US EditionImmigrant released on bond in Massachusetts a month after ICE broke car window with hammer
- Juan Francisco Mendez, a 29-year-old Guatemalan man in Massachusetts, was detained by ICE on April 14 after agents smashed his car window with a hammer.
- ICE agents detained Mendez by mistake while searching for a different individual residing nearby, and he was unable to verify his immigration status.
- Mendez was held for nearly a month at Strafford County Corrections in New Hampshire without deportation proceedings, while his wife and son have asylum and he applies for derivative asylum.
- A judge dismissed Mendez's immigration case on May 8 due to improper government filing, ordered his release on a $1,500 bond, and he must wear a GPS monitor amid ongoing deportation efforts.
- Mendez reunited with his family after release, and his attorneys plan to pursue a civil lawsuit for constitutional violations reflecting concerns over ICE's forceful arrest tactics.
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Independent EspañolGuatemalans Released on Bail in the U.S. a Month After Agents Broke a Window
A Guatemalan living in Massachusetts, arrested by immigration agents in April after breaking his car window with a hammer, has been released, his lawyer said on Friday.
Son says Alabama mother of six detained by ICE after 25 years in the U.S.
A Fort Payne woman who was trying to obtain legal residency in the U.S. has been detained and may be sent back to Guatemala after 25 years in the U.S., her son said on social media Friday.
‘When I would go to sleep, I would dream that I was free and with my family.’ New Bedford immigrant opens up about his monthlong detention - The Boston Globe
After a month of detention by ICE agents, Juan Francisco Méndez was reunited with his family in New Bedford.
'I'm not a criminal': New Bedford man reunited with family after weeks in ICE custody
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A New Bedford father detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents more than a month ago returned home to his family Friday afternoon. Juan Francisco Mendez was taken into custody in early April by ICE agents who pulled him over and shattered his car window. His arrest sparked an outcry from advocates who argued that the ICE agents violated his rights by wrongfully detaining him. BACKGROUND: I…
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