Captured on video! In a startling video, US ICE officers smash a car window and wrongfully imprison an asylum seeker.

Case of mistaken identity?

As Sniffin put it, “They said they were looking for a certain individual, by a different name.” That is not my client, I informed them. That is not my customer; I am aware of his past.

Marilu Domingo Ortiz, Francisco-Mendez’s wife, who is protected under asylum, and their 9-year-old son watched in disbelief as agents broke the window of their car.

ICE defends actions

In a statement, as reported by CBS News, ICE said Francisco-Mendez “refused to comply with officers’ instructions and resisted apprehension.” The agency insisted agents used “the minimum amount of force necessary.”

Adrian Ventura, a community organizer who was present at the scene, called the officers’ actions “very violent,” saying that when they shattered the window, it was as if an explosion had occurred.

Francisco-Mendez had already been arrested before lawyer Sniffin showed up. He has not yet been charged and is being held at a facility in Dover, New Hampshire.

Sniffin remarked, “I have no answers for his wife.” “I can not tell her when he will be coming home,” she said.