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M.B. Mack

A Migrant Had Just Gotten His Pathway to Legal Status Approved. Then ICE Detained Him While Still at the Immigration Office

Josue Aguilar Valle (right) with his U.S. citizen wife Jessica Rodriguez (left) and their toddler son Joshua. (Credit: Josue Aguilar Valle)

Just minutes after his pathway to legal residency was approved at a USCIS appointment in Miami, a Honduran immigrant was unexpectedly detained by ICE agents — despite his clean record, stable job, and marriage to a U.S. citizen.

Josué Aguilar Valle, 26, arrived in the U.S. at age 14 after fleeing gang violence in Honduras. He built a life in South Florida, graduating high school, working full-time, and starting a family with his wife, Jessica Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, WLRN reported.

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