‘Its not a good spot to be’: Milford High School student Marcelo Gomes released from ICE custody

CHELMSFORD Mass AP A Massachusetts high school candidate who was arrested by immigration agents on his way to volleyball practice has been published from custody after a judge granted him bond Thursday Marcelo Gomes da Silva who came to the U S from Brazil at age was detained by U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday Bureaucrats have stated the agents were looking for the Milford High School teenager s father who owns the car Gomes da Silva was driving at the time and had parked in a friend s driveway It shouldn t have happened in the first place This is all a waste his lawyer Robin Nice advised reporters after a hearing in Chelmsford Gomes da Silva appeared at the hearing via video from elsewhere in Massachusetts before being distributed on bond We disrupted a kid s life We just disrupted a district s life Nice explained These kids should be celebrating graduation and prom I assume They should be doing kid stuff and it is a travesty and a waste of our judicial process to have to go through this She mentioned Gomes da Silva slept on the cement floor of a room holding to men multiple twice his age preponderance of the time he was detained with no windows no time outside and no permission to shower He was able to brush his teeth twice Nice stated that at one point Gomes da Silva solicited for a Bible and was denied He went to the hospital Wednesday because he had concerns about a concussion he received before he was detained and was suffering from a bad cold Nice reported He s looking forward to eating Snickers and chicken nuggets when he is distributed she commented Not ICE s target but detained anyway U S Department of Homeland Measure spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin commented earlier this week that ICE officers were targeting a known society safety threat and that Gomes da Silva s father has a habit of reckless driving at speeds in excess of miles per hour through residential areas While ICE officers never intended to apprehend Gomes da Silva he was uncovered to be in the United States illegally and subject to removal proceedings so officers made the arrest she announced in a announcement Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons disclosed Monday that like any local law enforcement officer if you encounter someone that has a warrant or he s here illegally we will take action on it Gomes da Silva initially entered the country on a visitor visa and was later issued a aspirant visa that has since lapsed Nice disclosed She described him as deeply rooted in his society and a dedicated member of both the school marching band and a band at his church The immigration judge set a placeholder hearing date for a couple of weeks from Thursday but it might take place months from that Nice mentioned We re optimistic that he ll have a future in the United States she reported A federal judge considering Gomes da Silva s request to be disclosed while his immigration incident proceeds has given the cabinet until June to respond and ordered that Gomes da Silva not be moved out of Massachusetts without hours notice given to the court The cabinet sought permission Wednesday to move Gomes da Silva to a detention facility in a different New England state Nice commented A judge hurriedly denied the request A shaken society I love my son We need Marcelo back home It s no family without him Jo o Paulo Gomes Pereira announced in a video circulated Wednesday We love America Please bring my son back The video indicated the family in the teen s bedroom Gomes da Silva s sister describes watching movies with her brother and enjoying food he cooks for her I miss everything about him Students at Milford High staged a walkout Monday to protest his detainment Other supporters wore white and packed the stands of the high school gymnasium Tuesday night when the volleyball group dedicated a match to their missing teammate Hanna Ghannan who graduated from the school the day after Gomes de Silva was detained was among those cheering outside the courthouse as the news came that her classmate would be let out on bond I m just happy that everyone s coming to together as a society because there is a lot of hate and I mean a lot of hate she revealed Amani Jack also a up-to-date Milford High graduate commented her classmate s absence loomed large over the graduation ceremony where he was supposed to play in the band She explained if she had a chance to speak with the president she d ask him to just put yourself in our shoes He did say he was going to deport criminals she commented Marcelo is not a criminal He s a learner I really want him to take a step in our shoes witnessing this Try and understand how we feel We re just trying to graduate high school Veronica Hernandez a family advocate from Medford who noted she works in a largely Hispanic society where ICE has had an developing presence explained cases like Gomes da Silva s show immigration enforcement is serious about taking anybody without legal status not just those accused of crimes I think seeing that something so simple as a child driving themselves and their friends to volleyball practice at menace struck a chord she disclosed This is a emerging news story stay with NEWS on-air and online for the latest details