SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers launched details about an arrest in Sunnyvale that stirred up controversy.
Ulises Pena Lopez, 30, is a citizen of Mexico who entered the USA illegally after he was beforehand deported, an ICE spokesperson informed KRON4. He was arrested by ICE officers on February 21 in Sunnyvale as a part of a focused immigration enforcement operation, the spokesperson mentioned.
On the morning of his arrest, federal immigration officers surrounded Lopez outdoors his dwelling and arrested him “in a violent manner,” the Santa Clara County Democratic Celebration wrote. His 3-year-old daughter and his spouse had been at dwelling and watched officers haul Lopez away, relations mentioned.
Lopez lived in Sunnyvale for over a decade, his household mentioned. On the morning of February 21, the daddy was leaving dwelling to go to work, relations mentioned.
Ulises Pena Lopez
On Thursday, an ICE spokesperson informed KRON4, “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is aware of news and social media accounts with reports on the recent arrest of illegal alien Ulises Pena-Lopez which are inaccurate and not supported by facts.”
Based on ICE, officers approached Lopez whereas he was in his automobile and he refused to observe officers’ directions. Ultimately, Lopez exited his automobile and “was fully cooperative as arresting officers took him into custody. Lopez experienced a non-specific medical emergency during the arrest, and an ICE agent initiated emergency medical care until he could be transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital for evaluation,” the spokesperson informed KRON4.
Others, together with his relations, declare that the officers smashed Lopez’s automobile window, pulled him out, and violently restrained him whereas he suffered a panic assault.
ICE officers mentioned Lopez was discharged from the hospital on February 22 after no accidents had been discovered, and ICE instantly took him into custody. Based on the Fast Response Community, he was transported to an ICE detention facility.
Lopez’s brother mentioned deporting him again to Mexico shouldn’t be an possibility. “If they send him back over there, they’re sending him to die,” the brother informed KRON4.
Based on an ICE spokesperson, Lopez was deported from the USA in 2013, and he illegally re-entered the U.S. at an unknown location on an unknown date.
Federal immigration officers mentioned Lopez has a legal historical past in California. The spokesperson mentioned he was convicted of: evading police in November 2016 in San Luis Obispo County; assault with lethal weapon in March 2020 in Santa Clara County; and DUI in September 2020 in Santa Clara County.
Ever since President Donald Trump took workplace and made guarantees of mass deportations, ICE’s new slogan is: “The worst first.”
ICE officers mentioned they’re implementing immigration legal guidelines in opposition to violent criminals, intercourse offenders, and others who pose a risk to public security.
SCCDP wrote, “An enforcement policy that would prioritize deporting a person such as Ulises, which would separate him from his family and deprive them of their sole wage earner, is ill conceived and should be reversed. He is a gainfully employed father and husband who was on his way to work, not a criminal or a threat to our community.”
On Thursday, ICE wrote on its X web page, “In just one month, ICE arrested over 20K illegal aliens. This is a 627% increase in monthly arrests compared to this period last year.”
