According to the prosecutors, the concerns extended to a range of cases, including one involving the wife of a homicide victim, several sexual assault cases, and a number of domestic violence incidents.
“Their fear of arrest makes it more likely that her husband’s murderers will go free and justice will be denied,” Assistant State’s Attorney Jose Villareal claimed, referring to the first case involving the homicide victim’s wife.
“Only that rhetoric is what’s stoking that fear,” he said. “There’s no proven evidence that ICE will go out and arrest the victim. That just won’t happen.”
