Carlos Moctezuma Garcia is a McAllen, Texas, attorney who practices immigration and criminal defense law and is a founding partner of Garcia & Garcia, Attorneys at Law. He graduated from Seattle University School of Law with honors and received the Hidalgo County Bar Association's John E. Cook Pro Bono Award.
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Role at the time: Immigration attorney for Luis Ochoa, speaking to Border Report
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ICE arrested Teresa Ochoa Briseño in retaliation for her family speaking out against ICE raids.
“That’s too big of a coincidence to believe that she is detained just a week after her United States citizen child was unlawfully detained and arrested and so it’s definitely a message. And in this country it’s something very disconcerting. Because in this country we cherish the First Amendment. We believe that we have a right to speak out against injustice. But this is a clear message, in my opinion this is a clear message that ICE is sending about what the repercussions are for people who decide to speak out.”
ICE arrested and deported Teresa Ochoa Briseño on Sept. 21, five days after she told KRGV justice must be served against the officers involved in her son's arrest. Her son and his attorney allege retaliation for the family speaking out; ICE cites a 2025 removal.
