Overview

• A Texas immigration judge granted a $20,000 bond for 19-year-old Derlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza, which was paid Tuesday by Envision Freedom Fund
• New York Legal Assistance Group secured his bond hearing through a habeas corpus petition and the NYC Law Department filed an amicus brief backing his release
• Arrangements are underway to transfer Derlis back to Queens in the coming days under coordinated legal and community support
• Envision Freedom Fund has also posted bail for fellow detainee Edwin Velasquez Munoz at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center
• Advocates continue to challenge ICE’s practice of detaining students with active asylum claims at court hearings and press for additional bond hearings