JOSÉ HERRERA, a Northeastern Illinois University business student, was stopped for speeding June 11. He was arrested for driving without a license or insurance, and a DUI.
His sister Erika, a prospective high school math teacher, said that the family attempted to pay the bail, set at $2,000, but officials at Cook County Jail only gave them excuses about why they couldn't accept it.
In a similar case in May, a 26-year-old restaurant worker, Jacobo Ruiz, was coming back from his job and stopped to fill up his gas tank. He was arrested by a Chicago police officer for driving without a license. Ruiz had no police record.
For most drivers, this would have probably ended with a ticket and a court date. But the police "suspected" that Ruiz was an "illegal," so he was arrested, charged and put in Cook County Jail.
The next day, when Ruiz's wife Severa offered to pay his bail of $1,500, she was told that the jail had received an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) order requiring that Ruiz be detained for another two days. But the 48-hour period multiplied many times over. After five months of uncertainty, ICE came for Ruiz, and he now faces deportation. His current bail is an unattainable $10,000.
Hammer time has finally come to Chicago. . . . .
He deserved what he got, he shouldn't have been driving without a dl, insurance and he had dui on top of that.
on the one hand he did deserve what he got and his bail should have been more like $100,000 instead of $10,000. but on the other hand, why did i.c.e. keep extending his detention for 5 months. what if he WAS here legally? that seems potentially problematic to me.
hey JDubsMom, have not seen you here before, but i only get here in short spurts every month or two depending on my schedule.
Thank you for the warm welcome Scooter, glad you enjoy the articles!
Jorge Boosh's mom, how do you get along with Jeb Boosh's wife?
"jorge booshes mom"? because she's against illegal immigration, that makes her pro-boosh? that scumbag is only pretending to defend our borders on his way out of office.
THESE TWO CORRUPT PARTIES HAVE BEEN IN POWER FAR, FAR TOO LONG PEOPLE! WE NEED MORE PARTY CHOICES, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WESTERN WORLD.
I guess no one is used to anyone cracking jokes around here..