A Maryland mother was deported to Vietnam, her attorney confirmed Wednesday, after she was detained and released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier in the year.

Melissa Tran was initially taken into ICE custody in May and was ordered to be released in October by a judge who found the government was unnecessarily holding her. Despite being reunited with her family, she still faced deportation.

During her initial detainment, Tran spent several days in custody in Baltimore before she was moved to Louisiana, Arizona, and Tacoma, Washington.

The mother of four owns a nail salon in Hagerstown, Maryland. Her husband, Danny Hoang, told CBS News Baltimore Thursday he is now running the business alone while also raising their children.

"ICE arrested [Tran], a cri

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