Florida releases US-born American citizen who was arrested on Ice orders
by Maya Yang from World news | The Guardian on (#6WQFR)
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained for two days despite an attorney submitting certificate proving US birth
A US-born American citizen who was arrested then detained in county jail at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Florida, sparking uproar this week when he was accused of being in the US illegally, has been released.
An advocate for Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez had displayed his birth certificate in court initially, and the judge concluded it was authentic, but the 20-year-old was still put behind bars on Wednesday after a state prosector claimed the court did not have jurisdiction over his release because the federal authorities wanted him detained. Lopez-Gomez was released on Thursday evening.
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