Attorneys had to threaten Texas state officials with legal action and chase prison buses to find two men who were imprisoned in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border immigration operation.
Attorneys had to threaten Texas state officials with legal action and chase prison buses to find two men who were imprisoned in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border immigration operation,The men, Ivan Ruano Nava and David Vega Muñoz, should have been released from the Dolph Briscoe Unit state prison in Dilley by Thursday afternoon when a federal immigration detainer, good for 48 hours, expired at 1:47 p.m., attorneys said.
“It has been wild, wild, wild,’ said Kevin Herrera, an attorney with the group Just Futures Law and an attorney for the men. “We are still not entirely sure where they are.” The governor’s operation has been blasted by immigration advocates and attorneys, who say it is unconstitutional for denying people due process, violates state laws, creates chaos in local governments and overwhelms local officials.They have said that the operation is targeting Mexican and Central American men who are being whisked from county jails to state prisons even though space exists in the county jails.
Attorneys for them said in the letter emailed to the Briscoe prison’s senior warden, Maria Ramirez, that the men were being unlawfully detained and demanding their immediate release, according to a copy provided to NBC News.
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