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U.S. to deport Canadian woman who slapped girl in ‘Trump’ sweatpants
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A Canadian woman who slapped a teenager wearing Trump-branded clothing will be deported to Canada after she entered a guilty plea on an assault charge.
Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, was living in the U.S. on an expired visa when she was recorded confronting a group of four teenage girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk in New Jersey on July 3. Two of the girls were reportedly wearing sweatpants bearing the words “Trump” and “ICE.”
On Tuesday, a Texas immigration judge ordered that Tracey return to Canada. She was also sentenced to one day behind bars but was granted time served because she was in jail in Ocean County last month, according to the New York Post .
The outlet added that Tracey’s defence lawyer, Francis Hodgson, described her as a “productive member of society.”
“She arrived here on a passport some years ago. She met her husband and didn’t leave, but while she was (here), she maintained employment and was a productive member of society,” he said.
He added that Tracey had “taken responsibility for her role” in the incident, and “that is consistent with other similar-type matters that happen every day during the summer on this boardwalk.”
Tracey was initially charged with simple assault, endangering the welfare of a child, harassment and obstruction. It later emerged that she had been detained by ICE.
Kaitlyn Tracey is a criminal illegal alien from Canada who was charged with simple assault, neglect of a child, compounding crime, and harassing communication.
She allegedly struck a teenage girl wearing pro-Trump memorabilia on a boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach during 4th of… https://t.co/NETqKKwrE8 pic.twitter.com/ER7qO3z3Zo
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 15, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wrote in a post on social media on July 15 that Tracey “entered the United States on April 14, 2024, on a visa set to expire on September 6, 2024. In violation of our nation’s laws, she overstayed her visa and failed to depart.”
Tracey’s husband, who is reportedly an American man named Matthew Geroni, took to social media after the incident, posting a since-deleted video in which he said: “Yesterday, July 13, my wife was detained by ICE and brought to Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey.”
Delaney Hall is a detention facility run by ICE. After a court hearing on July 13, Hodgson told Asbury Park Press that Tracey was released from the Ocean County Jail where she had initially been held. However, because ICE had a detainer on her, she was released to ICE custody.
“My wife is a Canadian citizen and I’m an American citizen,” Geroni added. “We’ve been married for a little over three years, and I’m just doing anything I can to get her story heard and bring any help and attention to her situation so that I can get her released, even if that means back to Canada.”
How the plot thickens… Kaitlyn Tracey—the Canadian who attacked an underage girl celebrating the 4th of the July, while on an expired visa and in the USA illegally—is clearly seen on video here striking the girl wearing what appears to be an America 250 shirt and blue shorts. pic.twitter.com/hakGGCMtnj
— Jasmin Laine (@JasminLaine) July 16, 2026
A news release from the Point Beach Police Department says that on the evening of the incident “officers responded to and began investigating an alleged assault of a female juvenile by an adult female suspect on the boardwalk.”
It continues: “The female suspect began yelling at the female juvenile over patriotic colored sweatpants with political wording. The female suspect was then seen on video striking the juvenile female, once to the body and once to the face, with an open hand. The female suspect then left the scene without being identified.”
Police said they later identified her as Kaitlyn Tracey of Allenhurst, N.J.
It’s time to get Kaitlyn to her final destination — home. https://t.co/KOJrQuCYrg pic.twitter.com/as7mz7iVzl
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 5, 2026
The New York Post reports that a parent of the girl Tracey slapped attended Tuesday’s hearing virtually, but with no video or audio.
Judge Ryan summarized the family’s impact statement aloud in the courtroom, saying: “Thank goodness for cameras and cell phones to have documented this incident.” He added that the relatives belong to immigrant families and are “proud of their country and celebrated its independence.”
He concluded that the victim and her parents “look forward to justice being served, and they thank all the agencies involved.”
How and when Tracey will be deported to Canada wasn’t immediately clear. As for whether she will be allowed to return to the U.S., Judge Ryan said during her sentencing that her banishment is expected to last “for a very long time.”
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