California father of 3 U.S Marines to be released from immigration detention center

Narciso Barranco, the 48-year-old Tustin landscaper who was punched and detained by federal immigration agents in June — sparking a nationwide outcry — will be released on bond from the Adelanto ICE processing center on Friday, July 11, a supporter said.

The father of three U.S. Marines will be released on bond Friday afternoon, Orange City Council member Arianna Barrios said Thursday. Barrios, along with Orange City Councilwoman Ana Gutierrez and Bishop Kevin Vann of the Diocese of Orange, joined Barranco’s family for the 48-year-old’s bond hearing at the facility, which is in San Bernardino County’s High Desert area.

“Today was a good day in this new battle for civil rights, due process and humanitarian principles. I was so impressed that Bishop Vann  made the long drive out to the desert to bear witness and bless this special family. Mr Barranco will be released on bond sometime tomorrow afternoon, God willing! He can remain free until mid-August, where he will have another hearing to try and adjust his status to parole in place based on the fact that his wife is a U.S. citizen and his three American-born sons are active duty U.S. military,” said Barrios. “For all those wondering how best to meet this moment whenever you can, at the very least, bear witness. It is a powerful tool.”

Video posted on social media shows Barranco being pinned to the ground and repeatedly punched, then pepper sprayed, by at least one masked, armed federal immigration agent in Santa Ana late June. The circulated footage gained nationwide media attention and highlighted community concerns over immigration enforcement.

His son, Alejandro Barranco, has said his father moved Orange County in the 90s and has been working as a landscaper.

His father had been applying for a form of immigration called parole-in-place, which can grant family members of active-duty military who are without legal status permission to stay in the U.S. for a while, usually a year, and which can be extended, Alejandro Barranco said.