By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago.

The ruling issued Wednesday means Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo, 28, will remain behind bars pending deportation proceedings. He acknowledges that he entered the country illegally in 2021 from his native Mexico.

Hernandez has been in ICE’s custody since June 24, three days after he nearly died from gunshot wounds he sustained when two people tried to rob him in Muscatine, Iowa. He is moving to apply for a special visa under a longstanding program passed by Congress to encourage victims to report crimes without fear of deportation.

But

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