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Emmanuel Gonzalez-Garcia, a 15-year-old Houston boy with autism, was released from federal custody late last week after a weekslong separation from his mother.

After 48 days in the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, Emmanuel was released last Friday following a ruling from a judge ordering that the teen be reunited with his family. The boy had initially been reported missing on Oct. 5, after he was selling fruit with his mother, Maria Garcia, near the intersection of Clay and Hempstead roads, according to FIEL Houston — a nonprofit immigrant rights advocacy group that publicized Emmanuel's case.

Speaking at a Monday news conference alongside FIEL representatives, U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, and the famil

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