{"id":29932,"date":"2026-08-06T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29932"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:48:09","slug":"illegal-immigrants-hit-and-run-in-miami-dade-puts-woman-on-life-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29932","title":{"rendered":"Illegal immigrant&#8217;s hit-and-run in Miami-Dade puts woman on life support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6402484871112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Trump vows to replace illegal immigrant truckers with military veterans<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">President Donald Trump outlines a major new initiative at the White House aimed at fast-tracking commercial trucking licenses for military veterans. Trump criticizes leftist policies that help grant commercial licenses to undocumented immigrants, claiming they cause deadly crashes on highways, and promises to quickly replace those unauthorized drivers with certified military veterans who deserve these high-paying jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>An illegal immigrant\u2019s alleged hit-and-run that critically injured an elderly woman outside her <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524173\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/miami\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Miami-Dade home<\/a> prompted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to urge local authorities to &#8220;cooperate with us and not release this criminal from jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Seventy-four-year-old Geraldine Byrd, whom neighbors described as &#8220;kind&#8221; and friendly, is on life support in critical condition after authorities say she was run over by <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524174\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/illegal-immigrants\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">illegal immigrant<\/a> Tomas Raymundo Brito, according to CBS Miami.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The outlet reported that Brito allegedly struck Byrd twice outside her home early Sunday morning. Byrd had stepped out of her car to open her gate when Brito allegedly struck her vehicle, causing it to spin into Byrd before his truck allegedly struck her again, trapping her underneath the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Neighbors were reportedly alerted to the crash by the sound of a loud boom. One neighbor, named Kristina Diaz, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/elderly-woman-in-critical-condition-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-sw-miami-dade-deputies-say\/3841164\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NBC 6<\/a> South Florida that &#8220;we could hear screaming, we could hear everybody yelling, \u2018Where is she? Oh, she\u2019s underneath the car. Call 911.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524176\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-charged-crash-killed-mother-two-young-sons-has-ice-detainer-prior-dwi-convictions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MAN CHARGED IN CRASH THAT KILLED MOTHER AND TWO YOUNG SONS HAS ICE DETAINER, PRIOR DWI CONVICTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/miami-dade-brito-mugshot.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/miami-dade-brito-mugshot.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/miami-dade-brito-mugshot.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/miami-dade-brito-mugshot.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/miami-dade-brito-mugshot.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Florida law enforcement across from Tomas Raymundo Brito mugshot\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Seventy-four-year-old Geraldine Byrd, a woman described as &#8220;kind&#8221; and friendly by her neighbors, is on life support in critical condition after allegedly being run over by illegal immigrant Tomas Raymundo Brito (right).<\/span> <span>(Daniel A. Varela\/Miami Herald\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; DHS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The same neighbor told the outlet that Byrd &#8220;would always send my daughter gifts for her birthday. So, she was a very kind woman.&#8221; Speaking in Spanish, another neighbor, Flor Ortiz, told CBS Miami that although she and Byrd &#8220;do not speak the same language, but we always greet each other. She is a good person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">After the incident, Brito allegedly got out of the truck and fled the scene. A family member of Byrd\u2019s reportedly chased him down and found him hiding in a shed. After his arrest, Brito reportedly admitted he was the driver and said he drank five beers before the incident.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Byrd was airlifted to a nearby hospital and remains on life support in critical condition, according to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524177\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/homeland-security\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Brito was charged with leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury and driving without a license.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524178\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ice-lodges-detainer-illegal-immigrant-accused-trying-disarm-virginia-police-officer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ICE LODGES DETAINER FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DISARM VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/343\/192\/AP21151681189076.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/686\/384\/AP21151681189076.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/672\/378\/AP21151681189076.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1344\/756\/AP21151681189076.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1200\/675\/AP21151681189076.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"eae42c19-Banquet Hall Shooting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, center, gives her opening remarks during a news conference about the Memorial Day weekend mass shootings, Monday, May 31, 2021 at the Fred Taylor Miami-Dade Police Headquarters in Doral, Fla. (Carl Juste\/Miami Herald via AP)<\/span> <!----><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital learned that ICE <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524179\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/enforcement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lodged a detainer<\/a> with the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center the same day Brito was arrested.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Brito entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown date and location, according to DHS. He is a Guatemalan national.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;This criminal illegal alien from Guatemala is charged with hit-and-run after a drunk-driving accident that sent a 74-year-old woman to the hospital in critical condition in Miami-Dade County,&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;He should have never been allowed in our communities or on our streets,&#8221; Mullin continued, adding, &#8220;ICE is asking officials in Miami-Dade County to cooperate with us and not release this criminal from jail, and to turn him over to ICE custody so we can remove him from our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Mullin added that &#8220;thanks to the strong leadership of President Donald Trump, ICE is unleashed to go after criminal illegal aliens like this one so that we can make America safe again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department confirmed with Fox News Digital that the department had received ICE&#8217;s request and that Brito is currently in custody.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The spokesperson told Fox News Digital that &#8220;Miami-Dade County honors these detainer requests in accordance with the law by holding the individual for the authorized 48-hour period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The spokesperson said that &#8220;if ICE does not take custody of the individual within that timeframe, the individual is released as required by law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department comply with all applicable laws regarding immigration detainer requests and do not deny detainer requests submitted by federal authorities,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524180\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maine-law-limits-police-cooperation-federal-immigration-officials\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NEW MAINE LAW LIMITS POLICE COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/343\/192\/alligatoralcatraz7.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/686\/384\/alligatoralcatraz7.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/672\/378\/alligatoralcatraz7.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1344\/756\/alligatoralcatraz7.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1200\/675\/alligatoralcatraz7.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, and Ron DeSantis tour Alligator Alcatraz\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>US President President Donald Trump (C), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (not pictured) tour a migrant detention center, dubbed &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz,&#8221; located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. President Trump is visiting a migrant detention center in a reptile-infested Florida swamp dubbed &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz.&#8221; Trump will attend the opening of the 5,000-bed facility &#8212; located at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades wetlands &#8212; part of his expansion of deportations of undocumented migrants, his spokeswoman said. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS \/ AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span> <span>(Getty)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Miami-Dade County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction, and Florida law prohibits <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524181\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/sanctuary-cities\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sanctuary policies<\/a>. The Miami-Dade Sheriff&#8217;s Office also participates in ICE&#8217;s 287(g) program under state law.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_524182\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, has previously criticized ICE\u2019s &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz&#8221; detention center, which closed down this June. Upon the center\u2019s closure, Cava released a statement alleging that &#8220;people, including some of our own residents,&#8221; had been &#8220;held there without meaningful due process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She added that &#8220;immigrants helped build Miami-Dade County, and our community has always believed that public safety, the rule of law, and respect for human dignity can go hand in hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump vows to replace illegal immigrant truckers with military veterans President Donald Trump outlines a major new initiative at the White House aimed at fast-tracking commercial trucking licenses for military veterans. 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