Aslyum seeker says he was detained by ice, despite the asylum call

San Diego (KGTV) – a Document without document in San Diego claims that he was recently detained by immigration and customs application (ICE), despite the fact that he had an asylum call.

Alex, a 29 -year -old from Peru, says he fled from his native country in 2022, after leaving a student protest that led to police beats and threats against him and his family. He crossed the border in Arizona and asked for asylum, reaching San Diego, where he has a family.

After a court denied his initial asylum application in 2023, Alex appealed to the decision and granted a deportation while his case was pending. He says he regularly entered with ice.

“I thought I was safe to get up,” Alex said.

Six days after President Trump took over, Alex says that the ice agents presented at his home in South Bay, handled him and took him to arrest.

“Confused and panicked, he was never arrested. I have no criminal record here or in my country of origin,” Alex said.

He was transferred to the Otay Mesa detention center.

After several delays, including a judge who became ill, a bond hearings took place and Alex was issued on February 14 on a minimum obligation of $ 1,500. However, he now has an ankle monitor and stays in Limbo as he is waiting for a decision on his asylum call.

Alex’s lawyer, Saman Nasseri, said that in 13 years of immigration law, he never saw someone under Alex’s circumstances – with a pending asylum call – to be lifted and detained by ICE.

“I have never seen this, unless someone commits a crime or something changes. Not someone with their circumstances, to be lifted by ice and place a connection,” said Nasseri.

“Still nervously … I am grateful to be outside, but I still have this fear of being lifted,” Alex said.

ABC 10News addressed an ICE spokesman to ask if they retain immigrants with pending asylum calls. It was told that I could not comment if they were not given a specific case number, which Alex refused to supply.

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