Wife says her husband was detained by ICE after Decatur traffic stop; family afraid of deportation COMING UP IN OUR FIRST WARNING SEVEN DAY. ALL RIGHT, JASON, TODAY, A BLOUNT COUNTY MAN ORIGINALLY FROM COLUMBIA WAS TAKEN INTO ICE CUSTODY. WVTM 13 ZOE BLAIR SPOKE WITH HIS FAMILY. SHE HAS DETAILS ON WHY HE WAS TAKEN AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR HIS FAMILY. I MISSED HIM EVERY DAY. WORDS SPOKEN BY EIGHT YEAR OLD MATTEO XANDER. AFTER NOT SEEING HIS FATHER FOR DAYS, MATEO’S MOTHER WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, BUT TELLS ME WEDNESDAY MORNING HER HUSBAND, GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ, LEFT THEIR CLEVELAND HOME ON THE WAY TO HIS JOB IN DECATUR WHEN HE WAS PULLED OVER BY FALKVILLE POLICE. SHE CLAIMS HE WASN’T DOING ANYTHING WRONG, BUT WAS STILL ARRESTED. ACCORDING TO THE MORGAN COUNTY JAIL, RODRIGUEZ WAS BOOKED ON A MISDEMEANOR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE AN OFFICER. SHE SAYS SHE PAID HIS BAIL, AND WHILE WAITING FOR HIM TO BE RELEASED, SHE LEARNED HE WAS BEING DETAINED BY ICE. RODRIGUEZ HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. NOW, EIGHT YEAR OLD MATTEO DOESN’T KNOW WHEN OR IF HE’LL SEE HIS FATHER AGAIN. I ONLY WANT TO SEE HIM. IT CAN BE TWO OR TOMORROW. MATEO’S MOTHER TELLS ME THE SITUATION HAS LEFT HER SON SCARED FOR THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY. EL NINO TAMBIÉN TIENE LA PETITION. SHE’S THAT HER SON IS LIVING. LIVING IN FEAR BECAUSE HE IS SCARED THAT THEY’RE GOING TO DEPORT HIM TO. AND THAT HE HAS THAT DEPORTATION OF HIS DAD. AND HE SEES A COP AND THAT THEY’RE THAT HE HIDES FROM THEM BECAUSE HE’S SCARED THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE HIM AS WELL. WHILE SHE KNOWS HER HUSBAND IS IN ICE CUSTODY, SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE. AND ACCORDING TO HER, NEITHER DOES HE. HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE ONE CALL FROM THE FACILITY. HE HAS. HE’S BEEN TRANSFERRED TO. BUT THEY HE’S ASKED THE ICE PEOPLE THERE, AND THEY DID NOT TELL HIM WHERE HE’S AT. INSTEAD, THEY MAKE FUN OF HIM AND BULLY HIM, SAYING THAT HE DOESN’T NEED TO WORRY WHERE HE’S AT AND THAT HE’S JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO COLOMBIA. NOW SHE TELLS ME SHE’S JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE RODRIGUEZ IS AND HOW TO GET HIM BACK HOME TO HIS CHILDREN, AND SHE PLANS TO FIGHT THIS. SHE TELLS ME SHE’S IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET A LAWYER TO HELP GET THEM OUT OF Wife says her husband was detained by ICE after Decatur traffic stop; family afraid of deportation Updated: 7:46 AM CDT Jun 21, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ A family in Blount County is in fear of deportation after a woman says her husband was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a traffic stop in Decatur. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, expressed her fear and emotional distress over the situation. The family of four has been living in the United States for a couple of years and currently resides in Cleveland.She said that her husband, Guillermo Rodriguez, was driving to work in Decatur on Wednesday when a Falkville police officer pulled him over. She claims her husband did nothing wrong but was taken to the Morgan County Jail and charged with attempting to elude an officer, a charge confirmed on the jail's website.After paying his bail and waiting for his release, she learned that he was being detained by ICE.Now, she is seeking ways to prevent his deportation back to Colombia.The couple has two children, a 2-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son, both of whom are legally in the U.S. The woman shared that the experience has left their son, Mateo, worried about the potential deportation of his father and himself.Video below: Birmingham immigrant organizations hope to track ICE encounters with hotline A translator helped WVTM 13 communicate with the woman."She's saying that her son is living in fear because he is scared that they're going to deport him too, and that he has that deportation of his dad. And he sees the cop and that he hides from them because he's scared that they might take him as well, even though he's here approved under their deferred action and with a special juvenile permission," the translator said. CLEVELAND —A family in Blount County is in fear of deportation after a woman says her husband was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a traffic stop in Decatur. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, expressed her fear and emotional distress over the situation. The family of four has been living in the United States for a couple of years and currently resides in Cleveland. She said that her husband, Guillermo Rodriguez, was driving to work in Decatur on Wednesday when a Falkville police officer pulled him over. She claims her husband did nothing wrong but was taken to the Morgan County Jail and charged with attempting to elude an officer, a charge confirmed on the jail's website.After paying his bail and waiting for his release, she learned that he was being detained by ICE.Now, she is seeking ways to prevent his deportation back to Colombia.The couple has two children, a 2-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son, both of whom are legally in the U.S. The woman shared that the experience has left their son, Mateo, worried about the potential deportation of his father and himself. Video below: Birmingham immigrant organizations hope to track ICE encounters with hotline A translator helped WVTM 13 communicate with the woman."She's saying that her son is living in fear because he is scared that they're going to deport him too, and that he has that deportation of his dad. And he sees the cop and that he hides from them because he's scared that they might take him as well, even though he's here approved under their deferred action and with a special juvenile permission," the translator said.