This is really unprecedented: ICE detains woman seeking domestic abuse protection at Tex. courtho

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The woman does have a criminal history and has been previously deported. But to show up in a domestic abuse court is wrong. IMHO.

Seems the only person who could have told ICE she was in court at this time was the abuser (per the story).

Long story but very interesting. ICE agents also had discrepancies in how they arrested her.



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‘This is really unprecedented’: ICE detains woman seeking domestic abuse protection at Tex. courthouse

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‘This is really unprecedented’: ICE detains woman seeking domestic abuse protection at Texas courthouse
By Katie Mettler February 16 at 5:33 AM

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle sits in front of the border fence in El Paso, on Feb. 2. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

A hearing in El Paso County in Texas went from ordinary to “unprecedented” last week when half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at a courthouse where an undocumented woman was seeking a protective order against the boyfriend she accused of abusing her.

The woman, a citizen of Mexico who was living in El Paso had been driven to the courthouse by a victim’s advocate from the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence, a shelter for victims of domestic abuse where she had been living.

She left under arrest.

“This is really unprecedented,” El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal told The Washington Post.

It was the first time in her 23 years at the courthouse, Bernal said, that she can remember ICE agents making their presence known during a protective order hearing. .....................


After the courthouse incident last week, Bernal’s office launched an investigation, which unearthed a narrative of the day’s events that differs from the one outlined in court documents filed by ICE...........................................




.............Gutierrez told the Times that ICE agents should not act on tips from abusers.

“There’s no place for that,” Gutierrez said, “especially in family court.”

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