ICE arrested a California man on Wednesday when he stopped for gas while driving his wife to the hospital for her C-section. She ended up driving herself the rest of the way, giving birth alone. losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/08/17/joe…
Important update: ICE said today that this man was arrested because of a homicide warrant for him in Mexico. ICE didn’t mention this in its comments to media yesterday. His lawyer says he denies that there are such Mexico charges; no details from ICE yet. washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/08…
ICE was asked for comment by news outlets doing proper due diligence, and its responses didn’t mention anything about homicide - just said the usual about how no illegal immigrant is safe from arrest. I updated as soon as ICE provided new info.
That said, if ICE’s claim about a homicide warrant is accurate, I think it’s bad that way more people will see the original tweet than the update tweet, and I wish I hadn’t tweeted it out before ICE’s second statement.
In cases like this where there’s no factual error in the original tweet but additional info becomes available later, I think an update is more appropriate than deletion. Also, ICE also hasn’t proved its own claim, or even provided details.
Anyway, handling these stories is tricky - maybe should note in tweets about early reports that we don’t have all the details yet, especially if ICE omits key helpful-to-ICE details when asked for comment. Trying my best over here; always regret spreading any misleading info.
