Wilson Macarena from Honduras, called the police to report the burglary, he was prisoner.
The incident occurred in the town of Tukwila under Seattle. According to the lawyer of the detainee — Luis Cortez, the early morning called police after seeing a man trying to open his car. Police questioned the suspect, but for lack of evidence released. But the applicant, a 32-year-old immigrant from Honduras, was arrested.
As reported in an interview Seattle Times attorney, Wilson Macarena fled from violence in Honduras in 2004. In the United States working as a carpenter, diligently attend Church, he 3 children who were born in America. According to Luis Cortes, the arrest was illegal: the police have no powers to detain people on behalf of immigration agents.
Tukwila police Department said in Facebook that there was a «bureaucratic mistake.» When checking the applicant’s bases was discovered an arrest warrant from Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE), but as it turned out, ICE was going to arrest the man, and to invite to «chat».
Anyway, Macarena still under arrest and awaiting deportation. The man reported that it will be either to seek asylum in the United States, or to challenge your arrest.
Lawyer rich Stolz from advocacy group OneAmerican noted that this incident will have a negative impact on the community. «There is no doubt that migrants — victims of crime now will think twice before you call the police, while law enforcement must protect everyone, regardless of their immigration status,» said Stolz.
