ICE in Austin: Sheriff had released immigrant arrested at courthouse
7:10 p.m. Friday, March 03, 2017
Federal agents on Friday arrested an immigrant suspected of being in the country illegally at Travis County’s courthouse in what appears to be a new tactic by immigration officials.
Defense attorney Daniel Betts confirmed to the American-Statesman that his client, Juan Coronilla-Guerrero, was taken into custody when he showed up for a court appearance for two misdemeanor charges, assault-family violence and possession of marijuana. He said Coronilla-Guerrero was arrested in an elevator at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center.
Coronilla-Guerrero
Coronilla-Guerrero was one of more than 30 immigrants at the Travis County Jail who were released in early February after Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez implemented a new policy that greatly limited cooperation with detention requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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