Following months of uncertainty, one of the migrant families detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley is set to walk free after a federal judge ordered their release.
The family, of Egyptian descent, has been held at the Dilley immigration center for more than 10 months and is believed to be among the longest detained at the facility. Now, nearly a year into their detention, U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth "Betsy" Chestney reviewed a habeas corpus petition filed by Hayam El Gamal and her five children and recommended that U.S. District Judge Fred Biery order their release "under conditions sufficient to ensure their participation at future removal proceedings."
