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On April 22, 2025, Jesus Domingo Ros — a day laborer and beloved member of the Pomona community — was violently detained by Border Patrol agents while standing outside a Home Depot, simply looking for work on a public sidewalk.

Jesus, A# 249-126-701, is an Indigenous Mayan man from Guatemala, a speaker of Jakaltek (Popti’), and a peaceful person with no criminal record. He is a member of the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, where he — like many others — gathers each morning in search of honest labor on public sidewalks by the Home Depots in Pomona.

He is now being held at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility, facing deportation for exercising his constitutional right to seek work in public.

His detention is part of a disturbing pattern of unlawful immigration raids targeting day laborers across California. Just this week, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Border Patrol’s warrantless raids and racial profiling in the Eastern District of California, affirming a principle that applies nationwide:

“You can’t just walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers.’”

Although the injunction applies only in the Eastern District, the legal standard — grounded in the Fourth Amendment — applies everywhere. And Jesus’s case is a textbook example of the kind of unconstitutional enforcement the court condemned.

His attorney has now filed for a bond hearing, and we are calling on ICE, DHS, and CBP to act with urgency:

Immediately release Jesus Domingo Ros and stop criminalizing immigrant workers for simply trying to survive.

✨ Add your name to this petition to show:

✅ Jesus must be freed now — he poses no threat and has deep community ties.
✅ Day laborers have the right to seek work without fear of arrest.
✅ Our community stands with dignity, not deportations.

Let’s raise our voices to say: Seeking work is not a crime.
#FreeJesusDomingoRos