"The girl told her lawyer that she was on her way to a Brazilian bakery with two friends when she was detained in a Marlborough parking lot. The lawyer, Andrew Lattarulo, and a federal judge questioned federal authorities about why she was detained by ICE instead of being turned over to the state, per the Globe."
"The DHS spokesperson said that the girl did not identify either of the people she was found with as legal guardians, leading agents to place her in the custody of the federal government's Office of Refugee Resettlement. Those two people were identified as Igor Jose Cordeiro Ferreira, 28, and Lucas Da Silva Senes De Almeida, 25, by DHS. They are allegedly affiliated with the 'Primeiro Comando da Massachusetts' gang."
"On Wednesday, the judge ordered federal authorities to release the girl and return her to Massachusetts by Thursday afternoon. She was driven back from New York by federal officials Thursday and reunited with her aunt at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, the Globe reported."
A 14-year-old Brazilian national was detained by ICE in a Marlborough parking lot while heading to a bakery with two friends. Elected officials questioned whether she was being used to locate her father, while DHS claimed agents rescued her from gang-affiliated individuals. The girl, who arrived on a visa in 2019 and lived with her U.S. citizen brothers, was placed in federal custody because she did not identify her companions as legal guardians. A federal judge ordered her release after questioning the detention, and she was reunited with her aunt in Boston. She remains subject to immigration court proceedings.
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