ICE attempts to deport Mexican journalist seeking asylum in US
Source: Reporters Without Borders
December 8, 2017
ICE attempts to deport Mexican journalist seeking asylum in US
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns yesterdays attempt by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport Emilio Gutirrez Soto, a Mexican journalist who has been seeking asylum in the United States since 2008 after receiving death threats in Mexico linked to his journalistic activities.
ICE agents detained and handcuffed Emilio Gutirrez Soto yesterday and began taking him and his 24-year-old son to the US border with Mexico. Only an urgent stay of removal granted by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which handles asylum cases, prevented his deportation.
However, ICE refused to release Gutirrez and his son and instead, at 1:30 a.m. this morning, took them to the Sierra Blanca detention centre, 1.5 hours away from El Paso, Texas, where their lawyer is based.
Pending a final decision by the BIA, we call on the U.S. authorities to grant Emilio Gutirrez Soto an immediate conditional release, said Margaux Ewen, the head of RSFs North America bureau.
Read more: https://rsf.org/en/news/ice-attempts-deport-mexican-journalist-seeking-asylum-us
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