Saturday January 11, 2025
SNc Channels:

Search
About Salem-News.com

 

May-10-2012 18:11printcomments

ICE Agents Beat 17-Year-Olds in Botched Raid- Now They'll Be Deported

The "bad guys" were Julio and Adolfo -- two 17-year-old boys mistakenly caught up in a botched raid.

Julio Diaz Sales and Adolfo Garcia Diaz were 17 years old when immigration agents busted down the door of their Miami-area home by mistake and beat them harshly
Julio Diaz Sales and Adolfo Garcia Diaz were 17 years old when immigration agents busted down the door of their Miami-area home by mistake and beat them harshly. Now the US wants deport the boys who never broken a law.

(MIAMI, FLA) - Julio Diaz Sales and Adolfo Garcia Diaz were 17 years old when immigration agents busted down the door of their Miami-area home. Julio and Adolfo say they were handcuffed, thrown on the floor, and beaten in the face and chest.

Only it was all a mistake -- Julio and Adolfo had not committed any crimes. Immigration agents later admitted they broke into the wrong house as part of a sting operation.

Despite all this, immigration officials are set to deport Julio and Adolfo out of the U.S. on Sunday. Their attorney, Romy Lerner, knows that Change.org members have helped stop dozens of other last-minute deportations, and she thinks the only chance the boys have is to rally public support.

Romy started a petition on Change.org asking ICE Director John Morton to intervene and let Julio and Adolfo stay in the U.S.

Click here to sign Romy's petition before Julio and Adolfo are deported on Sunday.

Their injuries were so bad that the immigration center's director immediately started an investigation into what happened. But Romy says immigration agents apparently showed little concern for the boys' injuries.

"No agent was hurt," wrote one immigration agent in an email obtained by Univision. "I’m not sure what happened with the bad guys, but who cares what happened to them anyways?"

The "bad guys" were Julio and Adolfo -- two 17-year-old boys mistakenly caught up in a botched raid.

Julio and Adolfo came to the U.S. from Guatemala as children. While they entered the country without documentation, they've worked hard in America and don't have any criminal record.

Despite ICE's initial mistake in targeting the boys, their subsequent beatings, and their otherwise clean backgrounds, Julio and Adolfo have until only Sunday before they're deported back to Guatemala.

Romy Lerner, the boys' attorney, has represented many people facing deportation. When she sees what Julio and Adolfo have been through, she fears that the immigration system will continue to fail her clients. She's hoping to rally support for the cousins in their final days before they'll be forced to leave the U.S.

Click here to sign Romy's petition to stop Julio and Adolfo's deportation scheduled for Sunday.





Comments Leave a comment on this story.
Name:

All comments and messages are approved by people and self promotional links or unacceptable comments are denied.



sierra19 May 12, 2012 6:41 am (Pacific time)

No sympathy! Here illegally? Go back to where you came from!! If you're here illegally it doesn't matter how it is discovered... you are here illegally, period!


Robertsrealm May 12, 2012 12:19 am (Pacific time)

Were they here LEGALLY or not? The United States has a limit on how many of the poor and suffering we can help. You need to wait your turn. Letting you stay and rewarding you for breaking the law is wrong!

[Return to Top]
©2025 Salem-News.com. All opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Salem-News.com.


Articles for May 9, 2012 | Articles for May 10, 2012 | Articles for May 11, 2012
Sean Flynn was a photojournalist in Vietnam, taken captive in 1970 in Cambodia and never seen again.



Tribute to Palestine and to the incredible courage, determination and struggle of the Palestinian People. ~Dom Martin


Click here for all of William's articles and letters.

The NAACP of the Willamette Valley