Man arrested after ICE agent smashed car window in New Bedford could be released soon, due to failure to prosecute/asylum status

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Judge Donald Ostrom on Thursday ruled that 29-year-old Juan Francisco Méndez, who has no criminal record, must be released due to a failure to prosecute, according to a Boston Globe report.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested Méndez outside his New Bedford home on April 14 as he and his wife, Marilu Domingo Ortiz, were en route to a dentist appointment. Ortiz captured the dramatic arrest on video, which was widely circulated in the media and on social media.

Questions swirled over why Méndez was arrested, as officers were reportedly asking for a man named “Antonio,” who lives on a separate floor of their building. Ortiz and the couple’s 9-year-old son were granted asylum in February 2024 after fleeing violence in Guatemala, according to the paper. Under federal immigration law, her husband is eligible for derivative asylee status.

“We don’t have any problems with this country. It’s fine for [immigration officials] to do their job but not unjustly like they did with my husband,” Ortiz told the Globe.

ICE has to hit those brown guy quotas somehow.

 

[Goonie]

Judge Donald Ostrom on Thursday ruled that 29-year-old Juan Francisco Méndez, who has no criminal record, must be released due to a failure to prosecute, according to a Boston Globe report.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested Méndez outside his New Bedford home on April 14 as he and his wife, Marilu Domingo Ortiz, were en route to a dentist appointment. Ortiz captured the dramatic arrest on video, which was widely circulated in the media and on social media.

Questions swirled over why Méndez was arrested, as officers were reportedly asking for a man named “Antonio,” who lives on a separate floor of their building. Ortiz and the couple’s 9-year-old son were granted asylum in February 2024 after fleeing violence in Guatemala, according to the paper. Under federal immigration law, her husband is eligible for derivative asylee status.

“We don’t have any problems with this country. It’s fine for [immigration officials] to do their job but not unjustly like they did with my husband,” Ortiz told the Globe.

ICE has to hit those brown guy quotas somehow.

Don't worry I'm sure they'll find a speeding citation and deport him due to national security!!