Tim Steller's column: Tucson feds dragged out U.S. citizen's faulty detention

Tim Steller's column: Tucson feds dragged out U.S. citizen's faulty detention

For Star subscribers: Jose Hermosillo may have been to blame for his initial detention for illegal entry in Tucson, but it shouldn't have taken 10 days to release a U.S.

US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help

Border agents forced the 19-year-old, who cannot read, to sign a transcript of his arrest he says was false.

US citizen wrongly detained by the border patrol says government's account is false

Jose Hermosillo was held for 10 days at a private detention facility in Arizona.

'Not true': Detained U.S. citizen says DHS lied about him being from Mexico

Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, accused the Department of Homeland Security of detaining him and then producing a false account claiming he told them he was a citizen of Mexico.In a Monday post on X, DHS argued that Hermosillo was at fault after he was wrongly detained. "On April 8, Jos...

U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false

Jose Hermosillo (Popular Information courtesy of Jose Hermosillo)On April 8, Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was wrongfully incarcerated by immigration authorities in Arizona, who claimed he was an undocumented immigrant. He was held for 10 days at Florence Correctional Center, a privately run immigration detention facility, before being released on April 17.These facts are not disputed.On X, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS…

American citizens keep getting ensnared in Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration’s trend of ensnaring U.S. citizens with its immigration crackdown has shown no signs of stopping, with the latest incident involving Albuquerque resident Jose Hermosillo, whose family says he was held by ICE for 10 days.