Gámez-Cuéllar brothers open for Kacey Musgraves after ICE detention release
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Updated · The New York Times · May 4
Gámez-Cuéllar brothers open for Kacey Musgraves after ICE detention release
8 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 4
The three McAllen, Texas, siblings performed Sunday with their father at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, beginning a three-show run on Musgraves' tour.
Musgraves invited them on Instagram after bipartisan outcry helped secure most of the family's release from a Dilley immigration facility; oldest brother Antonio was freed separately near the border.
The case drew attention after the family was caught up in President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign, turning the brothers' return to the stage into a high-profile comeback.
From a detention cell to a star's stage, what happens next in this family's fight to stay in America?
What does the public's reaction to this family's story reveal about changing views on immigration enforcement?