http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/va-immigrant-advocate-mom-detained-by-ice/441034407






She’s a usually protesting to keep immigrants from being deported. Now, CASA says they’re fighting for one of their own members.

A 30-year-old Virginia woman was detained Thursday after a routine ICE check-in according to her attorney.

“Everyone’s just feeling like if you’re undocumented immigrant here, then you’re in danger of being detained and really, that’s true," said her attorney Lila Zazula.

This is one of the first times we heard a CASA advocate say this on camera. It came after CASA members sent out mass emails and text messages quickly organizing a protest for the 30-year-old’s release. It started at around 8:30 a.m. when Liliana Cruz Mendez went in for one of her check-ins at ICE offices in Fairfax, Va.

RELATED: Immigration arrests up 38% nationwide under Trump

Cruz Mendez was arrested by border patrol in 2006 after entering the country illegally, according to an ICE Spokesperson. She was fleeing violence in El Salvador, according to family.

Then in 2014, CASA says police pulled the Falls Church woman over for a broken headlight. She had no license and her status was discovered.

Zazula says this is the only thing on her record and still, even after this, Zazula says Cruz Mendez was issued three stays of deportation in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

“They wouldn’t let me in with her …” said Zazula, “I looked through the door and the way she was looking at me was, it was – it was really heavy.”

By around noon Thursday, the family learned Cruz Mendez wasn’t even at the Fairfax location anymore. She had phoned her attorney to tell her. They took her to another location but CASA says ICE wouldn’t tell her or any of the CASA attorneys where. They later learned she was taken to a facility in Woodbridge.

This is all part of President Trump fulfilling his campaign promise, according reporting by our media partner the Washington Post.

In a recent article, the Post reported, “Acting ICE director Thomas Homan said the statistics released Wednesday show that agents still prioritize lawbreakers: 30,473 criminals were arrested from Jan. 22 to April 29, an 18 percent increase from the same period in 2016. Meanwhile, arrests of immigrants with no criminal records more than doubled to nearly 11,000, the fastest-growing category by far.”

The 30-year-old is not only married. She has two American-born kids, who are 10 and four-years-old.

Rene Bermudez is Cruz Mendez’s husband. He told WUSA9 he’s also an immigrant.

RELATED: Maryland woman 'adopts' Syrian refugee family

In Spanish, Bermudez said he hopes President Trump understands the situation his family is going through.

Lawmakers are responding to the hashtag, #FreeLiliana.

Congressman Gerry Connelly also emailed the following statement:

“I have contacted DHS and ICE to protest this action. Liliana is a mother of two American children and poses no public safety or national security threat. I won't stand by silently while this Administration seeks to break up Northern Virginia families.”

An ICE Spokesperson later sent WUSA9 the following statement:

“Ms. Cruz-Mendez was originally arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol in February 2006. An immigration judge ordered her removed from the United States in April 2006. In December 2013, Ms. Cruz-Mendez entered ICE custody after she was charged with local offenses, and she was released on an order of supervision. She has one misdemeanor conviction. ICE exercised prosecutorial discretion on two previous occasions by granting Ms. Cruz-Mendez a stay of removal in June 2014 and May 2015.”

Adios puta!

Choices have consequences. Entering the country illegal can get you deported. The sad removal from her family is a consequence of her decision. This sad story is on her, not on ICE.

“Everyone’s just feeling like if you’re undocumented immigrant here, then you’re in danger of being detained and really, that’s true," said her attorney Lila Zazula.

As it should be. This should have always been the way it was.

^^^^
This

You won't be missed

Good riddance! And take that pedo bitch Gerry Connolly with you!

South of the border.

80% of these savages from el salvador hate america, proudly display the Salvadorean flag whererver and whenever they can. Apparently, el salvador is the shit so they should be happy to go back to their homeland.

They never learned english anyway so its kinda like they never left

God, imagine how much money taxpayers fork over for these people for school, medical care, etc....
We could have rebuilt our infrastructure system with that money.

n6jk3 Wrote:
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>
> “Everyone’s just feeling like if you’re
> undocumented immigrant here, then you’re in
> danger of being detained and really, that’s
> true," said her attorney Lila Zazula.
>
> As it should be. This should have always been the
> way it was.


Yep. Just because you've gotten away with breaking the law doesn't mean one day ole' Johnny Law isn't going to arrest you...

wrap yourself in the ES flag Wrote:
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> 80% of these savages from el salvador hate
> america, proudly display the Salvadorean flag
> whererver and whenever they can. Apparently, el
> salvador is the shit so they should be happy to go
> back to their homeland.
>
> They never learned english anyway so its kinda
> like they never left

Yeah, those illegals sure have pride in their south of the border dumpy countries...
It should be noted, I've never seen a Korean person driving around with a Korean flag bumper sticker on their car, only the folks who listen to 99.1 El zol...



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GTFO. You are illegal? What is the problem?

Fox News Wrote:
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> http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/va-immigrant-advoc
> ate-mom-detained-by-ice/441034407
>
>
>
>
>
>
> She’s a usually protesting to keep immigrants
> from being deported. Now, CASA says they’re
> fighting for one of their own members.
>
> A 30-year-old Virginia woman was detained Thursday
> after a routine ICE check-in according to her
> attorney.
>
> “Everyone’s just feeling like if you’re
> undocumented immigrant here, then you’re in
> danger of being detained and really, that’s
> true," said her attorney Lila Zazula.
>
> This is one of the first times we heard a CASA
> advocate say this on camera. It came after CASA
> members sent out mass emails and text messages
> quickly organizing a protest for the
> 30-year-old’s release. It started at around 8:30
> a.m. when Liliana Cruz Mendez went in for one of
> her check-ins at ICE offices in Fairfax, Va.
>
> RELATED: Immigration arrests up 38% nationwide
> under Trump
>
> Cruz Mendez was arrested by border patrol in 2006
> after entering the country illegally, according to
> an ICE Spokesperson. She was fleeing violence in
> El Salvador, according to family.
>
> Then in 2014, CASA says police pulled the Falls
> Church woman over for a broken headlight. She had
> no license and her status was discovered.
>
> Zazula says this is the only thing on her record
> and still, even after this, Zazula says Cruz
> Mendez was issued three stays of deportation in
> 2014, 2015 and 2016.
>
> “They wouldn’t let me in with her …” said
> Zazula, “I looked through the door and the way
> she was looking at me was, it was – it was
> really heavy.”
>
> By around noon Thursday, the family learned Cruz
> Mendez wasn’t even at the Fairfax location
> anymore. She had phoned her attorney to tell her.
> They took her to another location but CASA says
> ICE wouldn’t tell her or any of the CASA
> attorneys where. They later learned she was taken
> to a facility in Woodbridge.
>
> This is all part of President Trump fulfilling his
> campaign promise, according reporting by our media
> partner the Washington Post.
>
> In a recent article, the Post reported, “Acting
> ICE director Thomas Homan said the statistics
> released Wednesday show that agents still
> prioritize lawbreakers: 30,473 criminals were
> arrested from Jan. 22 to April 29, an 18 percent
> increase from the same period in 2016. Meanwhile,
> arrests of immigrants with no criminal records
> more than doubled to nearly 11,000, the
> fastest-growing category by far.”
>
> The 30-year-old is not only married. She has two
> American-born kids, who are 10 and
> four-years-old.
>
> Rene Bermudez is Cruz Mendez’s husband. He told
> WUSA9 he’s also an immigrant.
>
> RELATED: Maryland woman 'adopts' Syrian refugee
> family
>
> In Spanish, Bermudez said he hopes President Trump
> understands the situation his family is going
> through.
>
> Lawmakers are responding to the hashtag,
> #FreeLiliana.
>
> Congressman Gerry Connelly also emailed the
> following statement:
>
> “I have contacted DHS and ICE to protest this
> action. Liliana is a mother of two American
> children and poses no public safety or national
> security threat. I won't stand by silently while
> this Administration seeks to break up Northern
> Virginia families.”
>
> An ICE Spokesperson later sent WUSA9 the following
> statement:
>
> “Ms. Cruz-Mendez was originally arrested by the
> U.S. Border Patrol in February 2006. An
> immigration judge ordered her removed from the
> United States in April 2006. In December 2013, Ms.
> Cruz-Mendez entered ICE custody after she was
> charged with local offenses, and she was released
> on an order of supervision. She has one
> misdemeanor conviction. ICE exercised
> prosecutorial discretion on two previous occasions
> by granting Ms. Cruz-Mendez a stay of removal in
> June 2014 and May 2015.”

What Gerry really means: "I won't stand by as ICE does the job it was set up to do."

BTW: She should have been deported back in '06. Read between the lines: After the immigration judge order her removed in '06 what happened? Why was she not detained when the Immigration judge ordered her deported?

phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> Fox News Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/va-immigrant-advoc
>
> > ate-mom-detained-by-ice/441034407
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > She’s a usually protesting to keep immigrants
> > from being deported. Now, CASA says they’re
> > fighting for one of their own members.
> >
> > A 30-year-old Virginia woman was detained
> Thursday
> > after a routine ICE check-in according to her
> > attorney.
> >
> > “Everyone’s just feeling like if you’re
> > undocumented immigrant here, then you’re in
> > danger of being detained and really, that’s
> > true," said her attorney Lila Zazula.
> >
> > This is one of the first times we heard a CASA
> > advocate say this on camera. It came after CASA
> > members sent out mass emails and text messages
> > quickly organizing a protest for the
> > 30-year-old’s release. It started at around
> 8:30
> > a.m. when Liliana Cruz Mendez went in for one
> of
> > her check-ins at ICE offices in Fairfax, Va.
> >
> > RELATED: Immigration arrests up 38% nationwide
> > under Trump
> >
> > Cruz Mendez was arrested by border patrol in
> 2006
> > after entering the country illegally, according
> to
> > an ICE Spokesperson. She was fleeing violence
> in
> > El Salvador, according to family.
> >
> > Then in 2014, CASA says police pulled the Falls
> > Church woman over for a broken headlight. She
> had
> > no license and her status was discovered.
> >
> > Zazula says this is the only thing on her
> record
> > and still, even after this, Zazula says Cruz
> > Mendez was issued three stays of deportation in
> > 2014, 2015 and 2016.
> >
> > “They wouldn’t let me in with her …”
> said
> > Zazula, “I looked through the door and the
> way
> > she was looking at me was, it was – it was
> > really heavy.”
> >
> > By around noon Thursday, the family learned
> Cruz
> > Mendez wasn’t even at the Fairfax location
> > anymore. She had phoned her attorney to tell
> her.
> > They took her to another location but CASA says
> > ICE wouldn’t tell her or any of the CASA
> > attorneys where. They later learned she was
> taken
> > to a facility in Woodbridge.
> >
> > This is all part of President Trump fulfilling
> his
> > campaign promise, according reporting by our
> media
> > partner the Washington Post.
> >
> > In a recent article, the Post reported,
> “Acting
> > ICE director Thomas Homan said the statistics
> > released Wednesday show that agents still
> > prioritize lawbreakers: 30,473 criminals were
> > arrested from Jan. 22 to April 29, an 18
> percent
> > increase from the same period in 2016.
> Meanwhile,
> > arrests of immigrants with no criminal records
> > more than doubled to nearly 11,000, the
> > fastest-growing category by far.”
> >
> > The 30-year-old is not only married. She has
> two
> > American-born kids, who are 10 and
> > four-years-old.
> >
> > Rene Bermudez is Cruz Mendez’s husband. He
> told
> > WUSA9 he’s also an immigrant.
> >
> > RELATED: Maryland woman 'adopts' Syrian refugee
> > family
> >
> > In Spanish, Bermudez said he hopes President
> Trump
> > understands the situation his family is going
> > through.
> >
> > Lawmakers are responding to the hashtag,
> > #FreeLiliana.
> >
> > Congressman Gerry Connelly also emailed the
> > following statement:
> >
> > “I have contacted DHS and ICE to protest this
> > action. Liliana is a mother of two American
> > children and poses no public safety or national
> > security threat. I won't stand by silently
> while
> > this Administration seeks to break up Northern
> > Virginia families.”
> >
> > An ICE Spokesperson later sent WUSA9 the
> following
> > statement:
> >
> > “Ms. Cruz-Mendez was originally arrested by
> the
> > U.S. Border Patrol in February 2006. An
> > immigration judge ordered her removed from the
> > United States in April 2006. In December 2013,
> Ms.
> > Cruz-Mendez entered ICE custody after she was
> > charged with local offenses, and she was
> released
> > on an order of supervision. She has one
> > misdemeanor conviction. ICE exercised
> > prosecutorial discretion on two previous
> occasions
> > by granting Ms. Cruz-Mendez a stay of removal
> in
> > June 2014 and May 2015.”
>
> What Gerry really means: "I won't stand by as ICE
> does the job it was set up to do."
>
> BTW: She should have been deported back in '06.
> Read between the lines: After the immigration
> judge order her removed in '06 what happened? Why
> was she not detained when the Immigration judge
> ordered her deported?

That's a very good question that I believe all law abiding citizens deserve an answer to. She's here illegally, has kids, breaks local laws, and expects to be shielded from deportation?
Mr. President, thank you for letting ICE do their job.

Fuk CASA while you're at it too! I'm gunna cross into the US illegally, suck $$$$$$ resources from the school system with extra teachers for ESL, squat out some future gang bangers of MS13, destroy neighborhoods like Falls Church and Springfield, yet bitch and moan when they BREAK the law and get deported?!???

Look, when we as a nation owe more money that a generation will make, we can't care for our own Veterans or feed our own children, YES YOU GO BACK.

WE CAN'T AFFORD YOU.

We can't even afford our own citizens.

> Congressman Gerry Connelly also emailed the
> following statement:
>
> “I have contacted DHS and ICE to protest this
> action. Liliana is a mother of two American
> children and poses no public safety or national
> security threat. I won't stand by silently while
> this Administration seeks to break up Northern
> Virginia families.”
>

Connelly, Go suck an egg, you suck-up.

How would Gerry Connelly explain his support of illegals to those who worked their way through the legal process, which can run up to ten years.

This woman has only herself to blame. She knew the day might come when she would be deported. I do not care how many kids she has, the blame is on her.

Why does the fact that she has a working reproductive system and that she found some guy to fuck her play into her being allowed to stay in violation of the law?

I bet that there is more to this story than just a traffic violation.

Weasel Jr. Wrote:
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> How would Gerry Connelly explain his support of
> illegals to those who worked their way through the
> legal process, which can run up to ten years.
>
> This woman has only herself to blame. She knew
> the day might come when she would be deported. I
> do not care how many kids she has, the blame is on
> her. and

He won't and just try getting in contact with him. He turns a deaf ear to everyone who disagrees with him. Phony "telephone town halls" are a joke and if I send him
an e-mail with a specific question all I receive is a "thank you for your input" form letter that never addresses my question.

Casa de caca