Video of Walmart ICE arrest sparks protest, city response

On July 20, approximately 100 protesters picketed outside the Walmart on Coors Boulevard and Interstate 40, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a man around two weeks prior. A video of the incident shows masked immigration officers tasing a man as he screams for help.

The man in the video is identified as 33-year-old Deivi Jose Molina-Pena, a delivery worker who came to the United States from Venezuela under Temporary Protected Status two years ago, according to Source NM. His current whereabouts within ICE custody remain unknown.

A representative of Walmart, where the arrest took place, declined to comment on the incident, as well as national Walmart Media Relations…

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