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2.12.16

After seeking help in finding his stolen car, Salvadoran man is facing deportation 

Pedro Figueroa is facing deportation and was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement after contacting police officials to get help in finding his stolen car. However, it is actually a violation of laws that are designed to encourage all to come forward and report crimes, regardless of their legal status.  

In other words, San Francisco PD was not supposed to have contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, when Figueroa contacted them. However, there was an ICE agent waiting outside when Pedro arrived at the San Francisco Police Station, and he ended up being detained for “45 days and counting, at risk of deportation to danger and even death in El Salvador,” his lawyers noted in their statement on the case.  

Pedro Figueroa is an El Salvadoran man who has been living in San Francisco, and is a father to an eight-year-old girl. If San Francisco Police were indeed in violation of these immigration laws designed to allow everyone, regardless of citizenship status, the right to contact law enforcement to report crimes, this would be a very disturbing case. Pedro’s case is “now being reviewed by the immigration courts to determine whether he has a legal basis to remain in the U.S,” according to the statement made by ICE. 

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