ST. LOUIS — Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco, whose small Illinois town rallied around him when he was arrested last month for being in this country without immigration papers, left a detention center here on Wednesday afternoon after posting a $3,000 bond.
An immigration judge granted his release only hours before, during a hearing in Kansas City, Mo., noting that he had received a surprising array of supportive letters about Mr. Hernandez from leaders in West Frankfort, Ill., including the county prosecutor, deputy chief of police and a retired member of the Illinois State Police.
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source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/02/backed-by-law-enforcement-undocumented-immigrant-gets-reprieve/
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