The two were detained for more than three weeks, according to Castro<\/p>\n
A San Antonio teen and his father will be released from the Dilley detention center on Friday, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, announced in a news release. (KSAT)<\/p>\n
SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A San Antonio teen and his father will be released from the Dilley detention center on Friday, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, announced in a news release.<\/p>\n Castro previously called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/a> to release Alejandro and his father, Jairo, arguing the two are asylum seekers who \u201cdid everything the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n Castro said Alejandro was on his way to a soccer game when ICE officers surrounded his home, detaining him and his father.<\/p>\n \u201cAlejandro missed his last days of 10th grade at Churchill High School and should have never been locked up,\u201d Castro said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThanks to all who pushed for their release. Keep speaking up, your voice is making a difference!\u201d<\/p>\n Castro said he met with Alejandro and his father on May 26 during an inspection of the detention center. Alejandro told Castro he misses his mother and \u201cwas having trouble eating.\u201d<\/p>\n The two were detained for more than three weeks, according to Castro.<\/p>\n KSAT 12 has reached out to ICE for comment.<\/p>\n Read also:<\/b><\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n About the Authors<\/p>\n Gabby Jimenez is a digital journalist at KSAT. Gabby is a San Antonio native and joined the KSAT team in January 2025. A proud LSU alumna, she has reported for newspapers in Louisiana and Virginia, earning a Virginia Press Association award for Combination Photo and Story in 2024. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sonia DeHaro is a content gatherer at KSAT. She graduated from San Antonio College, where she attended the Radio, Television, and Broadcasting program. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two were detained for more than three weeks, according to Castro A San Antonio teen and his…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":858687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7206,5410,409,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-861148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-dilley","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116734588851637874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n<\/ul>\n
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