ICE Releases White Plains HS Grad Arrested In Syracuse

WHITE PLAINS, NY — The White Plains High graduate who was detained by immigration authorities last week was released from the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility Monday after federal immigration authorities called it a misunderstanding. Lissette Rodriguez-Cortes, 22, had been held for four days after being after being arrested at a Syracuse bus stop.

A spokesman for the border patrol said Rodriguez-Cortes did not have any U.S. Immigration documents in her possession, but she was released after she was able to prove her immigration status, the Journal News said.

Rodriguez-Cortes is now at home and with her family.

She is a student at Bryant & Stratton College in Syracuse and is set to graduate in May.

Rodriguez-Cortes has Special Immigration Juvenile Status, and has been waiting for a visa to become available so she can apply for a green card.

She came to the U.S. from Mexico with her family when she was 14.

For more, read the Journal News.

Photo: Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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