Attorneys question if ICE deportations are valid
By Sheena McFarland
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The Salt Lake Tribune

August 23, 2010 12:06AM

Spanish Fork • As Milton Salazar-Gomez was driving to work in early August, he saw red and blue lights in his rear-view mirror and pulled over.

He handed the Utah County sheriff’s deputy his driving privilege card after the deputy told him that his car’s registration had expired.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent working with the deputy saw a star tattoo on Salazar-Gomez’s wrist, examined it and asked if he was in the country illegally. Salazar-Gomez said yes. Then they took him to jail, accusing him of being in a gang, Salazar-Gomez said.

“I’m not in a gang; I don’t hang out with those kinds of people,â€