Fort Wayne man facing deportation has no regrets after spending weeks in jail

After being arrested in connection with downtown Fort Wayne protests, Jorge Oliva has been released on bond but believes there is still work to be done.

A fort wayne man arrested in connection with downtown protests, has since been released on bond..but believes there is still work to be done.

Fox 55's jeremy masukevich tells us what faith and latino leaders in the fort wayne community are demanding as justice for jorge oliva.

Nat jorge i wouldn't change anything i went through these past couple weeks.jorge oliva says he has no regrets about spending the last three weeks in jail facing deportation to mexiconat jorge if i have to redo it, i will redo it for everybody again.with deportation still on the table and a federal hearing scheduled for august oliva is advocating for his citizenship saying the united states is the only home he has ever known.nat jorge i have been here since 5 or 6 years, since i was that age lower third: jorge oliva, arrested following downtown protests sot jorgeif you deport me you are ultimately sending me to my death.

I do not know how to read spanish like that, i can barely write spanish, i do speak spanish but as you can tell it is hard for me to translate some words.paula avila was one of the dozens people to join oliva on the steps of the allen county sheriff's office today.she says the work that fort wayne city leaders are doing to unite the community isn't enough.lower third: paula avila, hispanic leadership coalition of ne indiana sot paula today we call upon every elected official from the city and county to meet with faith in allen county in the next week and sit down and actually have conversations with team leaders of black and brown familieskaren stanton with faith in indiana is challenging the community to share stories of times they felt their voices weren't heard.lower third: rev.

Karen stanton, faith in indiana sot stanton we are unleashing a season of encounters this summer that is gathering hundreds of stories of fort wayne families and how our young people, minorities, and the poor are impacted by current police culture.oliva says he wants to work with city leaders and law enforcement leading up to his federal hearing next month.he hopes his story can be used to help others tell their own.sot jorge why did i protest?

Like i said i'm a sacrificial pawn.

If i have to use my case to give people strength and courage to speak up ill do it all over again i'm still going to do it.

In fort wayne, jeremy masukevich, fox 55 news it was another hot day out it was another