To: Parker Bell, Deportation Officer and Bret Talbot, Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer

TELL ICE: FREE RAUL!

Subject: Support for Raul Lopez (A# 072-670-711) Request to be Reunited with his Family

To Whom It May Concern:

I write in support of Raul Lopez (A# 072-670-711). Raul is a husband and father of four who has been mercilessly detained for over a year. He has been separated from his family since he was detained in March 2017. He has recently been transferred far away from his family to an ICE facility in Colorado, despite the fact that he continues to fight his case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California. His attorney is located in San Francisco and his family is located in the Bay Area. I demand you release Raul immediately so he can fight his case alongside his community and family. At a minimum, Raul must be returned to California. As the primary source of income for his family. Raul’s absence puts an unnecessary and cruel strain on his family. There is no reason for him to be detained, therefore I ask that you Free Raul today.

Why is this important?

Raul is a husband and father of four children who has been mercilessly detained by ICE for over a year. He was separated from his family when he was detained in March 2017, and has recently been transferred far away from his family to an ICE facility in Colorado, despite the fact that he continues to fight his case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, located in San Francisco, California. Raul needs your help.

Raul has lived in the United States for over 28 years since leaving his home country of Guatemala. On March 22nd, 2017, he was taken from his family and placed in detention at the West County Detention Facility in Contra Costa. Shortly after the termination of ICE’s contract with a local detention center, ICE transferred Raul and many others to Colorado. He was transferred without his family or lawyer receiving advance notice and despite the fact that his case is ongoing in San Francisco, California. There is no reason for Raul to be detained. His family is suffering financially and emotionally while ICE has incarcerated him for over a year. He has missed holidays, birthdays, and other milestones with his family. Because he was prevented from attending his daughter’s quinceañera, she brought the celebration as close to him as possible and danced in her quinceañera gown outside of the West County Detention Facility as a part of a vigil held there. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/girl-dances-in-quinceanera-gown-outside-detention-center-her-father-is-being-held/). Sign our petition and demand that ICE release Raul today!

In addition to signing this petition please call Raul’s Deportation Officer Parker Bell and the Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer, Bret Talbot, to demand Raul’s release:

Parker Bell

Deportation Officer

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Enforcement and Removal Operations

Aurora ICE Processing Center

3130 N. Oakland St.

Aurora, CO 80010

[email protected]

(720) 873-2899, Extension 251

Bret Talbot

Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3130 N Oakland St, Aurora, CO 80010

Office (303) 361-0723 x133

[email protected]