The Department of Homeland Security has revealed what is in store for the Canadian woman accused of slapping a patriotic teenager at the Jersey Shore on Fourth of July weekend.
Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, a Canadian national, is currently in custody at Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after the alleged July 3 beatdown at Point Pleasant Beach.
She arrived in the US in 2024 using her passport but overstayed her visa, officials said.
“This illegal alien who assaulted a teenager has no business being in our country,” DHS wrote in a statement on X, dubbing her a “maple leaf menace.”
“She is now in [ICE] custody pending REMOVAL from our nation,” the agency’s statement concludes.
DHS also shared a widely circulating clip showing the incident, in which Tracey appears to be seen approaching a younger-looking woman wearing a USA 250 tank top and delivering two rapid-fire blows.
Tracey was arrested on Monday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault, harassment and obstruction, according to court records viewed by The Post.
She was briefly held at the Ocean County jail before ICE took her into custody and brought her to Delaney Hall.
Tracey had been living in Asbury Park with her Trump-hating American husband, Matthew Geroni, who has been clamoring to have her released from the now-infamous detention facility that became the site of violent clashes between anti-ICE protesters and agents in recent weeks.
Geroni, who posted disturbing videos wishing for President Trump’s assassination and praying for the president’s family to get cancer on his now-private TikTok account — told NJ.com that he was upset a fundraiser trying to raise money for Tracey’s legal defense was taken down.
A short-lived GoFundMe raised nearly $4,500 — roughly half of the $9,000 that was being sought — before the platform yanked the campaign for violating policies.
The campaign popped up later on GiveSendGo, and has raised $3,569 out of its $10,000 goal as of Friday afternoon.
Asked whether the new account raising money on Tracey’s behalf violated its rules, a GiveSendGo spokesman told The Post they regularly review campaigns, but “at this time, the fundraiser you referenced does not violate our Terms of Service, which focus on activity and behavior within our platform.”
Before his wife’s arrest, Geroni posted a TikTok video in June centering on protests at the detention center she is now being held at, portraying the protesters as peaceful and the police as violent, mindless thugs.
