NY high school student released from ICE custody

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — A New York high school student from Haiti was released from ICE custody Wednesday, more than a month after he was detained at a court in Lower Manhattan, officials said.

Alan Junior Pierre, 20, who attends Spring Valley High School, was taken into custody following an immigration hearing on June 4 and was being held at Delaney Hall in Newark.

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Pierre told PIX11 News through a translator that he was very grateful to be out. He described eating only bread and water for a week while at the facility.

“I just prayed to God,” Pierre said through the translator…

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