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'Unconstitutional detention': ICE must 'immediately' release immigrant who was detained after calling 911 to help save someone else's life, judge says (lawandcrime.com)

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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."

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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 hours 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.