Judge tells ICE to 'immediately' release immigrant who was detained after calling 911
lawandcrime.com
The order comes as another in a long line of district court cases rejecting outright controversial efforts to reshape how ICE classifies immigrants in order to detain them.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/43085102

Then, late last month, Wu was with a group of friends in Maine and “called emergency services to assist a person attempting suicide.”

That phone call landed Wu in immigration detention.

“Upon arrival, local police requested Mr. Wu’s identification,” the order goes on. “Despite the life-saving nature of the call, once Mr. Wu’s noncitizen status was disclosed, police chose to contact U.S. Border Patrol (USBP). USBP subsequently took Mr. Wu into custody, characterizing him as a ‘flight risk’ based on an alleged failure to update his address…Later that day, ICE issued a warrant of removal/deportation.”

Neumann, however, suspects the aforementioned address issue was actually a failure of translation because that statement was “obtained without the assistance of a translator despite Mr. Wu’s limited English proficiency.”

  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    No good deed goes unpunished, Jesus Christ. Maine needs to pass a law forbidding cops from doing this, because they’re the ones that reported him for trying to prevent a suicide.

    • berg@lemmy.zip
      3·
      1 month ago

      Their state passed a law last year, but it won’t go into effect until summer because Mills refused to sign (or veto) it.

      • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Good to know that extra context, thanks. So the fuckers know it’s going to be illegal soon and are doing it while they can. I hope Mills gets primaried/voted out, at minimum.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 month ago

    Then, late last month, Wu was with a group of friends in Maine and “called emergency services to assist a person attempting suicide.”

    Yeah, he’s trying to commit suicide but he keeps on failing, can you please tell him how to get it done right?

    No wonder they arrested him

    Jokes aside: I think that, if you’re not blue eyed white, that you should leave the US for your own safety as this is Germany 1935-ish. I can get outraged again but why even bother, these things will just get worse and worse and I just stopped caring because if I don’t I’ll yank myself into a full blown depression.

    The world is fucked up because 8 billion people are allowing a few thousand psychopaths to run us all off a cliff into full extermination. If you think this is bad, wait until climate change (you know , that thing that supposedly doesn’t exist yet is screaming at us from every angle) effects really kick in. I’m sure some next “strong leader” will stand up to guide “the chosen few” to survival by burning everyone else