Release Of DREAMER Flight Attendant Detained By ICE

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Selene Saavedra, a young DREAMer hostess who was detained by ICE after flying to Mexico as part of her new job, was released this Friday after spending weeks in a Texas detention center.

The 28-year-old born in Peru, married to an American, made the trip as part of her work at Mesa Airlines, based in Texas. On February 12, she was detained in Houston, despite having expressed her concern about leaving the country where she is receiving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“When she returned she was detained and detained. After 24 hours of detention at the airport, her custody was transferred to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), where she was held under "conditions of imprisonment," "said a petition issued on March 23 by through Moveon.org. "We demand that Selena be released immediately to be reunited with her husband and that she be exonerated from all charges." stated.

"Selene had just started her dream job as a stewardess when she was scheduled to travel to Mexico," the petition explained. "She expressed her concern to her supervisor, but mistakenly, the airline insisted that she would be fine traveling. Because she was new to the job, she agreed to the flight."

His arrest sparked an intense media and social media campaign calling for his release under the hashtag #freeselene. Finally, the ICE authorities released the young woman after having remained in a Conroe detention center, in Texas, according to a press release.

Belinda Arroyo, the victim's lawyer, explained that her client had expressed to Mesa Arilines his concern about leaving the country, due to his immigration status, according to Telemundo 52, in Houston.

Apparently the airline assured him that there would be no consequence for leaving the country, however, Arroyo was arrested on his return.