ORLANDO, Fla. – A Central Florida immigrant – who lives legally in the United States, according to his attorneys – has been released from the state’s Alligator Alcatraz detention center but remains in federal custody, his lawyer said Friday.
The man, who is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was arrested and transferred to the facility in early July, despite having the Obama-era federal protection that shields undocumented people who arrived as children from deportation.
He’s now being held at a jail in South Florida, said Phillip Arroyo, his Orlando-based attorney….