Immigration officials release Twin Cities mom after federal judge’s order

Immigration officials release Twin Cities mom after federal judge’s order

ST. PAUL — After detaining her for nearly a month, immigration officials released a young mother from custody on Wednesday after a federal judge ordered them to do so. Antonia Aguilar Maldonado came to the U.S. in 2016 without legal status as a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor. She now has two young U.S. citizen children. On July 17, she was headed to her job as a self-employed painter when Homeland Security investigators stopped her and her husb…

Judge orders ICE to release mom who came to the US as an unaccompanied minor

‘In the court's view, the irreparable harm to separating a nursing mother and her child is self-evident,’ judge says