Thread by @TexasTribune

1/ He has a birth certificate and a Social Security number.

But ICE has detained this U.S. citizen for three weeks.

bit.ly/2Ymiktt

2/ A Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been detained in federal custody for more than three weeks, his lawyer told the
@dallasnews. bit.ly/2Y04rS9

@dallasnews 3/ Francisco Erwin Galicia was traveling with his brother and a group of friends when they were stopped at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint.

Francisco Galicia had a Texas ID. That can only be obtained with a Social Security number. bit.ly/2Y04rS9

@dallasnews 4/ But his brother, who was born in Mexico and lacked legal status, only had a school ID.

Both brothers were detained and put into CBP custody.

His brother signed a voluntary deportation form and is now residing in Reynosa with his grandmother. bit.ly/2Y04rS9

@dallasnews 5/ Francisco Galicia spent three weeks in CBP custody, where he wasn't allowed to use the phone.

He was moved Saturday into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which handles the intake of single adults, & has been able to call his mother. bit.ly/2Y04rS9

@dallasnews 6/ "He’s going on a full month of being wrongfully detained. He’s a U.S. citizen and he needs to be released now." bit.ly/2Y04rS9

@dallasnews 7/7 Claudia Galan, Francisco Galicia's lawyer, told The @washingtonpost she presented CBP officers with the 18-year-old's birth certificate and other documents proving his citizenship, but was unable to get him released. bit.ly/2Y04rS9

@dallasnews @washingtonpost UPDATE: Federal authorities have released the 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen who had been detained in immigration custody for more than three weeks after being stopped at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, according to multiple reports. bit.ly/2YeT5t9