Darnela Hernandez tries to hold back tears as she calls her partner, Jhon Palacio-Morales, 49. For over two weeks, the cellphone has been Hernandez's only connection to Palacio-Morales, the father of her three-month-old baby. He has been held in ICE custody in facilities around the country while his family says ICE arrested the wrong person.

According to Ring camera video provided to WBZ by the family, Palacio-Morales was arrested by ICE agents outside of his Lowell, Massachusetts home on September 8. His sister-in-law, Maria Pino, told WBZ that ICE told Palacio-Morales that he was wanted for a 2007 criminal charge and for missing an immigration hearing.

Family says Palacio-Morales arrived in the United States from Colombia in 2022. He claimed asylum at the border and was legally allowed

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