Judge orders man suspected of assaulting ICE officer released to be with critically injured son
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A judge ordered the release Friday of one of the men accused of assaulting an ICE officer Jan. 14.
Alfredo Aljorna, 25 and his friend Julio Sosa-Celis, 24 tangled with an ICE agent outside their north Minneapolis home. The agent later fired his gun, wounding Sosa-Celis.
Aljorna has been in ICE custody since a court hearing earlier this week. Following his detention, attorney Brian Clark filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of Aljorna and Sosa-Celis challenging their detention.
According to the judge’s order, Aljorna’s son suffered third-degree burns in an accident this week and will undergo surgery. Clark says the boy’s mother, who has been detained in New Mexico, was released from custody Thursday night.
“Given the emergency circumstances — and given the fact that Alfredo appears to have no criminal record, does not appear to pose any danger to the public, and seems unlikely to flee and abandon his son — the Court will order Alfredo’s immediate release pending resolution of his petition,” reads the order from Patrick Schiltz, Chief Judge United States District Court.
According to court documents, Aljorna came to the US from Venezuela in 2021 and was granted Temporary Protected Status three years later.
— Brandt Williams and Regina Medina, MPR News
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