PrivacyDigestCaught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti- #ICE #Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
Within weeks, the prosecutor’s marquee case would quietly fall apart. Agents who searched Orellana’s house found little that could be considered incriminating, and prosecutors never charged anyone else as part of the supposed #conspiracy. By late July, they moved to have the charges dismissed.
It wouldn’t be the only such case.
#immigration #immigrants #dhs #cbp
https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-ice-cbp-doj-trump-arrests-convictions
Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.