Here in New York, a 19-year-old high school student has reunited with his family after ICE agents arrested him in June at his asylum hearing. Derlis Chusin is from Ecuador and has been living with his relatives in Queens. This is a member of his legal team, Melissa Chua of the New York Legal Assistance Group.

Melissa Chua: “We are so excited to welcome Derlis home. He was taken a month ago in immigration detention, violently taken from his family, held at 26 Federal Plaza for many days in horrible conditions, and then transported to Texas, far away from his family, community, friends and school. And we can see how much they’ve missed him, because we have a number of supporters from his home, from his community, from his school here with him, waiting for him today.”

Another New York high school student, only identified as Dylan, remains in ICE custody since being taken by federal agents at a routine immigration hearing in May. Dylan is a 20-year-old asylum seeker from Venezuela.