We have been following the travails of UC-Berkeley student Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez who was jailed by ICE and then ordered released by a judge on Monday, according to various news sources. For the record, although court orders aren't always quickly followed, she was in fact released Monday night. From SFGATE:
...Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old business administration student from Colombia, was arrested Oct. 30 while preparing to board a flight to Oregon with her boyfriend. Her attorney, Nikolas De Bremaeker, told SFGATE that Hernandez has a pending asylum application and valid work authorization. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the arrest to SFGATE, saying her legal permission to remain in the United States expired in March 2023. U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins ruled Monday that ICE violated Hernandez’s constitutional right to due process by detaining her without prior notice or a hearing and ordered her immediate release from the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert. Coggins also barred ICE from imposing electronic monitoring without first demonstrating to the court why it would be necessary...
Hernandez was released Monday night, De Bremaeker confirmed...
Full story at https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/berkeley-ice-sfo-freed-22523372.php.
As we said in our previous post on this matter, I wouldn't count on the midterm elections producing a mellowing on immigration or other issues. For now, you know who is focused on election grumbles but that may pass and prior issues come back in play:
Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlvZMfOrT3s.
Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo7Q2TuoVdE.
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