MILFORD, MASS. (WHDH) – A judge set a $2,000 bond for the Milford 18-year-old detained by ICE Thursday.
Marcelo Gomes, was taken into federal custody over the weekend while on his way to volleyball practice.
Gomes’ immigration hearing in Chelmsford wrapped around 1 p.m. Thursday. If his family is able to make the bond, he will be released. If not, another hearing is set for June 26 at 9 a.m.
On Wednesday, a judge blocked the federal government from transferring Gomes to a facility in Rhode Island.
Attorneys for Gomes said the 18-year-old high school student had been sleeping on the floor in an ICE custody in Burlington. He was then moved to Plymouth.
Recently, Gomes’ family released a video message asking the government to “please bring my son back.”
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