The family's arrest and detention triggered social post videos like the one above.
CBS NewsThe detention by U.S. immigration authorities of two teen brothers who were prominent members of a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas has triggered bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration's campaign for mass deportation has overreached.
Brothers Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, and Joshua, 14, were detained along with their 12-year-old brother and their parents on Feb. 25, according to a relative and a girlfriend who organized a GoFundMe account for the family. The family had been checking in regularly with immigration authorities, as instructed, when they were detained, the relative and girlfriend said.
The teenage boys were prominent members of the McAllen High School Mariachi Oro Band, which has visited the White House, performed at Carnegie Hall and won eight state championships.
Antonio was released on Monday afternoon. Neither he nor his attorneys commented to reporters as they left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Raymondville, Texas.
The other four family members were released from a separate detention center for families in Dilley, Texas, said U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who visited them at the center near San Antonio on Monday.
Castro had visited the facility before when he advocated for the release of a 5-year-old from Minnesota, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his Ecuadorian father.
In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said ICE had detained the parents, Emma Guadalupe Cuellar Lopez and Luis Antonio Gamez Martinez, and that they chose to bring their children with them. The family illegally entered the U.S. in 2023 near Brownsville, Texas, the spokesperson said, adding that the law requires them to be in custody while their asylum claims are heard.
Intense public pressure finally forced their release Monday.
28 comments:
Tired of all this BS from the left. Either we obey our laws or we don't.We can't have them both. All this chaos cause by a sick old president and his administration. You all kept silent when they pushed their open borders agenda. Now you can't stop whining.
Catch and release is back!
Just hitting the quota
Catching the small fish
Small victories add up
Damn administration
Make up your mind!
People aren't pawns!
Obey our laws??? You have a convicted felon as president, you dickless pootoh!!!
Do not worry. The law comes first. There is no asylum because the situation is bad in all countries.
Is this family receiving or have they received government assistance in addition to getting free education? All this hype that they are in a mariachi group, SO WHAT! If they are here illegally and should have been detained then they should be disqualified just like the soccer team from Progreso during the state semifinals for having an illegible player. So much BS for free political advertisements for these politicians.
Fuck them. As per John Feldman, frontman of the band Goldfinger, “Just because it’s law don’t make it right”. I was let go many times in my youth. My uncle rolled his car over in a ditch, and still made it to his senior prom the same night. Now everyone is recording everything, pussy cops and with their glocks are recording everything and attorneys are not worth a shit except for giving you invoices. My father and grandfather went to law school and actually delivered results. So do I. Therefore the fake identity under my daughter Chelss. I feel pity for anyone that is young today. And F trump also.
-Chelss 😘
Exactly!
You are aware the Republican president is a convicted felon, are you not? So, let's follow the fucking leader, bro. America is a cesspool full of floating shit like you!!!
So 🙄 uh. Care to pass the number of your daughter. Since YOUR OLD AS SHIT.. it’s every man for himself. 🤗😜😭😘😘
You just had a brain fart, it sounds good but in context you have no idea what you're talking about. It's concrete thinking, your statement is ironic and hypocritical at the same time, it truly is a feat of stupidity.
Damned be the law!
Bobby Pulido for Congress, throw that Witch/Bruja Monica de la Cruz from Brownsville,Texas out of office, like the dirty bath water she is! In Jesus Christ mighty name we pray believing and expecting great things.Amen 🙏
Convicted by a weaponized judicial system. Who did he kill? The majority of the US population voted for T
Juan when are you going to go to the new bridge and old bridge and the flock of "illegal students" from idea and bisd getting picked up and dropped off by tax funded bus. Free education without paying property taxes.
Convicted by a weaponized judicial system. Who did he kill? Trump won by a great majority. If he was to run for office today he would win.
I agree. Mariachis or no mariachis if they were here illegally, they should have been deported. Stupid politicians need to stay out of federal law. The majority of Americans voted for illegal deportation and that’s exactly what should be done. No exemptions or excuses.
What experience does this idiot Pulido have? You don't change what's not broken. Monica has been doing a great job.
No one cares about your fucking life. Move on!
"like the dirty bath water she is!" How Christian of you to write this. May Jesus Christ bless all that you write, say, and do... Blessings, love, and peace
At 7:01 pm. She wouldn’t take a piss on you if you were on fire.
9:07 AM
Just the fact that you put your daughter in the line of fire, for these unsavory characters, shows how smart you are.
Piss or no piss you placed her in a prone position. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐You earned 5 stars
@10:56 am
Good comment. I am entertained. Obviously Chelsea is not my daughter’s name, that is a reference to Bill, our last good president. I am sure Dr. Montoya has fond memories of him, as do I. But the point remains the same. And he was disgraced because of Monica Lewinsky? I would have done her too.
-Chelss 😘
WTF is 1.618?
I don't think Bill Clinton was disgraced. Monica was disgraced but not Bill. Hillary knew what was happening.
Any woman would have done Bill Clinton. He was a young, powerful, and good looking man.
TBH who gives a crap about your daughter's name. You still place her in a prone position. A position without a face. Who knows maybe the thought of your daughter turns you on. Ivanka turns her father on
Those kids are American Citizens. You forget easily.
Trump was elected because he is a guy that knows how to make money. Men respect that. They voted for Trump.
1:33 PM You are weird. Looney, maybe, off the deep end. Good luck
At 7:15 pm. Wow, you are so awesome. Calling me wierd. Maybe because I have a mind? I really adore and worship your opinions. I said that your God Clinton was awesome (which he was) “it depends on what the meaning of the the word “is” is.
That is epic. Idk any attorney’s that can come up with that shit. Maybe Noe Garza. Vote for him, he is a sharp dude.
-Chelss 😘
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