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Venezuelan couple fights ICE detention in El Paso after 3 judges say they should not be held
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22/couple-faces-deportation-venezuela-el-paso-court-tren-de-aragua/A couple who fled Venezuela in 2022 and were paroled into the United States were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at El Paso International Airport last week – after three judges had found they should not be held.
Cesar, 27, and his wife, Norelia, 34, will appear before an El Paso federal judge Wednesday as they fight again to be released from government custody.
The couple came to the United States after crossing into El Paso in October 2022 with their three children, turning themselves into U.S. Border Patrol agents at the border wall. They were paroled into the country and remain under protected temporary status. They both have applied for asylum.
El Paso Matters is not using the couple’s full names as they fear for their safety if they’re deported to Venezuela.
The couple, who work as hotel custodians, live in the Washington, D.C., area, and had come to El Paso on April 14 for a pretrial hearing on misdemeanor illegal entry charges. A magistrate judge that day maintained their release on bail and set another hearing for June 23. On their way back to Washington two days later, they were taken into custody by ICE at the El Paso airport.
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