UC Berkeley Student Paula Albornoz Hernandez Was Released From ICE Custody Monday Night
Her attorney, Niko De Bremaeker of Centro Legal de la Raza, said she was released from the California City detention center around 9 p.m. Monday, the day a federal judge ordered ICE to let her go.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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UC Berkeley student Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez was released from ICE's California City detention center around 9 p.m. Monday, her attorney, Niko De Bremaeker of Centro Legal de la Raza, told Berkeleyside.
A federal judge on Nov. 9 had ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release the 23-year-old business administration student and asylum seeker, who was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 30. The Monday night release confirms that the order was carried out, according to her attorney. Earlier coverage had reported the judge's order and the attorney's expectation that she would be released later that Monday.
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The 23-year-old business major and Colombian asylum seeker had been held at the California City Detention Facility. Her attorney said she would be released Monday.
Immigration agents arrested a 23-year-old UC Berkeley student at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, her attorney said. She is now being held at ICE's California City facility, and campus leaders are asking that she be allowed to return to school.
The presence of federal agents prompted immigration speculation on social media. Police Chief Jen Louis told the Police Accountability Board the FBI had notified the city in advance, and that BPD had no verified information ICE was in Berkeley that day.
