juarez explained why his wife was not taken: "She was not taken because she managed to get to the parking area of their home, which is private property, and God's timing is perfect."
The man added a detail that worsens the situation: the woman was not alone at that moment. "And she was with her autistic daughter," he wrote in the same post.
The operation took place at the intersection of 441 and 215 streets in Miramar, an area described by a commentator as “more towards Hollywood,” in Broward County.
The video from Juarez generated dozens of comments from people who expressed relief at the outcome but were concerned about the escalation of ICE arrests.
From a legal standpoint, ICE has the authority to attempt to detain a person in the outdoor areas of a private property—such as patios, entrances, or driveways—since these areas have less constitutional protection than the interior of the home.
However, agents cannot enter the dwelling without a court order signed by a judge or without the occupant's consent.
An ICE administrative order is not the same as a judicial order. This case precisely illustrates that distinction: the woman may have taken advantage of being on her property to avoid being intercepted.
The incident occurs amid a sustained escalation of immigration operations in southern Florida.
The same weekend, ICE conducted a raid in Little Havana, Miami where at least two Nicaraguan citizens who were in the process of applying for asylum were detained.
Days earlier, ICE agents arrested a mother and daughter from Ecuador in the emergency room of a Florida hospital, where they had arrived after a traffic accident.
Miramar, with a population of approximately 147,600 residents and 38.3% of Hispanic residents, is home to an ICE office that has been criticized by lawmakers and activists for overcrowded conditions and detentions that last up to 10 days.
The ICE office in Miami has led national immigration arrests, with over 41,000 detentions between January 2025 and April 2026 and an average of 120 detentions per day.
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