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Venezuelan asylum seeker with work permit arrested by ICE on Ogden street

A Venezuelan asylum seeker detained on an Ogden street in August was freed after a judge ruled his detention unconstitutional. He still faces deportation and must now pursue asylum in immigration court.

Oct 7, 2026Ogden, UTCountry of origin: Venezuela

Venezuelan asylum seeker with work permit arrested by ICE on Ogden street
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A Venezuelan man detained by an ICE agent on an Ogden street on Aug. 25 has been released after a federal judge in California ruled his detention unconstitutional, according to his attorney Sergio Garcia. The man, who came to the U.S. in 2022 and had applied for asylum and received a work permit, was held at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California before the judge granted his habeas petition. His arrest drew scrutiny after an Ogden police officer, who was responding to an unrelated call, became caught between the ICE agent and the man, and after a city councilman filmed part of the encounter. Garcia said the man still faces deportation and will now have to pursue his asylum case in immigration court rather than through USCIS.

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