A Dallas community leader who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody earlier this month has been denied bond.

Omar Salazar has been at the Blue Bonnet Detention Facility in Anson, 200 miles west of Dallas, since he was arrested during a routine traffic stop outside of Lubbock over Labor Day weekend.

A judge on Wednesday denied Salazar bond as he awaits a hearing next month.

Salazar’s attorney, Jacob Monty , told KERA via text that they are looking into other alternatives.

He has said Salazar has no criminal history and is not a flight risk.

The federal Board of Immigration Appeals last week ruled that migrants in deportation proceedings who entered the country “without inspection” are not eligible for bond.

Salazar came to the U.S. from Mexico with his family

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