The Utah man arrested by ICE and wrongly accused by Homeland Security of being a “sodomite and a child abuser” was granted bond on Monday and was released on Tuesday.
On Dec. 2, Jair Celis went to his final green card interview, but ICE agents arrested him there for overstaying his visa.
A hearing for Celis was held virtually on Monday, with an additional hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Celis has been a popular soccer coach in Sandy, is married to a U.S. citizen, and has a baby boy who is also a U.S. citizen.
“The judge was very good," said Adam Crayk, Celis' attorney. "She just flat out said, 'Look, I can’t consider something that’s a verbal representation. There’s been no filing here. There’s been nothing submitted to show anything other than exactly what his attorney is saying. And that is, look at all the years that he’s been here, look at all the people that are in favor of him.'"
Bond was granted for $5,000.
Crayk told FOX 13 News on Tuesday that Celis was released from the ICE detention center in Arizona and is with his parents. Crayk said he will return home to Utah to be reunited with his wife and child.
Crayk says he still plans to seek legal action against Tricia McLaughlin with Homeland Security for insisting and publicly declaring Celis is a “sodomite and child abuser” when there is no evidence of that.
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