An 18-Year old U.S citizen was released on July 23rd 2019 after being wrongfully detained by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

Francisco Erwin Galicia was first detained by border patrol for three weeks then transferred to an ICE detention center. He was then released from an Immigration detention center in Pearsall, Texas.

On June 27, Francisco was stopped at a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint where he was accompanied by his younger brother and a group of friends. They were traveling to North Texas for a soccer scouting event at Ranger College.

17-year-old Marlon Galicia is the brother of Francisco Erwin Galicia. Marlon was actually born in Mexico was in the U.S illegally.

When stopped at a CBP checkpoint, Marlon only had his school I.D while Francisco had his Texas I.D, which can only be acquired with a Social Security number and birth certificate.

Marlon and Francisco were detained and after two days Marlon signed a Voluntary Deportation form.

Galicia wasn't allowed to make phone calls to his mother until he was transferred out of Border Patrol custody to ICE which was on Saturday.

Claudia Galan was Francisco's attorney. Galan provided immigration authorities with a copy of Francisco's birth certificate and other documents stating he was a U.S born citizen but the authorities ignored them and pointed out there was a conflict with it and that it claimed that Francisco was born in Mexico.

After speaking with Franciso's mother and Galan, their attorney, authorities agreed that the documents were valid and then released Francisco.

After 26 days of being detained he was finally released, Galan believes Francisco was a victim of racial profiling.

This was something that should have never happened. At a CBP checkpoint they don't "require" you to present a U.S passport but they used that reason of him not having a passport to detain him. He had a Texas I.D that can only be issued to U.S citizens yet he was still detained.

This happens every single day, around the country people are being pulled over, questioned, detained for the only reason being that they are a person or color. Of course now a days you believe every brown person on the streets is illegal, and that is definitely not the case.