"Colombian conservative congresswoman Angela Vergara claims to be going through hell. Last Friday, she took to social media to report that her 22-year-old son, Rafael Alonso Vergara, had been detained in the United States by immigration police (ICE) and had been imprisoned and chained for 18 days. In a video posted on social media, she said: This is a person who was awaiting his legal situation, but he had his work permit and social security."
"she claims that he was detained on a public road in the state of Louisiana at 4 a.m. and that, after being identified as an immigrant, he was arrested by ICE agents. Vergara had been in the United States since 2022. A year after his arrival, he decided to apply for asylum. Since last month, right after learning of her son's arrest, the politician says that the legal strategy has been to request voluntary return to Colombia, as she thought it would be the quickest alternative."
Angela Vergara, a Colombian Conservative Party congresswoman, reports that her 22-year-old son, Rafael Alonso Vergara, was detained by US immigration police (ICE), imprisoned and chained for 18 days. She states he was stopped on a public road in Louisiana at 4 a.m., identified as an immigrant, and arrested despite having a work permit and social security. He arrived in the United States in 2022 and applied for asylum a year later. The immediate legal strategy pursued was a voluntary return to Colombia as the quickest option. Vergara rejects claims that she celebrated deportations or called for US military intervention.
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