Derlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian student, was arrested by ICE during an asylum hearing and detained in Texas. He secured a $20,000 bond through the Envision Freedom Fund, facilitating his release to return to New York after a month. Derlis is one of two NYC public school students detained by ICE this year, with legal representation from NYLAG. City officials noted the risks posed by immigration tactics in courthouses, which may deter people from following immigration laws.
Derlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza, a 19-year-old from Ecuador, was completing his junior year at Grover Cleveland High School in Queens when he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents at a legal hearing seeking asylum on June 4.
NYLAG secured the bond hearing for Derlis through a habeas corpus petition challenging the validity of his detention. New York City's Law Department then filed an amicus brief in support of Derlis's immediate release.
Derlis was 'caught in a trap laid by immigration authorities in a courthouse in Manhattan, where federal, state, and local courthouses cluster within a few blocks', city officials wrote in their legal filing.
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