Marcelo Gomes da Silva, 18, center, a Massachusetts high school student speaks to journalists after being released from detention on bond as Reps. Seth Moulton and Jake Auchincloss listen, June 5, 2025, in Burlington, Mass. Rodrique Ngowi/AP

Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on his way to volleyball practice last week, said following his release that he wants to help those still detained in the facility where he was held for nearly a week.

"I would have to watch people cry, people with kids," the teen said during a press briefing in Burlington, Massachusetts, on Thursday after a judge granted him bond . "No one deserves to be down there."

Gomes da Silva, a Brazilian national who is a

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