Carlos Moctezuma Garcia
Role at the time: Immigration attorney for Luis Ochoa, speaking to Border Report
Condemned
Response to this claim
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.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Mother of teen detained in viral Alamo ICE arrest video deported · KRGV
Local television report on the arrest and removal of Teresa Ochoa Briseño. It reproduces ICE's full written statement about her 2025 removal and her Sept. 21 removal, and it quotes attorney Carlos Moctezuma Garcia on the timing. KRGV reports that ICE has not said whether the deportation was connected to the video of her son's arrest.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Garcia says the timing shows the arrest was a message to people who speak out, which criticizes the action as retaliation.