Immigration officials release Twin Cities mom from custody after federal judge order - Austin Daily Herald

Immigration officials release Twin Cities mom from custody after federal judge order - Austin Daily Herald

By Sarah Thamer 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…