EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A federal judge has ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient and activist Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago must be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody no later than Thursday, Oct. 2.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone granted Santiago's release on Wednesday, Oct. 1, saying that "detaining her without any individualized reasons deprives her of her constitutional right to procedural due process under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution."

Santiago must be released from custody at the "earliest reasonable opportunity," and in no event may she be detained beyond 4 p.m. on Oct. 2, according to the order.

In the order, Cardone said that the government only stated interest in Santiago's detention

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