SPOKANE, Wash. – One of the two men detained by Immigration and Custom Enforcement on June 11, which sparked the June 11 protests, has been scheduled for a bond hearing.
For people detained by the Department of Homeland Security for illegal immigration, a bond hearing sets a bond price that can allow the detainee to be released from custody if paid.
Former City Council President Ben Stuckart, a legal guardian of the two men, made the announcement on Facebook, saying that Joswar’s hearing will be next Wednesday in Tacoma.
He said that his wife Anne Stuckart, Community Program Director of Latinos en Spokane Amy Deras and former Spokane County Commissioner and CEO of Innovia Foundation Shelly O’Quinn will be there.
“Hugs and love to all!!!! Bring Joswar home!” he wrote.
Joswar Slater Rodriguez Torres was detained alongside Cesar Alexander Alvares Perez on June 11 while visiting the Spokane Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.
Stuckart said that ICE agents without looking at their asylum paperwork. O’Quinn said that the men had followed all legal procedures and attended all required meetings.
They were previously in the United States legally under the CHNV program, which was terminated on March 25, 2025, blocked by a preliminary injunction on April 14, 2025 and then re-enforced by the Supreme Court in a decision on May 30, 2025. Department of Homeland Security issued a notice about the decision’s enforcement on June 6, 2025.
Protestors swarmed the ICE building following their detainment, ICE vehicles from taking the men.
Stuckart, Erin Lang and Justice Forall faced state charges for their actions at the protest, which were dropped for Stuckart and Lang.
However, the three of them were arrested on June 15 alongside Jac Dalitso Archer, Collin James Muncey, Bajun Dhunjisha Mavalwalla II, Mikki PIke Hatfield and Bobbi Lee Silva, who also participated in the June 11 protests.
Many of these figures hold leadership roles in the community. Amongst them, Forall served as the Director of Spokane Community Against Racism (SCAR) and is a member of the Human Rights Commission, Archer is the Co-Executive Director of SCAR.
According to Stuckart’s Facebook, Joswar has an asylum hearing set for August 23 and Cesar has one scheduled in October.
An asylum hearing is a legal process to determine whether a person is eligible for asylum. If a judge determines that a person is eligible, they are granted asylum. If not, the person is ordered to be removed from the United States.
Both the individual and the U.S. government can appeal the judge’s decision.
Cesar and Joswar are currently being held in the Tacoma Detention Facility. Stuckart has written that Cesar and Joswar reported that conditions inside the center are “awful.”
