“I never thought ICE would arrest me here”: undocumented Mexican in Texas talks about his release after spending a month in detention

Erik Payán Ibarra was released after being detained for 27 days after his arrest on February 24.Although he did not have the legal papers to work in the United States, he was arrested and taken to a detention center in Texas.His family found a way to pay the $5,000 bail imposed by an immigration judge thanks to loans from friends.As he had been doing for years, Erik Payán Ibarra had just opened his tire shop in a small town in Texas when he was …

The man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside his home in El Monte will have his first hearing in front of an immigration judge on Tuesday. Jonathan Tejada, who was arrested in February, with his mother, told Telemundo 52 that he feels very nervous to think that he could be deported to Mexico, a country he left when he was 10 years old. Telemundo 52 was present when Tejada told his mother, Yolanda, thr…