"Meanwhile, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Carl Thomas Bennett was arrested for allegedly impersonating an ICE officer and sexual assaulting a woman at a Motel 6 threatening to deport her if she didn’t comply, according to CNN affiliate WRAL.
Police reports indicated that Bennett, 37, 'threatened to deport the victim if she did not have sex with him,' and 'displayed a business card with a badge on it,' according to WRAL.
Bennett was denied bond and appointed a public defender, court records show, CNN affiliate WBTV reported.
CNN has reached out to Raleigh Police Department for comment.
The incidents show the importance of 'safe space' policies, according to Maribel Hernández Rivera, director of policy and government affairs, border and immigration at the American Civil Liberties Union.
'It’s important for immigrant communities to feel safe, to be able to approach law enforcement and report anything that’s happening and when people do not feel safe, not only does it make people who are immigrants less safe, but it makes all of us less safe,' Hernández Rivera said."
~ Artemis Moshtaghian and Gloria Pazmino, CNN
CNN’s Nick Valencia, Devon Sayers, Shawn Nottingham, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, and Lex Harvey contributed to this report.
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