Joswar S.T.: Spokane man held by ICE awaits asylum hearing
Joswar Slater Torres, detained by ICE in Spokane alongside another man during June protests, has an asylum hearing scheduled after a delayed bond hearing.
Aug 22, 2025Spokane, WA

Joswar Slater Torres was detained by ICE in Spokane on June 11, 2025, alongside Cesar Alvarez Perez, in an arrest that drew significant community protest. Torres has an individual asylum hearing scheduled for August 22, 2025 before a judge in Tacoma, after a previously scheduled bond hearing was delayed. He had been in the U.S. legally under the CHNV humanitarian parole program before the government moved to terminate it.
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