Mother fears her son detained by federal immigration authorities could lose foot

Ianus · 01-22-2017, 01:40 PM

http://www.journalnow.com/news/local...74111e772.html

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Nestor Avila, the Appalachian State graduate who once ran opponents down as a high school wrestler, expressed fears recently that he’d never fully regain the use of his right foot — severely injured in a road-rage assault while he was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Turns out, Avila’s fears were not exaggerated.

The bone in his right foot is infected, according to his mother, Rosa Parra, and immigration lawyer Nardine Guirguis.

He is on antibiotics. He’ll get them four times a day for six weeks.

If the antibiotics don’t kill the infection, then surgeons may have to carve out the infected section of bone, Parra, who was a nurse when she lived in Mexico, said Saturday.

“How could it have taken them five months to treat my son?” Parra asked in Spanish. “If the bacteria has been there for five months I don’t think they’ll cure him within six weeks. He could lose his foot.”

Avila has been at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia since August, the Winston-Salem Journal has reported.

While there, he has told detention officials that his foot has not healed. It turns purple, sometimes goes numb, and it always too painful to walk on, he said in a phone interview.

ICE officials have declined to discuss his condition, citing privacy laws.

Antibiotics can cure the problem.

But bone infections can be complicated. If the diagnosis does not come quickly enough, surgery may enter as another treatment, according to medical journals on bone infections in feet.

Before the diagnosis, Avila said, he was given over-the-counter pain relievers for his injury.

“It certainly appears that the medical issues that he continues to face are ones that are not properly being tended to at Stewart Detention Center,” Guirguis said.

“It seems as if they either cannot or will not render proper medical treatment to him,” she said.

“The reason why he faces these very serious medical issues in the first place is because he is a victim of a very serious assault.

“Accordingly, he should be released to obtain proper medical treatment and care at the expense of the perpetrator,” Guirguis said.
Life in the U.S.

Avila lives in the United States without authorization. He mother brought him to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 8 years old to create a better life for him, she said.

He attended Lead Mine Elementary School, Dillard Drive Middle School and graduated from Apex High School, where he was a standout wrestler. In 2013, he graduated from Appalachian State University with an undergraduate degree in criminal justice.

Soon after, he qualified for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, implemented by then-President Barack Obama to temporarily shield from deportation certain younger people such as Avila who do not have serious criminal records.

In August, ICE officials detained Avila after he had been charged a second time with driving while impaired.

Avila has not been convicted of either charge.

Brad Polk, a former Durham County assistant district attorney, said that Avila can probably win both cases but ICE and immigration courts have not allowed his release, a necessary step for him to face either charge. So Avila has been housed, in legal limbo, for five months.
‘Road rage’

In August, Avila was riding in a van driven used by two ICE officials to transport him and five others to the detention center.

On Interstate 40, the driver of a red Dodge Ram pickup intentionally struck the ICE van, causing a violent collision that sent Avila to the hospital with several injuries, including the severely injured right foot, according to the Durham Police Department.

The pickup’s driver, Ethan Reynolds, 25, of Cedar Hill, Tenn., has been charged with six counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of felony assault on law enforcement officials.

Reynolds apparently admitted what he had done when speaking with Durham police after the collision.

“Yes, I hit him on the side, and yes, I hit him in the back,” he said in the police report. “Nobody is just going to bully me and think they are going to get away with it. … Yes, this was road rage. I’ve trained to defend myself and not be bullied.”

Got_Daca · 01-22-2017, 02:15 PM

trained to defend myself and not be bullied

Dumb redneck right here

JohannBernoulli1667 · 01-22-2017, 02:16 PM

Well,

If I understood the article correctly he was caught driving drunk or under some drugs? Wouldn't this warrant him to get deported? I would think the best thing would be to get deported and seek medical attention immediately. I would rather keep my foot than legal status.

I do not know if he will be able to win a case against Sessions to be honest. Second time offender is hard to justify.

I hope the best for the guy but come on...

On the other hand, the injury happened while being detained, you would thing ICE would be smart enough to one, deport him swiftly so he can get attention and or, get him attention...

eva02 · 01-22-2017, 02:20 PM

Don't drink and drive dreamers. I rather sleep in my car than drink and drive. Or get a uber.

floch60902 · 01-22-2017, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by eva02

Don't drink and drive dreamers. I rather sleep in my car than drink and drive. Or get a uber.

Well said Eva.

Pianoswithoutfaith · 01-22-2017, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by floch60902

Well said Eva.

Another Chyno alt

Wait

In August, ICE officials detained Avila after he had been charged a second time with driving while impaired.

This idiot got two DUIs?!?

isk84life · 01-22-2017, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by eva02

Don't drink and drive dreamers. I rather sleep in my car than drink and drive. Or get a uber.

Just for educational purposes Eva... If you sleep drunk in your car.... you will get charged with a DUI as well.

floch60902 · 01-22-2017, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by isk84life

Just for educational purposes Eva... If you sleep drunk in your car.... you will get charged with a DUI as well.

Just for educational purposes If the keys are inside the car or at certain distance x.

APinfo · 01-22-2017, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Pianoswithoutfaith

Another Chyno alt

Wait

In August, ICE officials detained Avila after he had been charged a second time with driving while impaired.

This idiot got two DUIs?!?

Charged with 2. No convictions. And the ADA thinks he can beat both charges.

dreamer12345 · 01-22-2017, 07:05 PM

fuk, I hope he gets green card for being the victim of a violent crime and testifying against the perpetrator.

And this is what happens when you privatize the prison system. Dude could've been waiting his court date at home.

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