ICE Investigation

ICE and the DOJ are opening a joint probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis on January 14th.

The FBI’s sworn statement (which differed from DHS’ original account) said ICE officers were conducting a traffic stop when Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna crashed, fled on foot, and violently resisted arrest. During the struggle, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and another man allegedly attacked officers with a snow shovel and broom handle. One officer fired, striking Sosa-Celis in the thigh, before detaining the men.

Friday, ICE leadership said video evidence suggests both officers made “untruthful statements” under oath and have been placed on leave until the investigation wraps up.

A federal judge dismissed charges against Aljorna and Sosa-Celis because evidence was “materially inconsistent with the allegations” of assaulting immigration officers. 

ABOVE ALL, LOVE
Whether it’s law enforcement, immigrants, strangers, or friends on trial, Christians always root for justice. When the truth is murky and the future is uncertain, focus on what you know: the good news of Jesus and His mission of love.

“The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.”
1 John 4:8-11 (CSB) (read full passage)