From the San Francisco Chronicle: A federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release a UC Berkeley student who was detained at San Francisco International Airport last month, ruling that the government violated her right to due process. Paula Albornoz Hernandez, 23, was detained by ICE on Oct. 30 while waiting to board a flight to Oregon with her boyfriend. She has a pending asylum case and a current work permit, according to her attorneys. U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins ordered her immediate release Monday and barred immigration officials from requiring her to wear an electronic monitor unless they can demonstrate at a future hearing that one is necessary.
Albornoz Hernandez’s attorney, Nikolas De Bremaeker, told KQED that his client was expected to leave ICE custody later Monday from the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert. Her boyfriend was driving to pick her up, the attorney said. The ruling does not end Albornoz Hernandez’s immigration case. She remains in deportation proceedings, and her asylum application will continue in immigration court, according to her attorney...
Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-student-ice-22522172.php.
Of course, the president has talked since the midterms about maybe immigration policy had been too tough. But I have some skepticism about any change:
Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slmJIIK40KU.
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