18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
His lawyer says a separate deferred-action request remains unresolved as federal authorities keep him in custody despite USCIS approval.
- Elder Chavez Carranza, an 18-year-old Honduran student, remains in Louisiana's Winn Correctional Center after more than 200 days in detention. Despite possessing USCIS-approved Special Immigrant Juvenile status, he continues to be held by immigration authorities.
- Chavez Carranza was detained after a police officer stopped him for identification while buying food. Although he had been granted Special Immigrant Juvenile status as a minor, authorities took him into custody without allowing him to show his papers.
- While detained, the 18-year-old works at the facility unloading trucks and maintains daily contact with his sister, Maryuri Chavez Carranza. Advocate Angela Del Valle stated, "Above all, we want him to know that he's not forgotten."
- Attorney Dalaney Mecham argues USCIS has already approved Chavez Carranza's protection, but the Department of Homeland Security stated "Chavez-Carranza will remain in ICE custody pending his immigration proceedings." DHS added he will receive full due process.
- The 18-year-old is one of thousands currently in prolonged federal detention after being detained by immigration authorities. Recent reports indicate two detainees have died at Winn in less than two months, raising concerns about facility conditions.
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(WASHINGTON) - Elder Chavez Carranza believed his last year of high school would consist of preparations for his graduation, prom and planning for his future. Instead, the 18-year-old has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from [...]
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(WASHINGTON) - Elder Chavez Carranza believed his last year of high school would consist of preparations for his graduation, prom and planning for his future. Instead, the 18-year-old has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from [...]
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18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away'
Elder Chavez Carranza has spent more than 200 days in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from his home in Albertville, Alabama.
18-year-old in ICE detention for more than 200 days: 'They just took me away' - The Pulse of NH
Elder Chavez Carranza, seen here in this undated family photo, said he was stopped by a police officer while on his way to buy a torta, questioned about his identification and immigration status, and later taken into ICE custody. (Maryuri Chavez Carran...
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