A California federal prosecutor has dramatically stop after raging towards ICE when lefties claimed he was serving to the company.
Fresno Metropolis Council candidate Rob Fuentes, who not too long ago stepped apart as an assistant US legal professional, was attacked by fellow social gathering members over claims he was helping in deportation instances.
His response to the questions was to go away his job, earlier than claiming he was “pushed out” by the Trump administration.
He stated: “I used to be pushed out by the Trump administration for criticizing ICE publicly. I used to be positioned on administrative go away actually at some point after my criticisms of ICE have been made public, with the expectation that I might be fired. I saved them the difficulty and resigned.”
Simply days earlier, he had refused to decide to leaving his workplace when requested by ABC 30.
“For those who oppose [immigration enforcement] as a Fresno Metropolis Council candidate, why not go away workplace?” he was requested. He replied: “Yeah, and that’s it. And that’s query…”
Town council candidate stated he believed he may nonetheless make impression, and stated he would resign if he didn’t suppose so. However he refused to decide to resigning then.
Detractors level to a 2025 case the place he defended the federal authorities towards a Fresno father who has been detained since September 2025 after a visitors cease.
Fresno immigration legal professional George Rios advised ABC 30: “It appears and seems that he has now taken on a considerable caseload through which he has to defend the federal authorities’s actions…”
However he denied having involvement within the case.
“The actual fact of the matter is that case involving the daddy and the three US youngsters, I’ve had nothing to do with that case,” Fuentes stated.
Metropolis council opponent Naindeep Singh stated he believed Fuentes argued on ICE’s behalf in “no less than 124 immigration instances to separate households.”
“Fresno is among the most various cities in America,” Singh stated. “Our immigrant households aren’t a political speaking level; they’re Fresno.
“The farmworker who feeds his personal youngsters by feeding this Valley. The small-business proprietor who opened a store on a borrowed dream.
“The neighbor who helped construct the streets we stroll on. When Trump strikes to tear a mother or father from their youngsters, Fresno ought to stand between them. We must always not ship our personal legal professionals to assist.”
Singh and Fuentes are going through off within the metropolis’s District 1, a piece of the jap a part of the town. Councilmember Annalisa Perea presently holds the seat.
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