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'Unconstitutional detention': ICE must 'immediately' release immigrant who was detained after calling 911 to help save someone else's life, judge says
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Then, late last month, Wu was with a group of friends in Maine and "called emergency services to assist a person attempting suicide."

That phone call landed Wu in immigration detention.

"Upon arrival, local police requested Mr. Wu's identification," the order goes on. "Despite the life-saving nature of the call, once Mr. Wu's noncitizen status was disclosed, police chose to contact U.S. Border Patrol (USBP). USBP subsequently took Mr. Wu into custody, characterizing him as a 'flight risk' based on an alleged failure to update his address…Later that day, ICE issued a warrant of removal/deportation."

Neumann, however, suspects the aforementioned address issue was actually a failure of translation because that statement was "obtained without the assistance of a translator despite Mr. Wu's limited English proficiency."

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