Man From El Salvador US Says Pled to Drunk Driving With Child Is Granted Hearing by June 18

Man From El Salvador US Says Pled to Drunk Driving With Child Is Granted Hearing by June 18 by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 11 – A man from El Salvador in ICE detention in the Orange County Jail filed a habeas corpus petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found it.   The US Attorney's Office says he was arrested in the US in 2003, 2011, 2012 and 2023 and that "notably on March 30, 2023 he pled guilty to Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger Less than 16."   He has been asking for a hearing, on a June 11 Judge Carter ordered one: Judge Carter: Here petitioner Benitez has been separated 15 months from his family including his young daughter, serving no public interest. His ongoing detention violates his due process rights. The petition is granted - he must be given a bond hearing by June 18 Judge Carter: If no hearing, he must be released. Certification must be filed. Anything from the Government? AUSA: Nothing. Judge Carter: Goodbye.   The petition says he "is on misdemeanor probation, reportedly for resisting arrest and perhaps a related crime; we are awaiting the record." He seeks to be released.  The case was assigned on June 8 to Judge Andrew L. Carter, who ordered a response by June 15 and that he not be moved out of the SDNY, EDNY or the District of New Jersey pending further court order. The case is Benitez v. Immigration (DHS), 1:26-cv-3965 (Carter) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com