SPOKANE, Wash. — One of the two men at the center of last year’s ICE protest in downtown Spokane has returned home.
Joswar Slater Rodriguez Torres was arrested in June outside of the ICE facility in Spokane in what was supposed to be a routine check-in.
His arrest, along with the arrest of Cesar Alexander Alvarez Perez, led to protesters sitting in front of ICE buses for hours in an attempt to prevent them from being sent to a detention center in Tacoma.
According to former City Council President Ben Stuckart, who knew both men before they were arrested, a federal judge found Joswar’s detention violated his constitutional rights.
Stuckart and his family celebrated a late birthday with Joswar in Spokane on Sunday.
“We want to specifically thank all those that protested on June 11,” Stuckart said on social media. “The publicity made it possible to raise funds for his defense. Thanks to his second lawyer and the donors who paid for his lawyer. He would not have been released without the actions of thousands of his fellow community members!”
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