Latino dials 911 asking for help for his daughter and ends up in an immigrant detention center
A call to 911 requesting help his little daughter, allowed Axel Sánchez Toledo, an immigrant presumably of Honduran origin, to be detained by ICE
The images recorded by the body camera worn by a Florida police officer show the arrest of a Latino who, using his mobile phone, had previously dialed 911 requesting help for his four-year-old daughter.
According to the records of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, located in the south of the “Sunshine State,” the subject in question was identified as Axel Sanchez Tol. edo, immigrant presumably of Honduran origin who was waiting for a response on an asylum request to reside legally and permanently in the United States.
Apparently, he shared custody of his daughter with his ex-wife and, upon finding out that she was ill, he requested the authorities to go verify his health status without imagining that he would be detained at risk of being deported.
Initially, a policeman arrived at his home to request his driver's license, to which he accepted.
Minutes later, the officer returned with a companion and both proceeded to detain him. However, Sánchez Toledo resisted and even He tried to run away at speed, which didn't work, as he ended up subdued by electrical shocks from a Taser gun.
The Marshall Project, an American nonprofit nonpartisan news organization dedicated exclusively to researching and covering the American criminal justice system, as well as law enforcement in mate ria through reporting, the agent who arrested Sánchez Toledo was part of Task 287(g) of the sheriff's office, an agreement established with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Through this agreement, local police officers are permitted to enforce federal immigration law as part of a collaboration between Florida local security agencies and federal immigration authorities.
In fact, the organization points out that more than 1,100 police agencies across the country have signed agreements with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Based on this, The Marshall Project believes that the Department of Homeland Security has paid the Sheriff's Office nearly $1,000,000 in immigration-related reimbursements and other incentives.
Affected by that collaboration agreement, Axel Sánchez Toledo is currently being subjected to a deportation process.