Federal judge orders ICE to release Alamo Heights family from Dilley Detention Center
Interview with immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch
FOX 7 Austin's Alec Nolan interviewed immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch. She is the attorney of an Alamo Heights family that was detained by ICE in April. On May 13, a federal judge ordered the family to be released.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - For weeks, Texas lawmakers have been asking for the release of an Alamo Heights family who were detained by ICE at the end of April.
On Wednesday, May 13, a federal judge in San Antonio ordered the release of a Venezuelan woman and her two stepchildren from the Dilley Detention Center.
What they're saying:
On April 27, ICE agents detained Maria Uzcategui-Castillo and her two stepchildren while they were walking to the school bus stop in the morning.
According to the family's attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, a heading was held for a habeas petition asking the court to prove there was a valid reason to keep the family detained. Judge Garcia decided there was not.
Lincoln-Goldfinch learned her clients would be released following the ruling.
She said the family will continue with asylum proceedings as they await their next hearing.
FOX 7 Austin has reached out to ICE about this family's detainment, but has yet to hear back.
The Source: Information from interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin's Alec Nolan