Overview
- An immigration judge set bond at $5,000 after finding Jair Celis is neither a danger nor a flight risk, according to his attorney.
- During the virtual hearing, the judge said she could not consider unfiled verbal allegations and noted no documentation showing a criminal history was submitted.
- Celis is expected to be released from the San Luis Regional Detention Center in Arizona once funds are transferred, with his attorney anticipating his return to Utah as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday.
- The case continues in immigration court, where his lawyer says he will seek to end the proceedings through status adjustment, and he is preparing legal action over DHS's public statements; the government retains the option to appeal the bond.
- DHS previously posted accusations tied to a 2014 juvenile adjudication, which the defense argues is sealed and not equivalent to an adult conviction, and more than 100 letters of support were submitted on Celis's behalf.