Father and caretaker detained at routine ICE check-in in Tennessee
Salvador Alvarenga Valle was arrested by ICE on July 17, 2026 while voluntarily appearing for a routine supervisory check-in, despite having lived in Tennessee's Middle District for 21 years and having no criminal record. He is married with two children and is the primary caretaker for one of his daughters, who has a life-threatening medical condition. A 2005 removal order against him had been vacated in 2024, and he has an active immigration case seeking relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. After his arrest, ICE transferred him to a detention facility in Mason, Tennessee, denied him bond, and attempted to move him to Louisiana before an immigration judge in Memphis ultimately granted him bond of $1,500 on July 21, 2026.
