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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Judge slams ICE for ‘fictional’ case seeking to jail migrant for 20 years. The agent involved cut himself breaking the Honduran man’s car window

A Texas federal judge had scathing words for the Trump administration last month when he dismissed a “largely fictional” case against a Honduran immigrant who officials accused of harming an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who broke the man’s car window during a stop.

“The Government’s conduct was—and has been—outrageous,” U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote in his October 20 ruling tossing the case.

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