Oklahoma City Family Traumatized After Immigration Agents Raid Wrong Home, Seize Belongings

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

In a shocking case of mistaken identity, a family in Oklahoma City was forcibly removed from their home during an early morning federal raid involving approximately 20 armed agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the FBI, and U.S. Marshals. The agents raided the wrong address, traumatizing a woman and her three young daughters, and seizing their phones, laptops, and life savings—all without any connection to the suspects listed on the search warrant.

The incident occurred Thursday morning when agents entered the home where the woman, identified only as Marisa, had recently moved with her children after relocating from Maryland just two weeks prior. The agents reportedly ordered the family out of the house before dawn, without giving them time to dress, leaving them outside in their underwear.

Marisa stated that the agents claimed to have a valid search warrant, but the names listed on the warrant did not correspond to anyone in the home. Despite her repeated attempts to explain that they were U.S. citizens and had no ties to the investigation, the agents continued to treat the family as criminal suspects. “We just moved here from Maryland,” Marisa recounted. “We’re citizens. That’s what I kept saying. We’re citizens.”

During the raid, agents ransacked the home and confiscated vital belongings, including the family’s electronic devices and cash savings. Marisa pleaded with them, saying she needed her phone and money to care for her children and travel for essential needs. “I told them before they left, I said you took my phone. We have no money. I just moved here. I have to feed my children. I’m going to need gas money. Like, how do you just leave me like this? Like an abandoned dog.”

According to Marisa, the agents were dismissive and unresponsive to her concerns. “They were very dismissive, very rough, very careless,” she said. “I kept pleading. I kept telling them we weren’t criminals. They were treating us like criminals.” One agent reportedly acknowledged the aggressive conduct by saying, “I know it was a little rough this morning,” a statement Marisa said grossly understated the trauma inflicted on her family. “It was so denigrating… You literally traumatized me and my daughters for life. We’re going to have to go get help or get over this somehow.”

The agents left without offering any contact information or timeline for returning the seized property, only warning that it could take “days or months” to retrieve their belongings.

The incident has drawn outrage over the lack of accountability and due process displayed in the execution of the raid, especially given that the targets of the warrant had no connection to the family. The absence of follow-up or support has left Marisa and her daughters emotionally and financially stranded in their new home.