New York City officials are challenging the detention of Dylan Lopez Contreras, a 20-year-old high school student from Venezuela who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine immigration hearing last week in Manhattan.
Contreras, who arrived in the U.S. legally in 2024 under humanitarian parole and has no criminal record, was seeking asylum and pursuing Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, a path that could lead to lawful permanent residency. Despite this, ICE agents detained him at the courthouse after moving to dismiss his asylum case.
