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DESCRIPTION:Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the 
 Justice for Guillermo Campaign.\n\nSan Jose, CA – The Justice for 
 Guillermo Campaign unequivocally condemns Immigration Judge Steven M. 
 Kirchner’s decision to order Guillermo’s re-detention without bond. The 
 decision not only violates due process, but it undermines the community 
 safety our justice and immigration systems purport to protect. Guillermo 
 fought for-–and won-–the right to have his case heard before “a 
 neutral adjudicator” while he continued his rehabilitative journey. 
 Instead, he was re-arrested on Valentine’s Day. Guillermo Reyes was 
 violently abducted outside his home, processed through Stockton ERO, and 
 transferred to California City Detention Facility—a former prison 
 currently facing ongoing litigation over abusive detention 
 conditions.\n\nThe immigration judge’s unjust decision exposes a deeper 
 structural truth about the immigration court system itself: that neutrality 
 within the immigration court system does not exist. Immigration judges 
 operate within the same executive branch driving mass detentions and 
 deportations at the expense of human life. Since 2025, San Francisco judges 
 with higher rates of favorable decisions have been removed, further 
 undermining any claim of independence. In Guillermo’s case, IJ Kirchner 
 chose re-detention over Guillermo’s wellbeing and stability, further 
 advancing Trump’s deportation campaign which undermines community safety, 
 and actively sabotages the rehabilitation efforts of formerly incarcerated 
 immigrants like Guillermo who have already won their release.\n\nBeyond the 
 structural problems with immigration court review, the process afforded to 
 Guillermo was fundamentally unjust. Guillermo and his counsel were never 
 told what evidence the judge considered in making his decision, and they 
 were not given the chance to challenge evidence that was prejudicial or 
 unreliable. Guillermo has not been convicted of any new offense. Recent 
 arrests rest on unproven allegations; they are not evidence or convictions. 
 Guillermo, just like any other person, is entitled to the presumption of 
 innocence. \n\nThis decision came down nearly 3 weeks after Guillermo’s 
 bond hearing took place, and just 10 days shy of Guillermo completing an 
 intensive residential treatment program addressing his mental health and 
 wellness. Guillermo is more than the government’s narrative. He is a 
 community member, a loved one, and a person actively committed toward 
 stability and healing. He deserves due process. He deserves fairness. He 
 deserves access to treatment in his community, not incarceration. \n\nWe 
 refuse to accept this injustice in silence. Join the Justice for Guillermo 
 Campaign on February 20, at 12PM at 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco as 
 we gather in public action. We call for accountability, due process, and 
 Guillermo’s immediate release. We call for a system that honors 
 constitutional principles and ends the use of arrests as a default response 
 to mental health crises. The Justice for Guillermo Campaign remains 
 laser-focused on ensuring Guillermo is free from immigration detention and 
 is reunited with his loved ones and community.”\n\nMember organizations 
 of the Justice for Guillermo Campaign include Pangea Legal Services, 
 Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Services, Immigrant Rights & 
 Education Network (SIREN), Kehilla Synagogue, Latinos Unidos por una Nueva 
 América, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, Shalom Iglesia 
 Del Pacto, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Planting Justice, 
 California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Community Service Organization 
 (CSO) San Jose, CSO Oakland, and the Legalization for All Network.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/02/19/18884237.php
SUMMARY:Justice for Guillermo Campaign - Stop the deportations, free Guillermo now!
LOCATION:630 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/02/19/18884237.php
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