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U.S. NEWS Monday 31 deceMber 2018

In this Nov. 9, 2018, photo Ronald Vitiello, acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce- that they are going to be perceptions that are out
ment, gestures during an interview in Richmond, Va. arrested by ICE, despite the there."q
Associated Press

Continued from Previous Page In Richmond, the team has SUV and pulls out. The of-
In New York, a Mexican a long list of targets, but ficers box him in on both
construction worker who they're the only officers do- sides and flash blue lights.
has lived in the United ing fugitive enforcement so He's calm as they search
States for more than a de- they must prioritize. They've him, and he gives them an
cade appeared before been trailing the Salvador- expired El Salvador pass-
a judge. He was a week an man for days. port. His name: Jose Gilber-
away from clearing his They split up into two cars to Macua Gutierrez.
name in a low-level moving and drive over to his apart- One of the officers backs
vehicle infraction. ment. It's pitch black. They Macua's SUV back into
When he walked out of wait. The radio crackles. An a parking spot, and he's
the courthouse, ICE offi- officer says someone has handcuffed, driven back
cers were waiting for him. left but it's so dark it's impos- to the office, fingerprint-
He was sent to a deten- sible to see who it is. Lights ed and placed alone in a
tion center and deported flash. It's not who they're holding cell.
less than two weeks later. looking for, it's a woman. The operation took too long
He left behind a wife and They send her on her way. — they missed the window
three children. The officers are jittery, think- for their second target.
"I didn't do anything," said ing the mistake spooked They will try again.
the man, who spoke from the target. They wait. "It's a rare thing to be ar-
Mexico but did not want to The man eventually emerg- rested in the country if you
be identified because he es from his apartment as haven't violated the law,"
fears for his family. "I am a the sun begins to rise. He's Vitiello said. "If someone is
hard-working person, I am wearing a neon-green here and don't otherwise
not a criminal. I don't un- shirt and construction work come across the criminal
derstand." boots. He gets into his blue justice system, it's very rare