18-year-old Francisco Galicia spent three weeks in ICE and CBP custody.
“We were confident that we’d be able to pass. We were going to do something good for our futures,” Marlonfrom Mexico, where he is staying with his grandmother after signing a voluntary deportation order after two days in detention. “I signed because I wanted to talk with my mom. Now, we just have to wait and see and hope that they release my brother,” he explained.
“I presented [CBP] with his original birth certificate and other documents and they ignored them. So now I’ve faxed over all the documents to the ICE agent handling the case,” Claudia Galan, Francisco’s attorney,
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
An 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Has Been in Immigration Custody for Nearly a MonthThe 18-year-old has a birth certificate and social security number, but that hasn’t been enough to secure his release.
Read more »
ICE and CBP have detained an 18-year-old U.S. Citizen for three weeks, says attorney'CBP is detaining *American citizens,*' wrote Ocasio-Cortez 'How would you feel trapped in a border camp, where guards wear face masks because the human odor is so strong?'
Read more »
Immigration: Texas teen detained for a month despite U.S. citizenship
Read more »
A US-born citizen who was in immigration detention for three weeks has been releasedA high school student who was born in Dallas and is a US citizen was released from ICE custody on Tuesday after spending three weeks behind bars, his lawyer told CNN.
Read more »
ICE releases US citizen, 18, wrongfully detained near borderHOUSTON (AP) — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S....
Read more »
'Wrongfully detained' Texas teen who is a US citizen released after nearly a monthThe 18-year-old was detained at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint while en route from South Texas to a soccer camp.
Read more »