Photo: Paula Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old Colombian asylum seeker and UC Berkeley business administration major, was detained by ICE at SFO on Friday. (Courtesy of Nikolas De Bremaeker)
Paula Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old UC Berkeley student whose arrest by federal immigration agents at San Francisco International Airport caused an outcry on campus and from lawmakers, will be released Monday after more than a week in custody, according to court records.
Students walk through Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus.by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Her attorney, Nikolas De Bremaeker, confirmed to KQED that Albornoz Hernandez will be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert later Monday.
De Bremaeker said her boyfriend is already on the way to pick her up.
“She was incredibly happy to see the news and to hear about the news that the federal judge had ordered her released … Her family is incredibly happy that she’ll be home,” the attorney said.
