By Cindy Ramirez and Robert Moore, El Paso Matters Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, an El Paso DACA recipient who has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since August, must be released no later than Thursday, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone granted Santiago’s petition for release Wednesday, stating that her arrest and continued detention violate her rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Cardone wrote in her order that the government’s only stated interest in keeping Santiago detained was to seek her removal – though the government also conceded that her removal is “inexecutable” because she’s protected by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. 

Cardone ordered Santiago’s release “at the earliest re

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