A 47-year-old Hmong refugee who has lived in Michigan since he was 8 months old was freed Wednesday, Dec. 3, from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after spending several months in prison.

Lue Yang, 47, was transferred Wednesday morning from North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin , a private prison that houses many ICE detainees, and driven to an ICE center in Grand Rapids, where he was later released and greeted by family members. Yang, an engineer who works for an auto supply company, spoke to the Free Press by phone as he drove back to his home in St. Johns, a suburb of Lansing. He said he's glad he will be able to spend the holidays with his wife and six children.

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