(FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego man is fighting for the release of his wife after she was detained by federal immigration authorities during what was supposed to be her final green card interview.
Dan Buckingham said his 33-year-old wife, Juli, was taken into custody two days before Thanksgiving at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in downtown San Diego. She is now being held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center.
Buckingham said he and his wife, who came to the United States from Brazil in 2017 on a student visa before switching to a tourist visa, had been preparing for months for her adjustment-of-status interview…