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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 03:30 PM Sep 25

Immigration Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE

A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his attorneys said Wednesday.

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez was freed Tuesday after nearly four weeks in detention at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington. Hernandez is now back home in Oregon with his family, said Matt Adams, legal director with the Northwest Immigration Rights Project, which is representing him.

The group, along with attorneys at Oregon-based Innovation Law Lab, said that the arrest of Hernandez was illegal and violated due process. The groups’ petition for habeas corpus is still pending.

Adams said the government has dismissed its proceedings to remove Hernandez from the country.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/24/repub/firefighter-arrested-at-washington-state-wildfire-released-by-ice/

More ham-handed bullshit by the Trump kakistocracy.

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