It IS getting Worse for Latino’s in America….
A U.S.-born citizen was arrested in Florida on Wednesday and charged with illegally entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” Twenty-year-old Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained for a day at the request of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite his mother producing his birth certificate and Social Security card at a court hearing.
Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans inspected the birth certificate during a court hearing on Thursday, confirmed it was “an authentic document,” and said she found no probable cause for the charge, the Florida Phoenix reported. But a state prosecutor said that because ICE had asked the local jail to hold Lopez-Gomez, the court did not have the authority to grant his release.
“This court does not have any jurisdiction other than what I’ve already done,” said Riggans.
“I wanted to tell them, ‘Where are you going to take him? He is from here,’” Lopez-Gomez’s mother Sebastiana Gomez-Perez told the outlet after the hearing. “I felt immense helplessness because I couldn’t do anything, and I am desperate to get my son out of there.”
“It hurts so much,” she said through tears.
Lopez-Gomez was reportedly released Thursday evening after protestors gathered outside of the Leon County jail, where he was being held.
Lopez-Gomez was charged under a recently passed state law that made it a state crime to illegally enter the state. The Florida Immigrant Coalition sued state officials earlier this month, alleging that the law violates the authority of the federal government to oversee immigration law. A federal judge temporarily blocked the law on April 4. State prosecutor Kimberly Thompson did not respond to a request for comment regarding the reason for Lopez-Gomez’s arrest….
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This IS a example of State’s trying to enforce immigreation law something the Federal Government IS solely responsible for…
40% of Hispanics voted for Donald Trump.
Enough said.
You reap what you sow.If they are “worried” and are looking for someone to blame.
I suggest those 40% go stare in the mirror.
Yup Jack…..
Pretty Damn STUPID…….
Or?
I got My Pass….
Tough for the others
Oh and Ron DeSantis trying to enforce federal law?
Apparently he’s still trying to curry favor with Trump for his wife’s possible Gubernatorial run.
Trump though has already endorsed Byron Donald,the Black Congressman whose fealty to Trump knows no bounds.Indeed if Trump openly used the “ N” word?I fully expect Donald would offer some justification for it…
A real POS.
I wonder what happened with Disney?