Update: Illegal immigrant arrested for BB gun to be deported Wednesday

Jorge Esquivel- Munoz, the 31-year-old Mexican who was discovered to be an illegal immigrant after Minneapolis Police arrested him for possession of a BB gun, is being deported on Wednesday, according to his girlfriend Judy (who wouldn’t disclose her real identity). Bail had been set for $5,000 on Monday, Judy says, but adds that by Tuesday, a federal immigration judge had already ordered his removal.

Tim Counts, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says he can’t talk about the specifics of Esquivel-Munoz’s departure for security reasons. In general, however, “It is not uncommon for [deportation proceedings] to happen quickly for someone who is in the custody of ICE. It happens more quickly for them than it does for someone who is not in custody,” he says.

About 100 to 200 people may be in ICE detention centers in Minnesota at any given time, he adds. By contrast, the number of people slated for deportation statewide ranks in the thousands.

Counts says that Illegal immigrants from Mexico, like Esquivel-Munoz, are brought to places in Texas near the border, where Mexican officials can receive them.