Overview
- Rep. Luz Rivas announced on the House floor that Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz has been released to his family.
- The 18-year-old was detained Aug. 8 in Van Nuys while walking his dog, then held at Adelanto and later transferred to Arizona without his family's knowledge.
- DHS says he immigrated from Chile on a tourist visa, was required to depart in 2023, and overstayed by more than two years.
- He remains in active removal proceedings and must report for periodic mandatory check-ins, according to DHS.
- Rivas says she was denied access to visit him at Adelanto and has introduced the Inform Act to require ICE to notify families within 24 hours of detainee transfers, as Los Angeles sees more than 7,100 recent immigration arrests.