In Texas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week readied a flight for detainees being deported to Iran.

A court order from U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo in Buffalo kept Arzou Hami off the plane.

After Immigration Court hearing, agents were waiting for him. His detention is now a federal case

Jeremy Torrealba Llorente “has not been provided with any reason for his detention – and there does not appear to be any lawful justification for it,” Jackson said in a court filing as he sought a federal court order this week to temporarily block a potential deportation.

In a different case, Vilardo last month ordered the release of Oliver Eloy Mata Velasquez from the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility. ICE had taken the 19-year-old asylum-seeker from Venezuela – who

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