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Judge orders ICE to release Minneapolis asylum seeker
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A federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release Elvis Joel TE after 50 days of detention.
Why it matters
Elvis Joel TE was arrested on 22 January in Minneapolis during ICE raids while returning home with his two-year-old daughter. An attorney affidavit states agents entered the backyard and driveway without a warrant and broke the glass of his car while the child was inside. ICE flew both to Texas despite a court order barring their transfer out of Minnesota; the toddler was released to her mother the next day. A federal judge found no statutory basis to keep him in custody and ordered his release after 50 days of detention.
Implications
- • ICE must end custody and release Elvis Joel TE.
- • His pending asylum case continues while he is no longer detained.
Who is affected
- • Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention operations
- • Immigration attorneys
- • Federal immigration courts
- • Asylum seekers with pending cases
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