"Local News The arrest is apparently part of "Operation Patriot 2.0" as ICE continues to target people "who are easy to pick up" as they go through the system, a lawyer said. After a man originally from El Salvador was injured during an encounter where federal immigration agents smashed a car window in Malden last week, his wife, a lawyer and U.S. citizen, is calling for his release."
""It seems like often they may be detaining first and then figuring out the details after, but we have seen a disturbing trend of ICE targeting many people, including long term residents," his lawyer Maggie Morgan said. "We've seen an increase in detentions of people who are in removal proceedings already, who are pursuing cases such as asylum cases. We've seen even some detentions of people who actually have valid legal status.""
"Edgar Hernan Elias Escobar is being held in the Plymouth County Correctional Facility following his arrest on Sept. 17, according the ICE inmate tracker. Morgan, a lawyer with Greater Boston Legal Services who is part of Elias Escobar's legal team, said after the arrest, Elias Escobar, known to friends as Hernan, was transported to the hospital with injuries to his arm."
Edgar Hernan Elias Escobar, a man from El Salvador, was arrested on Sept. 17 and is being held in the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in civil immigration detention without criminal charges. Federal immigration agents broke a car window during the arrest, threatened him with a taser, and transported him to the hospital with an injured arm. Greater Boston Legal Services and his lawyer Maggie Morgan say the arrest occurred amid ICE's 'Operation Patriot 2.0' targeting people 'who are easy to pick up,' and they describe a trend of increased detentions, including people in removal proceedings or with valid legal status. His wife, a U.S. citizen, seeks his release.
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