The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/ice-arrest/)
One of the three Ithaca residents arrested by immigration agents in January was released from a detention center on Tuesday, a local immigrant rights coalition said.
ICE confirmed Tuesday’s arrest in a brief, emailed statement on Wednesday, saying it followed a criminal investigation.
He would be the third person ICE has arrested in Ithaca in two weeks.
The Ithaca man who was arrested by federal immigration agents in May will not be sentenced to additional time for having a fake green card, paving the way for his immigration case to proceed.
New court documents also shed light on the man’s life in Mexico, where he was shot twice, and his “treacherous” journey to the United States more than a decade ago.
José Guzman-Lopez pleaded guilty to possessing a counterfeit document, a federal crime, and is awaiting his sentencing, after which he still will be facing deportation.
A federal judge ordered that José Guzman-Lopez be remanded to a county Jail while the government prosecutes him for allegedly violating federal law by possessing a counterfeit green card.
The United States on Wednesday charged the Mexican citizen arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Ithaca last week with allegedly violating federal law by possessing a forged registration card.
The attorney is still representing Guzman on a years-old assault charge, but has not been able to contact him while he is being held at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility.
José L. Guzman, 32, was picked up by ICE officers on Tuesday afternoon and is currently being held at a detention center in Batavia. Hundreds protested his arrest at a rally on Wednesday.