ICE Deports Father to Guatemala After Judge Approved $15,000 Bond

Obed Elias Gonzalez-Morales, a Guatemalan long-term U.S. resident with U.S. citizen children, was arrested in Maryland and detained by ICE. A judge approved a $15,000 bond on Aug. 15, but Gonzalez-Morales was removed to Guatemala on Aug. 16–17 before bond was posted, prompting due-process concerns and connecting to a broader pattern of ICE/DHS actions limiting court-ordered releases.