CHICAGO (WLS) — There are new particulars Thursday about among the folks detained at a South Loop immigration facility Wednesday.
It is not clear the place all of these detained Wednesday are being held.
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Some could also be within the basement of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters downtown. The Division of Homeland Safety has not responded to requests for info.
A day after being detained, Marina Lopez is in custody on the Broadview detention middle, dealing with what could possibly be imminent deportation again to her native Guatemala. Her lawyer mentioned she warned her going into Wednesday’s appointment this might occur.
“She had nice religion she was not going to be detained. She really introduced her Bible along with her. I keep in mind; it was very thick. And he or she prayed earlier than she went in,” lawyer Cynthia Fernández mentioned.
A mom of three, together with two U.S. citizen kids, Lopez got here into the nation 10 years in the past, looking for asylum. She was granted a piece allow, however her case has been pending due to a previous arrest on the border six months earlier.
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“She spoke to her husband. She talked to her kids. She mentioned, ‘this is likely to be a chance.’ It could possibly be a few days earlier than they noticed one another once more. She gave him all of the paperwork, passports, start certificates; they put every thing so as,” Fernández mentioned.
However not all of these detained Wednesday had a heads up. With out the advantage of an lawyer to information them, most confirmed as much as their appointments unawares, after receiving texts messages to return in. Amongst them was Karla Gil Naranjo, a member at Grace & Peace Church.
“She’s an incredible particular person, working arduous. She’ll work full-time, volunteer on the middle, come to church,” Pastor John Zayas mentioned.
Talking from an Immigration Heritage Month luncheon on the Harold Washington Library Thursday, her pastor denounced what he known as a scarcity of due course of.
“This is an instance of somebody who’s doing it the fitting means. Following the regulation, following the method, going to courtroom, doing every thing that’s being requested of them, after which this occurs,” Zayas mentioned.
Lopez’s lawyer mentioned she obtained a name from her shopper and an immigration officer, trying to see whether or not she ought to signal a type authorizing her U.S. citizen kids to be deported alongside along with her. She declined.
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