Calls to Action
- Watch the Egregious Body Cam Footage of Christopher Martinez’s Arrest
- Call And Email Helena City Manager Tim Burton
Demand transparency and accountability for HPD’s intimate collaboration with ICE, and demand that HPD follow their own policies saying that they a traffic stop won’t lead to immigration-related detainment - Call Mayor Wilmot Collins and the Helena City Commissioners
Demand transparency and accountability for HPD’s intimate collaboration with ICE, and demand that HPD follow their own policies saying that they a traffic stop won’t lead to immigration-related detainment - Call And Email Lewis and Clark County Commissioners
Demand policies that publicly disclose when the Sheriff’s Office interacts with ICE and what the names of the ICE officers are.
People Being Held By ICE in MT
We are currently aware of the following people being held by ICE with no criminal charges in the Cascade County Detention Center:
- Rolando Rojas Orihuela (36 years old)
- Grevil Joel Lopez-Flores (36 years old)
- Nahun Esau Suazo-Varela (48 years old)
- Odilon Valdes-De Jesus (55 years old)
- Luis Alberto Vega-Lili (57 years old)
We need help finding out more about these individuals and getting into contact with their families. Please reach out via the contact section at the bottom of the page if you have any information!
Christopher Martinez’s ICE Abduction
Brief
Christopher Martinez was unlawfully detained by ICE on July 1st, 2025 and denied access to speak with an attorney. This was carried out with coordination and assistance from Helena Police (HPD) and the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), based on resemblance to another Hispanic person that they were looking for.
ICE took Christopher to an undisclosed location that day. Investigation has shown that according to the Cascade County Detention Center’s Inmate Roster, Christopher Martinez was checked into their detention center at 4:30pm on July 2nd.
Upper Seven Law filed a petition for Habeas Corpus on behalf of Christopher Martinez, which was granted by a federal judge in Missoula on July 2nd. This orders ICE not to remove Christopher Martinez from the state of Montana and sets a hearing for this case on July 10th.
Follow Upper Seven Law for relevant news and further updates on this case:
https://uppersevenlaw.com/martinez-marvan-v-slaughter
ICE: Information and Resources
- Immigrant Defense Project
- Know Your Rights with ICE – resource hub providing information on what your legal rights are when you encounter ICE
- Barrio Drive
- Provides free flyer designs about dealing with ICE and other resources for immigrants
- Support them by buying from their store or donating: here
- Community Justice Exchange
- Tracked & Trapped: Experiences from ICE Digital Prisons
- A report on the inhumane conditions of people in the ATD (alternatives to detention) program which started ramping up in 2021
- Community Justice Exchange: When ICE is Watching
- Tricks ICE uses to detain people and how to reduce your risks
- Tracked & Trapped: Experiences from ICE Digital Prisons
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Offers information about Know Your Rights, Legal Support and Rapid Response Networks
- Pathways To Deportation
- Education on how ICE lies and misleads the public in their use of language, and how their ATD program implements surveillance and social control while trying to seem like an improvment