The husband of Coachella City Councilmember Yadira Perez was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in a Walmart parking lot, with authorities citing his illegal reentry into the United States and prior criminal convictions as reasons for their actions. Perez, elected to the Council last year, resigned from her post as a deputy with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department following the incident.
Federal authorities confirmed that Perez's husband, 51-year-old Isidro Jimenez, is a Mexican national who was previously deported in 1995 following a conviction for possession of methamphetamine for sale, as the Palm Springs Desert Sun reports.
