Biography
Oscar Gutiérrez Soto sought asylum in the United States with his father, Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto. Both were arrested at a scheduled ICE check-in on December 7, 2017, and remained detained after a stay blocked removal and their asylum appeal was reopened. They challenged the detention on First Amendment grounds, alleging retaliation connected with Emilio’s public criticism of immigration policy. A federal court found a triable factual dispute, rather than a final finding of retaliation. The University of Michigan’s Wallace House confirms that both were physically released on July 26, 2018.
Oscar Gutiérrez Soto sought asylum in the United States with his father, Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto. Both were arrested at a scheduled ICE check-in on December 7, 2017, and remained detained after a stay blocked removal and their asylum appeal was reopened. They challenged the detention on First Amendment grounds, alleging retaliation connected with Emilio’s public criticism of immigration policy. A federal court found a triable factual dispute, rather than a final finding of retaliation. The University of Michigan’s Wallace House confirms that both were physically released on July 26, 2018. No criminal sentence. The December 7, 2017–July 26, 2018 completed detention interval is supported by the pleading and the University of Michigan’s July 27, 2018 release announcement; 231 elapsed days calculated from the confirmed endpoints, not a separately source-stated duration. Release corroboration: https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/wallace-house-welcomes-emilio-gutierrez-soto-to-ann-arbor/
