Immigrant looking for citizenship hospitalized after ICE ‘violently’ rear-ended him in Baltimore automobile crash, lawyer says | EUROtoday

A 32-year-old man was hospitalized with a concussion and “significant injuries” after Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers rear-ended his automobile in Baltimore, in line with his lawyer and a U.S. senator.

Ever Alvarenga Rios’ automobile was “violently rear-ended” by ICE brokers Thursday morning, his attorneys advised WMAR-2 News. Now, he’s within the hospital after sustaining “significant injuries” to his head, chest, again and arms, in line with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.

“After the accident, he was detained & ICE now refuses to allow his attorneys to meet with him privately, a clear denial of the due process rights afforded to all under our Constitution,” Van Hollen wrote on social media. “ICE tactics are endangering our communities & violating the Constitution,”

The senator described Rios as an asylum seeker. WMAR-2 News experiences that Rios is from Honduras, got here to the U.S. 12 years in the past and was within the strategy of looking for everlasting citizenship.

The Department of Homeland Security responded on to Van Hollen’s publish and mentioned ICE brokers performed a “targeted operation” to arrest Rios. The company described him as an “illegal alien from Honduras with a final order of removal from a judge.”

The company accused him of driving “recklessly” and ignoring officers throughout a automobile cease.

He allegedly “slammed on his brakes, causing a multi-car pileup,” and “attempted to flee on foot and continued to disobey law enforcement commands,” in line with the company.

Alvarenga Rios and two officers had been then transported to an area hospital for remedy, in line with DHS.

His spouse Lurbin Vasquez mentioned he had a concussion and his arm was in a solid and he was in ache, in line with The Baltimore Banner.

His lawyer Adam Crandell, who has represented Alvarenga Rios for a number of years, says he has not been capable of go to his consumer for the reason that incident.

“Initially, we were told that it was a a medical issue that he needed to be stabilized before he could accept visitors or any type of legal visit. Then the story changed and we were told today that there was an issue with the paperwork,” he advised WMAR-2 News.

“Even extra lately, I used to be advised that as long as he stays hospitalized, ICE won’t enable us entry to him,” he added.

When requested in regards to the incident, the Baltimore Police Department confirmed officers responded to a two-vehicle crash simply after 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.

“One of the vehicles was being operated by a Department of Homeland Security officer. Both drivers sustained injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital,” a division spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to The Independent.

The incident is no less than the second crash involving federal immigration brokers in Maryland alone inside the final week.

ICE brokers had been concerned in a crash in Annapolis on Wednesday, in line with the town’s police division. No one was injured.

The Independent has requested extra remark from Crandell and Homeland Security.