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Dad released after 200 days in ICE custody
Juan Carlos Mejia, a Winnetka dad, is back home after spending about 200 days in federal detention center. He was detained after he was accused of not having proper paperwork to live in the United States.
LOS ANGELES - Juan Carlos Mejía, a Winnetka dad, is back home after spending about 200 days in federal detention center.
Mejía was detained over the summer after ICE agents grabbed him from a Home Depot parking lot in Burbank. During his detainment, the 42-year-old Winnetka dad was moved from center to center before he arrived home on Thursday, January 8.
He was detained after he was accused of not having proper paperwork to live in the United States.
A gardener, Mejía's clients put together a GoFundMe to raise money so Mejía's wife and the couple's children are able to have food on the table and keep paying their bills while dad was in federal custody. Back at the house, Mejía, his family and the family's attorney are holding out hope that the 42-year-old will one day become a U.S. citizen.