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U.S. Judge orders Release of Filipina green card holder after months of detention
LOS ANGELES, CA - After three months of detention at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Northwest Detention Center, an immigration judge in Tacoma, Washington, ordered the release of Green Card holder Lewelyn Dixon.
The 64-year-old Filipina Green Card holder was arrested back in February by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Seattle International Airport upon returning from a vacation in the Philippines after her record showed a conviction for embezzlement in 2001.
The immigration judge's decision noted that the two-decade-old conviction could not be used as a basis for deportation to the Philippines.
Dixon, 64, worked as a lab technician at the University of Washington Medical Center for nearly a decade after moving from Hawaii, where she graduated from high school.
Hours before the hearing, Dixon issued a statement saying, 'I'm going in hopeful and thankful. Finally, the day I've been waiting for has arrived. I'm praying everything goes well and that I'll be out.'
Dixon also expressed her gratitude to everyone 'for being there' and for the encouragement, prayers, and visits. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
