El Paso County Judge Ruben Morales Also He dismissed charges of participating in a riot against a group of illegal immigrants who attacked the southern border earlier this year. El Paso Times Recently reported.
On June 6, President Morales dropped 59 cases against illegal immigrants, saying he lacked jurisdiction, officials said.
“It seems like they are doing everything they can to avoid a trial.”
“The judge… [filing of the charges] This was done in violation of constitutional and legal procedures.”
“None of these issues are the fault of the judge or my client,” Childress continued, “and it’s very frustrating to see this happen over and over again. This is the third time these charges have been dismissed while these people are in prison.”
Illegal immigrants were accused of taking part in the riots because they had broken through barbed wire and attacked law enforcement officers along the border in an attempt to cross into the United States illegally. April 12The incident, which involved around 300 people, happened in front of Gate 36, which is not a designated port of entry.
Morales had previously dropped charges against those individuals, citing a lack of evidence of “probable cause.” Following the judge’s decision, District Attorney Bill Hicks called for a grand jury to decide the case. A jury of 12 El Paso residents indicted more than 140 undocumented immigrants on misdemeanor charges of rioting, effectively reversing Morales’ decision.
The illegal immigrants were scheduled to go on trial on Monday, but Judge Morales again dismissed the charges, accusing the District Attorney’s Office of improperly filing the case, which Judge Hicks denied.
Childress accused the district attorney’s office of hiding evidence, an accusation Hicks denied and argued that Childress only had to comply with a non-disclosure agreement to access the evidence, which he refused.
Childress argued that the district attorney had no right to require him to sign an agreement to access evidence stored in the county’s digital file system.
The El Paso Times reported that the district attorney’s office could also indict those individuals a third time.
The undocumented immigrants are being held in county jails and are also facing federal charges of illegal entry, but it is unclear when they will be transferred to federal prison.
“It seems like they are doing everything they can to avoid a trial.” Hicks Referring to the public defender’s office, he told reporters: “We want to go to trial. We want a jury to decide what happens in these cases.”
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