A typical weekday drive home in Scranton turned into a frightening experience for a member of the University community.

ICE agents pulled over and nearly detained the individual, who spoke about their experience on condition of anonymity. The individual is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

The individual is one of many people in the United States who has been directly affected by the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Following their normal routine, the individual left work around 4:30 in the afternoon. As they drove home, multiple cars surrounded their vehicle as a traffic light turned green.

“The light was green ... and some guy, I don’t know where they came from. I saw a couple cars,” the individual said.

When the individual tried to back up, the cars surrounded the front and back of their vehicle. Traffic passed by, but because of the way the car was blocked in, no one could see the individual.

“I said ‘What’s going on?’ because three regular cars, I believed they were going to kidnap me. They’re going to kidnap me, like when they traffic women,” the individual said.

The individual again asked officers what was going on. The officers tried to open the car door on both sides, including the back, ultimately using force.

“My car was locked, of course. And they were like, ‘Open the car.’ So, I open my window all the way down so they can put their hands and open my car. I’m alone, with nobody. So, I say, ‘Can I help you?’”

The individual said the officers wore masks. They told the individual to get out of the car so they could detain them. There were multiple officers surrounding the car.

“I hear one in the back say ‘I think we got the wrong person,’ and the other one says ‘They all look the same, we gotta get this one.’”

The individual had no idea what was going on or why they were pulled over, even after repeatedly asking.

“They’re not identifying themselves, they were not saying we are border patrol or ice agents, nothing. They wore regular clothes, but the only thing they have is like their little bulletproof vests that says ICE. It was just like regular clothes,” the individual said.

The individual handed them their identification, still unsure of the situation. The individual said they did not feel safe or reassured.

“I tried to grab my phone to put on the dash to start recording. When I tried to grab my phone, one came, looked at what I was going to do, and said ‘Don’t move’ and he grabbed his gun,” the individual said.

After the officer showed the individual the gun, they were too scared to record anything. The individual continued to ask what the problem was, but received no answer.

“I asked a simple question, what is this about? It (the light) was green. I don’t have a stop sign. I don’t know where they came from, I only know one crossed me in the back on the side, and I’m like ‘What is going on?’” the individual said.

The individual said they remained polite to the officers.

“I had one of them say, ‘Open your car, if you don’t I am going to break your window.’  I said 'If you’re gonna break my window you’re going to pay for that,'” the individual said.

A female officer then approached the individual holding the drivers’ license they asked for. The officer started speaking Spanish.

“She started speaking to me in Spanish. And I’m like, why are you talking to me in Spanish when I was talking perfectly in English? I answered her in English. She assumed because of my last name on the license.”

The female officer questioned the individual on the last time they had been to court. The individual said they were only there for jury duty, but nothing recently. The officer told the individual they needed to get out of the car so they could process and detain them.

“I said first of all, you have my identification. Pennsylvania, for your ID or formal identification, a drivers' license, you need to have papers. They don’t give you an ID without papers, I told them. So do your research,” the individual said.

The individual's car also had University stickers on it, identifying their place of work. The individual remembered they had a copy of their naturalization certificate in the back of the car.

“Thank God I had that paper. It was a copy. I told her, I’m gonna move, I’m gonna get my purse, I have something in there that I can prove to you I am a U.S. citizen.”

The female officer then went back with the copy and drivers’ license. After that, she came back to the individual's car and said, “You are good to go.”

“They don’t even apologize for saying, ‘Oh its not you’ I was so nervous. When they gave me my stuff, I had no space and I need to get out. I pulled my car and I pressed that accelerator.”

The individual drove home and took deep breaths after the experience. They are still fearful. Someone passing by or crossing their path can bring back feelings from that day.

“This is the life we live now. Fear,” the individual said.

The individual encouraged people to vote and make a change.

“We need a change. It’s getting too far.”