Illegal immigrant detained after telling media he was an illegal immigrant

Greg P. | 9:08 AM on December 04, 2017

Pro tip: Those who have committed a crime probably shouldn’t give media interviews:

Mexican man arrested on immigration charges says ICE agent told him he was targeted because he spoke to the media. https://t.co/zoQ6X2AGqS

— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) December 3, 2017

From the AP:

A Mexican man who spoke with reporters about his longtime girlfriend’s immigration arrest has now been detained himself, and he says agents told him it’s because he was in the newspaper.

Baltazar “Rosas” Aburto Gutierrez spoke with the local Chinook Observer as well as The Seattle Times after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained his girlfriend in June. He was identified by only his nickname in the Observer, and not by name in the Times.

Aburto Gutierrez, 35, told the Times in a phone interview from the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma that he was arrested last Monday morning in Ocean Shores, where he lives and works as a clamdigger.

Honestly — what did this guy think would happen?

The guy admitted he was here illegally when they took his girlfriend away, and ICE followed up on that. Why is this even "news"? https://t.co/qdfhWjkRZh

— Patrick H. (@trogdor8768) December 3, 2017

Yeah, well, it takes some brass to go on TV and say "I'm an illegal.". Is there any other crime you could confess publicly and not face consequences? And then complain because you got busted? Wow.

— Kathleen Lyons (@kaybuenoesyo) December 3, 2017