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San Jose tattoo artist’s fate is in limbo. Judge weighs whether ICE can detain him — again

Chants, music and signs fill rally outside San Francisco federal building in support of Medina Reyes’ fight to stay in the U.S.

by Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

(R-L) Guillermo Medina Reyes speaks to supporters outside the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, Calif., as the Rev. Deborah Lee, executive co-director of the Interfaith Movement Network for Human Integrity, holds up a sign behind him. A federal judge withheld from making a final decision about whether ICE could detain Reyes on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Andres Jimenez Larios/Bay City News)

A SAN JOSE TATTOO ARTIST facing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention cannot be taken into custody until a federal immigration judge issues a written decision, according to a hearing this week.

Guillermo Medina Reyes, 31, was met with cheers and applause by a group of supporters in front of the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse after a judge said she needed two more days to decide whether ICE agents had the legal ability to detain him.

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