COLUMBIA — A court date has been set for a Columbia man being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in El Paso, Texas, despite his holding of a green card.

The family of Owen Ramsingh told KOMU 8 that Ramsingh has a hearing before an immigration judge set for Nov. 6.

ICE detained Ramsingh at a Chicago airport on Sept. 30 while he was returning home from a routine trip to visit family in the Netherlands, his family said.

Ramsingh's wife, Diana Ramsingh, said Thursday she has been in contact with her husband. When Diana Ramsingh first spoke to KOMU 8 three weeks ago , she said the only way she had been able to contact her husband was through other people being detained at the ICE facility, and she was first able to speak to him Oct. 3.

Diana Ramsingh has said she believes

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