More than 100 Desert View High School students walked from their school to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department Benson Highway HQ on Monday, May 6, to protest the Border Patrol’s detainment of their classmate, Thomas Torres-Maytorena.
Torres-Maytorena, a high school senior a few weeks from graduating, was pulled over by a Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputy on May 2 and ultimately ended up detained by border patrol agents because he was an undocumented immigrant.
Deputy Jeffrey Creller pulled over Torres-Maytorena on the night of May 2 while he was driving a Kia Spectra with an expired registration, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report.
Torres-Maytorena, who had two passengers in the car, told Creller he had no ID or driver’s license and that he had never been given identification from the state. Initially, Torres-Maytorena told the officer his name was Thomas Torres.
The car was registered to Lorena Rodriguez, who Torres-Maytorena said was his mother. After Torres-Maytorena told Creller his mom was unaware he had taken the vehicle, Creller spoke with Rodriguez over the phone, who “initially indicated she was unaware that he had the vehicle. However, she recanted a few moments later and stated she was indeed aware he had the vehicle, as she had sent him to the store to pick up some things.”
Torres-Maytorena was unable to provide Creller with a Social Security number, so Creller again called Rodriguez, but the SSN she ultimately provided did not belong to Torres-Maytorena.
Creller cited Torres-Maytorena for driving with a suspended license plate and without a driver’s license, registration and insurance.
Torres-Maytorena then gave Creller his high school ID, which listed his name as Thomas Torres-Maytorena and, when Creller pointed out he hadn’t given him his full name, Torres-Maytorena said that he goes by Thomas Torres, even though it wasn’t his legal surname. He also told Creller that Rodriguez “was in fact not his actual mother but more of a ‘stepmother.’”
At that point, Torres-Maytorena revealed he was an “undocumented illegal immigrant.” Creller then called the Sheriff’s Department to send out Border Patrol agents, who ultimately took custody of Torres-Maytorena “for an overstayed visa.”
This article appears in May 2-8, 2019.
What makes this country great is the fact that there are consequences for breaking the law, otherwise the US would be another Mexico. Mr. Torres-Maytorena’s parents knew they were doing things wrong and breaking the law when they decided to cross the border illegally and bring their children with them. The parents are to blame. Additionally the parents have been working for 18 years with fake documents, cheating and thinking they’re above the law. Deport the WHOLE family NOW!!!! DACA MUST END. NO MORE DACA BS
I suppose no one saw the videos where he was caught using racist terms. Or does anyone know that he was due in court yesterday for marijuana possession.
That doesn’t matter CW the democrats have allowed them to commit murder by DUI, and tell us we have no crisis of illegal entry into the US. Make them pay at the polls.
AMEN MY FRIEND!! Don’t forget the drugs and gang members. We need a wall.
San Rafael Valley south and east of Patagonia is now being run by the drug cartels. I had a friend tell me that BP warned them that driving a newer pickup they could be carjacked or killed driving off road in southern AZ.
Thank you Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler, et al. This truly is a violation of their oath of office and treason.
Not to mention the Russian fraud they perpetrated through the FBI.
Please stop buying and using drugs. Get yourself some help.
Who are these right wingers who read the Weekly? Hmmmm, Monitoring the Satanists, no doubt. Tucson has changed so much since I came here almost 50 yrs ago. Nothing for the better.
I agree. In the 40 years I’ve been here, Tucson has become much more liberal!!
So despite lack of license, registration, insurance, he’s still driving? What a country! Back to wherever you come from and try the legal way.
Come on bslap our laws do not apply to our new guests from the south. For 40 years we have been told the US wants them here for cheap labor and it turns out that the democrats are the criminals as they only want them here for votes. This is the opposite of minority voter suppression. Criminal charges for these elected officials.