Updated
Updated · Maine Public · May 7
Olivia Andre ordered released from ICE detention
Updated
Updated · Maine Public · May 7

Olivia Andre ordered released from ICE detention

11 articles · Updated · Maine Public · May 7
  • The 19-year-old Portland, Maine, asylum seeker must be freed from the Dilley, Texas, facility by Friday after being held since November, lawyers and Representative Chellie Pingree said.
  • Her attorney said ICE kept her detained even after a federal appeals court paused the Congolese family's deportation pending appeal; her mother and younger siblings were released in March.
  • Andre's case drew broad attention in Maine as Pingree and other Democrats pressed for her release during an oversight visit, while ICE had previously said she had a final removal order.
As court challenges to ICE detention surge, are the legal grounds for holding asylum seekers in the United States fundamentally shifting?
When a court calls detention unlawful but the government issues a removal order, what does justice for an asylum seeker actually look like?