The romantic partner of a city deputy commissioner detained more than two months ago by federal immigration agents has been released after a judge found his due process rights had been violated, the Daily News has learned.
Nathaniel Rojas, a native of the Dominican Republic, had been held in an Orange County NY jail since Aug. 28 when agents suddenly appeared at the Riverdale apartment where he lives with Correction Department Deputy Commissioner Wendy Garcia.
“The court has determined that the government violated petitioner’s procedural due process rights under the Constitution, and he is therefore entitled to release,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman wrote in a 17-page decision filed late Thursday.
Rojas’ lawyer Reuben Kerben declined to comment.
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