Federal officials must release Adrian Arias and his 5-year-old son, Liam, from detention, a federal district court judge ruled on Saturday.
Jan. 31 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials must release Adrian Arias and his 5-year-old son, Liam, from detention, a federal district court judge ruled on Saturday.
U.S. District Court of Western Texas Judge Fred Biery Jr. on Saturday granted a writ of habeas corpus petition naming the father and son.
Biery likened his strongly worded ruling to placing a « judicial finger in the constitutional dike. »
The petitioners « seek nothing more than some modicum of due process and the rule of law », Biery wrote.
« The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently, even if it requires traumatizing children », he said.
« This court and others regularly send undocumented people to prison and orders them deported but do so by proper legal procedures », Biery added.
