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After rescinding protections, ICE moves to deport more immigrants who were crime victims
ICE's policy change has led to detention of immigrant crime victims like Hernandez, who faces $27,000 medical bills and separation from his son while seeking a U visa.
- Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo, a Mexican immigrant and victim of an attack, was shot in downtown Muscatine, Iowa, on June 21, 2025, when a robbery attempt turned violent.
- Earlier this year, ICE ended a directive that generally discouraged detaining immigrants who are victims of crimes, which resulted in Hernandez being taken into custody due to a seven-month-old warrant related to an unpaid $250 traffic fine.
- Hernandez has been held at Muscatine County Jail, where he faces mandatory detention without bond despite a federal judge ruling on September 10 that he is not subject to mandatory detention.
- On September 5, Hernandez testified and urged the court to safeguard his family from potential retaliation, explaining that in his homeland, authority is often misused to harm others. Meanwhile, his attorney highlighted that his prospects of regaining full use of his leg are steadily declining during his detention.
- The new ICE policy has caused a sharp drop in U visa applications and critics say it deters immigrant victims from reporting crimes, while law experts claim this enforcement approach has become the new normal nationwide.
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