Biography
Co-founder of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, the Washington state berry-farmworker union. Mixtec migrant farmworker from Oaxaca who came to the U.S. as a child. ICE-detained March 25, 2025 in Sedro-Woolley, Washington — the same day his union held a press conference about ICE raids of farmworker communities. Held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (Tacoma); voluntary departure to Mexico July 14, 2025 to avoid further prolonged detention.
Case
Northwest ICE Processing Center (Tacoma)