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Father of five held in Wyoming jails after Idaho ICE raid

A Mexican father of five who worked in the U.S. two decades was detained in an Oct. 19 Idaho raid and held in Wyoming jails. A judge ordered a bond hearing within seven days.

Oct 19, 2025Wilder, IDCountry of origin: Mexico

A Mexican immigrant father of five, who has lived and worked in the U.S. for two decades without a criminal record, was detained during an Oct. 19 ICE raid on a horse track near Wilder, Idaho, that swept up more than 100 people. He has since been held in Wyoming's Uinta and Sweetwater county jails, and his attorney is petitioning a federal judge for his release or a bond hearing while his immigration case proceeds. His daughter, a U.S. citizen who witnessed the raid while caring for her baby, said her father 'works his butt off' for the family and that her younger siblings, ages 15 and 11, were handcuffed with zip ties for hours and traumatized by the operation. A federal judge has since ordered the government to provide the man a bond hearing within seven days or release him.

“He has always said he works his butt off for us, and we can pay him back by becoming who we want to be in life,”
— his daughter
“They’re still in shock and they haven’t fully understood what happened,”
— the daughter
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