· Montana Public Radio · By Dan Boyce · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
Montana Public Radio covers a series of prayer vigils for Audemio Orozco-Ramirez and his family. Shahid Haque recounts how a routine traffic stop of a car in which his client was a passenger led to detention, a reported sexual assault, and an uncertain reprieve from deportation. He explains that public attention mattered because removal could prevent his client from pursuing the case.
The statewide vigils linked legal representation with public solidarity across Billings, Helena, Butte, and Bozeman. They also drew attention to how an ordinary encounter with local police could lead rapidly to detention and threatened deportation.