US EditionNYC high school student released from ICE detention after 10 months
Dylan Contreras was detained after a routine immigration hearing despite legal status claims; his release followed intense legal battles and advocacy by officials and immigrant groups.
- Dylan Lopez Contreras, a Venezuelan high school student in the Bronx, was released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being detained for 10 months.
- As the first NYC public school student detained under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, Contreras was arrested during a routine Manhattan hearing last May while attending ELLIS Prep, a Bronx high school.
- Advocates and elected officials rallied around Contreras, noting he had no criminal record and calling his detention an example of ICE's approach.
- U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer pushed the White House and said on Wednesday that the Trump administration heeded his calls; Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated the release but criticized the detainment.
- Advocates linked Contreras's case to wider Columbia University-linked deportation cases, while his mother joined Schumer at the State of the Union, highlighting national attention.
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Dylan came to the U.S. in 2024 and, one year later, a hearing in an immigration court was held by agents. A judge came to want to escort him, but lawyers got his release.
The first immigrant student from the New York City education system who was arrested since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to power was released Wednesday after ten months in a detention center. Venezuelan student Dylan López Contreras was placed in custody on May 21 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents after attending a scheduled court hearing related to his asylum application.
ICE releases Dylan Lopez Contreras, NYC high school student, after 10 months in detention
NEW YORK — Dylan Lopez Contreras, the first known New York City student detained by federal immigration authorities as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, has been released after nearly a year in custody, his lawyers said Wednesday.…
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