Nicaraguan asylum applicant Freddy Antonio Tellez Lopez had resided in the U.S., abiding by our laws, for 5 years. This didn’t dissuade ICE from arresting him at his asylum interview in Miami, Florida. Nor did it dissuade ICE from detaining him for over six months, during which time a guard attempted to sexually assault him. In Trump’s America, an immigrant is no less likely to face arrest and detention if they do things “the right way.”
