US Immigrant Faces Deportation After Reporting Prowler to Police

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Wilson Macarreno was arrested in Seattle Washington, for being undocumented when in reality he was calling the police to stop a robbery from happening. The robber was released while Macarreno was taken into custody. Macarreno's lawyer said he fled Honduras in 2004 from the violence that was breaking out all over the country he hasn't had any criminal record in the US either. "Officers questioned a trespasser, but they lacked probable cause to arrest him, so he was released, according to Tukwila Police Department. Officers questioned a trespasser, but they lacked probable cause to arrest him, so he was released, according to Tukwila Police Department." He currently is being detained at an ICE center, "According to the Seattle Times, he will either seek asylum in the US or seek to be released because his arrest was improper." It was crazy reading this knowing that all Macarreno was just trying to stop a crime from happening, thinking he is doing a good deed the person who was committing a crime was let go while Macarreno was arrested. I don't understand how something like this could happen, which is why those that do not have legal status here call the police when they see a crime happening. This story made me sad knowing that Macarreno's life is being flipped upside down, he was reporting a crime, and now the father of 3 is being detained. Hopefully, he can stay in the US through seeking asylum from what he was escaping in Honduras.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43039044  

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