Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters are Protesting His Abduction

Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters are Protesting His Abduction

“I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.”

Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Protesting His Abduction

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Willian Giménez González, a known advocate for the rights of day laborers who was abducted by federal agents on September 12, is speaking out from ICE detention.  He says that federal authorities transferred him from the Broadview, Ill., ICE facility, to a detention center in Michigan, to move him away from his supporters. “I believe I was moved to Michigan at the last m…