ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – An Anchorage immigration attorney says federal immigration officers arrested one of her clients, a 30-year-old asylum seeker from Mexico, based on what she calls false information about a prior conviction.
Santiago Ortiz Martinez was taken into custody Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he arrived for work at a sushi restaurant, according to attorney Margaret Stock.
She said Martinez has never been charged or convicted of driving while intoxicated, despite ICE claims indicating otherwise. There is no record of Martinez facing DUI charges in Alaska’s District Court system…