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.