DACA recipient held in NM ICE detention released after federal judge’s order

DACA recipient held in NM ICE detention released after federal judge’s order

Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira and his wife Alejandra hold their newborn child in an undated photo. Thanks to a federal judge’s order, the 27-year-old DACA recipient was released Wednesday from the Otero County Processing Center in New Mexico. (Courtesy ACLU-NM)A federal judge in New Mexico this week ordered the release of a 27-year-old man held in federal immigration detention in Chaparral for 42 days, a detention that occurred even though he had previ…