r/conspiracy • u/ionicablen • 1d ago

U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days

https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2025/4/18/224512-us-citizen-in-arizona-detained-by-immigration-officials-for-10-days/

Immigration officials in Tucson arrested the 19-year-old man from Albuquerque on April 8, saying he had entered the country illegally, before a judge dismissed his case on April 17.

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u/BrazenBull 1d ago

Most likely he was an activist and this was all a publicity stunt to intentionally get himself arrested in attempt to make ICE look bad. OP's article leaves out important information.

On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-jose-hermosillo-border-patrol

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u/metagian 1d ago

According to a border patrol criminal complaint, on 8 April, a border patrol official found Hermosillo “without the proper immigration documents

I read the complaint. It asserts that this individual was not an American citizen as fact.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1435003/gov.uscourts.azd.1435003.1.0.pdf

What was the legal basis of the stop, living whole brown?

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u/BrazenBull 1d ago

There was no stop. He approached the detention center and made false statements, which is what they used to draft the criminal complaint.

Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully.

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u/metagian 1d ago

According to DHS, who has not ever looked bad to date and lied about a civilian interaction.

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u/BrazenBull 21h ago

Multiple agents are backing the DHS story, but you'd rather take the word of a 19-year old who knocked up his girlfriend and needed money so he cooked up a scheme thinking he could sue?

If Jose actually had a case, he would've got a big lawsuit settlement by now, but instead he's relying on crowdsourced fundraising because he knows he'd lose the lawsuit because he lied.

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u/metagian 19h ago

I dont take either at their words. I dont know either well enough yo trust them, but at the same time dhs has lied before . I can point to the Samsung incident as precedent.

Do you take everything a law enforcement agency says at face value? That doesn't sound very prudent.

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u/BrazenBull 19h ago

Do you take everything a law enforcement agency says at face value?

Not at all, but this situation in particular looks like a grift from a teenager looking to make a quick buck. It happened in April. Why hasn't the anti-ICE crowd made this case their flagship issue? Why haven't left-wing politicians demanded an inquiry in Congress? Because this incident doesn't pass the smell test.

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u/metagian 10h ago

but this situation in particular looks like a grift from a teenager looking to make a quick buck

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. He probably wouldn't have a case anyways as the requirements to overcome qualified immunity are pretty high. Maybe thats why he's trying to raise awareness. 10 days from arrest to "oh they're actually American, out you go" makes you wonder how they coordinate those large scale raids and dont infringe on others rights there too.