On July 30, Lorena walked into the Alamance County Time Warner Cable office to apply for cable service. The representative who assisted her asked her to complete some paperwork and to present a form of identification. The representative went to her office for several minutes telling Lorena she was making copies of the paperwork. Finally, the representative came out and returned the I.D. and asked Lorena to pay for the deposit and first month of services. As soon as Lorena paid, a police officer came from the back room and arrested her. She was taken to Alamance County Jail and was then transferred to ICE custody and placed in deportation proceedings. She is scheduled to appear in court on December 13 and could be given a final order of deportation.
Is it Time Warner Cable’s policy to work with Alamance County law enforcement to entrap undocumented people so they can be arrested and deported? Recent findings by the Department of Justice show that Sheriff Terry Johnson and his department have engaged in egregious discriminatory practices against Latinos living in Alamance County. Why is Lorena facing deportation and separation from her 7 year old daughter when all she wanted was cable service?
Tell Time Warner Cable’s President Jack Stanley to stop collaborating with Alamance County law enforcement and stop targeting immigrants who want cable service @ 336-665-0160 or sent him an email: jack.stanley@twcable.com
Lorena came to the United States in 2004 and has been living in North Carolina for the past 8 years. She is a single mother of a 7 year old U.S. citizen child. If Lorena is deported, her daughter will be separated from the only person who provides her with emotional and financial support. Most importantly, her daughter will be left without a mother to care for her.
According to the Morton Memo, Lorena is a low-priority case and should be granted favorable exercise of prosecutorial discretion. Lorena has been living in the U.S. for 8 years, has a 7 year old U.S. citizen daughter. Lorena only went to the Time Warner Cable’s store to get cable service for her family. Instead, a police officer came out from the office and arrested her. Why is this company working with the police to target undocumented immigrants? Lorena needs to stay in the U.S. to continue to provide for her daughter.
Help Lorena by calling ICE director John Morton at 202-732-300 and signing her petition online: http://action.dreamactivist.org/northcarolina/lorena/
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December 10, 2021 at 10:23 am
uriel
Un fucking real! To hell with TWC! they have lost a customer and gained an enemy!
December 10, 2021 at 11:56 am
maribel garcia
This is crazy the time warner cable people should get a lawsuit for Racist…what they did was wrong she got arrested for doing nothing what they need to do is worrying to put in jail people who do harm not illegals and stop separating families…..
December 12, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Travis
So, she came to the U.S. at 18 (legally, an adult), has been here for 8 years, and is still not a legal citizen? I could understand it if she came here as a child and was unaware that she was not here legally. But, she knew and has had plenty of time to do the right thing.
Most people who move here from overseas WANT to become legal. How come so many Latinos refuse to do the same thing? That is something that puzzles me to no end.
Also, this post is very misleading in that the officer involved was an off-duty Burlington PD officer, NOT an Alamance deputy! They are two separate departments. Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson has absolutely no authority over a Burlington city police officer.
December 12, 2021 at 4:18 pm
Travis
Also, I read that she needs an interpreter since she does not speak English. She’s been here for EIGHT YEARS! Her child has grown up here and I’m sure she is fluent. But, her mother has CHOSEN to not learn to speak this country’s official language.
I find it so frustrating with my job when I come across so many customers who I cannot communicate with and either have to their child translate or call customer service and get a bilingual customer service rep. involved. It takes so much longer and many times things get lost in translation.