Minor Charges, Major Detentions | Durham News

A new North Carolina law is sparking outrage as immigrants are being sent to ICE for minor offenses like traffic violations and trespassing — including Katherin Guillén-Acosta, who says she’s treated like an animal in detention. Judges and magistrates in Durham are reportedly misapplying the law, sending people to immigration custody when charges don’t meet the criteria, echoing a painful precedent from her brother’s detention a decade ago. With court records hard to track and national detentions on the rise, the system feels increasingly broken, trapping innocent people in harsh conditions while criminals walk free.

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