Wilmer Irías-Palma is days away from being deported from the country by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even though his civil rights complaint alleging ICE used racial profiling to nab him remains under investigation.

Irías-Palma was told Tuesday morning that he and his wife would be deported Friday.

The news came a day after his wife appeared at a Washington, D.C., news conference in support of workers rights and met with advocates discussing how to get protection for immigrants illegally here with civil rights complaints.

“We think this is obvious retaliation,” said Jennifer Rosenbaum, legal and policy director for New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice.

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