19-year-old Buffalo resident detained and fast-tracked for deportation after courthouse arrest
May 18, 2026·Location: Buffalo, NY
Oliver Mata Velazquez, a 19-year-old living in Buffalo, was arrested by ICE at an immigration courthouse, detained, and fast-tracked for deportation. The NYCLU filed a lawsuit challenging his arrest and secured his release.
Sources
- After ICE Admitted Having No Justification for Arrests at Immigration Courthouses, District Court Grants Stay Prohibiting ICE From Conducting Courthouse Arrests | American Civil Liberties Union
- Teen Immigrant’s Release Propels Lawsuit to End ICE’s Courthouse Arrests » The Guardline
theguardline.com·Sep 10, 2025·archived copy
- plsny.org
- Court Orders 19-Year-Old Asylum Seeker Released After ICE Unlawfully Arrested Him at Immigration Hearing - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
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