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Jennifer Cortez’s husband was set to be released from immigration detention at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building the morning of Oct. 2.
A federal judge ruled Yader Cortez Andino’s warrantless arrest was illegal and he should be released immediately.
Cortez called his wife around 11 a.m. from Whipple and said something didn’t feel right. Although he signed release papers and his belongings were returned to him, immigration agents directed him out a back door, not to the front lobby where his lawyer waited for him.
“Not even 15 minutes later I get a phone call again,” Jennifer said. On the call was her husband, telling her he’d been re-arrested. She couldn’t believe it.
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