"Reyes is an outspoken advocate against immigration detention. In 2022, while detained by ICE at Golden State Annex, a for-profit detention facility operated by the GEO group in McFarland, California, he participated in labor and hunger strikes to protest conditions inside. He was a named plaintiff in a lawsuit against the GEO Group over alleged forced labor and wage theft."
"In July, a federal judge ruled that the agency could not detain Reyes until he was granted a bond hearing before an immigration judge, a decision Reyes' lawyers heralded as a victory for immigrants' right to due process. Reyes' bond hearing took place on Jan. 23 in front of San Francisco immigration Judge Steven Kirchner at the immigration court at 630 Sansome St."
"After months of fighting efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain him, Bay Area activist Guillermo Medina Reyes was arrested by federal agents on Valentine's Day, his legal team said. Reyes was arrested outside his San Jose home and processed through the ICE field office in Stockton before being taken to the California City Detention Facility, a former prison in California City currently used for ICE detention, according to his supporters."
Guillermo Medina Reyes, a Bay Area activist, was arrested by federal agents on Valentine's Day outside his San Jose home and processed through the ICE field office in Stockton before being taken to the California City Detention Facility. Reyes is an outspoken advocate against immigration detention who while detained in 2022 at Golden State Annex participated in labor and hunger strikes and was a named plaintiff in a lawsuit against the GEO Group alleging forced labor and wage theft. ICE announced intentions to re-detain him after arrests in May and August. He fought re-detention in court, but Judge Steven Kirchner ordered re-detention without bond on Feb. 13.
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