City’s 'first formerly undocumented' judge resigns after FBI raids his office building: report

23 January

Less than one week after Donald Trump's inauguration, the president has already signed several executive orders in an effort to crackdown on immigration, by increasing the number of deportations, one Rhode Island judge is already feeling the impact of the changes.

On Thursday, the FBI raided 127 Dorrance St. — the office building of "Joseph Molina Flynn, an immigration lawyer in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who serves as a municipal court judge in Central Fall" — according to The Providence Journal.

"There is court authorized activity at that location," US Attorney Zachary A. Cunha's spokesperson Jim Martin told the newspaper.

Per the Journal's report, Molina Flynn is the "first openly gay person and the first formerly undocumented person to serve on the bench in Central Falls, according to the city."

The announcement of Molina Flynn's resignation came from Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera after the raid on Thursday.

According to the report, "The Journal reported at his appointment in 2021 that Molina Flynn came to the United States from Colombia when he was 9 years old, following the arrival of family members. Before eventually settling in Pawtucket, where he grew up, Molina Flynn first arrived in Central Falls. He was on a visitors' visa, which he overstayed, becoming undocumented."

The Providence Journal's full report is available here.

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