Source: In These Times
by Sarah Lazare
“Willian Giménez González, a known advocate for the rights of day laborers who was abducted by federal agents on September 12, is speaking out from ICE detention. He says that federal authorities transferred him from the Broadview, Ill., ICE facility, to a detention center in Michigan, to move him away from his supporters. ‘I believe I was moved to Michigan at the last minute because I had the support of the community, and because my lawyer and politicians were protesting outside the jail,’ he said, referring to the Broadview ICE facility. ‘I believe that because I had people fighting for me, I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.’ The statement was passed to me by his lawyer, Kevin Herrera, who is also the legal director of Raise the Floor Alliance, a legal clinic and worker advocacy organization.” (10/20/25)