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New Bedford man arrested in ICE road stop is released on bond

Juan Francisco Méndez is being reunited with his family after nearly a month at the Strafford County Department of Corrections in Dover, N.H. He was released Thursday on a $1,500 bond, according to his attorney, Ondine Galvez-Sniffin.  Méndez was detained in April after ICE agents smashed through his car window with an axe. He was […]

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‘Tienes que seguir adelante’: Cómo un arresto infame de ICE cambió la vida de una familia

Click here to read in English. Marilú Domingo Ortiz dice que Lunes, abril 14, comenzó como cualquier otro día.  “Mi esposa tenía una cita en la clínica con el dentista, estábamos yendo por la cita”, Marilú dijo.  Marilú dice que ella y su esposo, Juan Francisco Méndez, fueron detenidos mientras estaban manejando por la calle […]

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‘I need to keep fighting’: How an ICE arrest changed one New Bedford family

Haga clic aquí para leer en español. Marilú Domingo Ortiz says Monday, April 14, started like any other uneventful weekday. “My husband had a dentist appointment which we were driving to,” said Marilú. Marilú says she and her husband, Juan Francisco Méndez, were stopped while driving on Tallman Street in New Bedford. That’s where two […]

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Protesters say ICE detentions highlight the plight of immigrants in Rhode Island

Local immigration advocates held a rally Tuesday in support of Fabian Schmidt, a German national and permanent U. S. resident currently being held at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls. The rally was organized by the Rhode Island Working Families Party, the group accusing state lawmakers of not doing enough to protect the rights […]

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Lawyer for Fabian Schmidt says his client is in legal ‘limbo’ while held by ICE

A lawyer for a New Hampshire green card-holder who is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, says his client’s spirit is starting to deflate.  Lawyer David Keller told several dozen protesters and three reporters outside the jail where Fabian Schmidt is […]

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