“Decency, compassion, and, yes, justice triumphed today.” “We are overjoyed at the news that Silvia is being released and will be reunited with her family tonight,” stated Sharlee Mullins Glenn, founder of Mormon Women for Ethical Government. Mormon Women for Ethical Government organized a protest Wednesday calling for Flores’ release, and they issued this statement Thursday ahead of Flores’ anticipated reunion with her family. She has been under final orders of removal for about 20 years.” “This removal order was upheld by the Board of Immigration Appeals in 1997. “Avelar-Flores was issued final orders of removal from a federal immigration judge in 1995,” an ICE spokesman stated in an email Thursday. SALT LAKE CITY - Silvia Avelar-Flores, a mother of three who was arrested by ICE and faced deportation, was released from the Cache County Jail after being granted a temporary stay Thursday.Īccording to ICE, the stay of deportation allows Flores 30 days to give ICE officers an itinerary for her departure and a total of 90 days to leave the United States.įlores was arrested by ICE April 28 outside a craft store, and her family said she was shopping for birthday party supplies at the time.
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