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Taylor Odisho

Walmart Employee Fired After Getting Detained While Trying to 'Stick Up' for Coworker Confronted by ICE

Adrian Andrew Martinez, 20, was charged with a felony count of conspiracy to impede or injure a federal agent for defending his coworker against ICE agents. (Credit: Alyssa Garcia via GoFundMe; @cameramanoscar via Instagram)

A Walmart employee in California was fired after he was detained for intervening when immigration agents confronted a janitor at his workplace last week.

Adrian Andrew Martinez, 20, said he was tackled and detained by several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers after attempting to defend the coworker, who was being questioned, KTLA reported. In a video of the incident, a bystander can be heard telling agents that Martinez is a U.S. citizen, but the officers continued to restrain him.

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