Honduran mother reunited with infant son after judge orders release from ICE detention
Patricia, a 19-year-old Honduran woman living in Austin, was detained by ICE for nearly six weeks after being arrested by Austin police on a domestic violence-related assault charge that was later dismissed by prosecutors. She was separated from her breastfeeding 8-month-old son during her detention at a South Texas facility and said she was desperate for a breast pump and to reunite with him. After her attorneys at American Gateways sued for her release, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that the government had violated the Constitution by detaining her without a hearing and ordered ICE to release her within two days. She reunited with her son this week, though she still faces a deportation order that her lawyers are appealing.








































