ICE RELEASES ECUADORIAN CARPENTER AFTER MAINE JUDGE RULES DETENTION VIOLATED DUE PROCESS

ICE confirmed the release of 26-year-old Edgar Vicente Bermeo Sicha after a Maine judge found he was denied due process when arrested in late July and flown to Texas. The judge determined ICE agents failed to explain the reasons for his detention or allow him to challenge it. The release underscores emerging patterns of long-distance transfers from New England to Texas detention centers and legal pushback tied to bond and procedural guidance.