New federal lawsuit in Manuel Duran case targets Memphis, Shelby County governments<\/a><\/p>\nProsecutor Amy Weirich quickly announced that her office was dropping charges against Duran.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Duran shortly thereafter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reason: according to ICE, Duran had entered the United States illegally years earlier and missed an immigration court date. The court had issued a deportation order in his absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
He was locked up in various immigration detention centers for months while a wide range of organizations advocated for his release.<\/p>\n
In 2019\u00a0Duran won a breakthrough: an immigration judge ordered that he could be set free on bond while his asylum case was pending.<\/p>\n
Hearing grants Duran asylum<\/h2>\n
The nation’s immigration courts are extremely backlogged, and years passed before Duran had his appearance this week before an immigration judge.<\/p>\n\n
Duran says he would like to dedicate this legal victory to immigrants who have been detained or are currently detained. “The conditions in the detention center aren’t right. These people shouldn’t be detained in these centers.”<\/p>\n
And he said he also would like to dedicate the victory to those journalists who have been persecuted for doing their jobs by the government of Salvadoran president\u00a0Nayib Bukele. “And I encourage them to keep going.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duran said he plans to keep working. “I think it’s going to be very important for me to continue my work, maybe now with a bit more confidence and freedom.” He said he loves doing his work and wants to keep helping his community and developing his career.<\/p>\n
Minutes after hanging up the phone with a reporter on Thursday, Duran began a live Facebook broadcast from a\u00a0job fair for\u00a0the charity Goodwill Industries. He interviewed a Spanish-speaking staffer with Goodwill who highlighted benefits for new employees, including a $1,000 signing bonus. Duran encouraged people to come apply for jobs. Then he closed the broadcast:\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Thank you for trusting Memphis Noticias.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
This story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\nMicaela Watts is a reporter for The Commercial Appeal and can be reached at micaela.watts@commercialappeal.com.<\/em><\/p>\nInvestigative reporter Daniel Connolly welcomes tips and comments from the public. Reach him at 529-5296, daniel.connolly@commercialappeal.com, or on Twitter at @danielconnolly.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]
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