A Texas flight attendant and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient was freed from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Friday after being held for weeks for leaving the country as part of her job. The flight attendant, 28-year-old Selene Saavedra Roman, came to the U.S. from Peru as a toddler. But when Saavedra attempted to reenter the U.S. on Feb. 12, authorities detained her. Authorities granted Saavedra parole to return to her College Station, Texas, home on Friday afternoon, her lawyer and husband announced. Previously, the company had told her she would be able to reenter the U.S. after the round trip flight from Houston to Mexico because of her DACA status.

Source: Huffington Post March 22, 2019 23:57 UTC