ACLU, Activists Protest Illegal Alien Arrest

(Providence, Rhode Island) A Guatemalan citizen in the U.S. illegally, Mynor Montufar, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. As a result, the ACLU, community activists and a Guatemalan diplomat have loudly protested. Harsh immigration policies are being blamed for destroying families and terrorizing the community.

Immigration agents arrested Mynor Montufar last Friday, two days after he received media attention as the father of Rhode Island's first baby of 2008, and another man, Rodrigo Perez, as Perez was allegedly trying to flee the premises.

Several hours later, David De La Roca, one of Montufar's housemates, was found hanging by a belt in a locked bedroom.

Montufar and Perez are both in detention and Montufar will be deported, authorities said.

De La Roca's death is under police investigation.

Thus far, the cause of De La Roca's death has not been deemed a suicide, however, the local ACLU director, Steven Brown, has blamed the yet-to-be-determined suicide on De La Roca's fear of "immigration raiding the apartment."

Along the same line, an immigration lawyer, Roberto Gonzalez, called ICE "a top-secret Gestapo organization" and, according to Guatemalan diplomat Carlos Avila Sandoval, ICE continuously terrorizes people.

ICE spokesman Mike Gilhooly denied the allegations as "preposterous" and baseless while taking offense at the bashing of immigration agents. He also pointed out that Montufar had an outstanding deportation warrant mandating his arrest.

In summary, it's a recurring drama, destined to be played out, over and over throughout the U.S. ICE agents arrest an illegal alien and local activists are upset, casting outrageous allegations. Meanwhile, the local media publishes a story that tugs at the heartstrings, detailing the sad episode of a hard-worker torn from his family.

Nothing more to see here, move along.