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CNN
11 hours ago
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- CNN
Immigration judge grants bond to Massachusetts teen arrested on his way to volleyball practice
An immigration judge on Thursday granted bond to a Massachusetts high school student who was arrested on his way to a volleyball practice last weekend. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, 18, who came to the US from Brazil at age 7, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday. Authorities have said the agents were looking for the Milford High School teenager's father, who owns the car Gomes da Silva was driving at the time and had parked in a friend's driveway. 'This kid is as clean as a whistle,' his lawyer, Robin Nice, told reporters after a hearing in Chelmsford. Gomes da Silva, who was expected to be released Thursday afternoon on $2,000 bond, appeared via video from elsewhere in Massachusetts. She said Gomes da Silva slept on the cement floor of a room with 25 to 35 men most of the time he was detained with no windows, no time outside and no permission to shower. 'He's looking forward to eating Snickers and chicken nuggets when he is released,' she said. US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said earlier this week that ICE officers were targeting a 'known public safety threat and that Gomes da Silva's father 'has a habit of reckless driving at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour through residential areas.' 'While ICE officers never intended to apprehend Gomes da Silva, he was found to be in the United States illegally and subject to removal proceedings, so officers made the arrest,' she said in a statement. Gomes da Silva initially entered the country on a visitor visa and was later issued a student visa that has since lapsed, Nice said. She described him as deeply rooted in his community and a dedicated member of both the school marching band and a band at his church. A federal judge considering Gomes da Silva's request to be released while his immigration case proceeds has given the government until June 16 to respond and has ordered that Gomes da Silva not be moved out of Massachusetts without 48 hours' notice given to the court. The government sought permission Wednesday to move Gomes da Silva to a detention facility in a different New England state, Nice said, a move his lawyers opposed because they feared it would delay the immigration hearing. A judge quickly denied the request. 'I love my son. We need Marcelo back home. It's no family without him,' João Paulo Gomes Pereira said in a video released Wednesday by his son's attorney. 'We love America. Please, bring my son back.' Students at Milford High staged a walkout Monday to protest his detainment. Other supporters wore white and packed the stands of the high school gymnasium Tuesday night, when the volleyball team dedicated a match to their missing teammate. The immigration judge set a placeholder hearing date for a couple of weeks from Thursday, but it might take place months from that, Nice said. 'We're optimistic that he'll have a future in the United States,' she said.
Washington Post
15 hours ago
- General
- Washington Post
Immigration judge grants bond to Massachusetts teen arrested on his way to volleyball practice
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — An immigration judge on Thursday granted bond to a Massachusetts high school student who was arrested on his way to volleyball practice last weekend. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, 18, who came to the U.S. from Brazil at age 7, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday. Authorities have said the agents were looking for the Milford High School teenager's father, who owns the car Gomes da Silva was driving at the time and had parked in a friend's driveway.
Arab News
27-05-2025
- Business
- Arab News
Saudi Aramco sets indicative pricing for benchmark dollar bond sale
RIYADH: Saudi Aramco has launched the sale of a three-part, dollar-denominated bond, with tranches of 5-, 10- and 30-year maturities, fixed income news service IFR reported on Tuesday. The oil giant set an indicative price for the 5-year tranche at 115 basis points over US Treasuries, while the 10-year and 30-year tranches carry initial price guidance of 130 bps and 185 bps respectively over US Treasuries, IFR reported. The deal is expected to be priced later on Tuesday and will be of benchmark size, usually considered to be at least $500 million. Citi, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC and JPMorgan are leading the transaction, with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Bank of China, BofA Securities, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Mizuho, MUFG, NATIXIS, Riyad Capital, SMBC, SNB Capital and Standard Chartered Bank acting as passive book-runners.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
New twist in case of glamorous Georgia teen detained by ICE after arrest for traffic violation she did not commit
The Georgia college student who was mistakenly arrested and subsequently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been granted bond. Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, of Dalton, was taken into ICE custody after she was mistakenly stopped by police for a traffic violation she didn't commit earlier this month, despite having lived in the US since the age of four. On Wednesday, the Mexican-born student was granted a $1,500 bond during an immigration hearing - the lowest amount permitted by law, ABC News reported. 'The government did not wish to appeal,' Dustin Baxter, Arias-Cristobal's attorney, said in a statement, as reported by the outlet. 'The family will pay the bond ASAP and Ximena will be home with her family tomorrow afternoon at the latest,' he added. However, the Department of Homeland Security has stated that it remains committed to ordering the teenager to 'self-deport' back to Mexico, citing the absence of any pending applications with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). 'Both father and daughter were in this country illegally and they have to face the consequences,' DHS said in a statement to X last week. Two weeks before the teen's arrest, her father, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, was detained by ICE agents after being stopped by police for speeding and driving without a license. He was released from custody on bond last week. 'The United States is offering aliens like this father and daughter $1,000 apiece and a free flight to self-deport now,' the statement added. 'We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the US the right legal way to live the American dream. If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return.' The next hearing has not yet been scheduled and, according to one of Arias-Cristobal's attorneys, 'would be remarkable if it is before mid-2026', ABC reported. Meanwhile, the teenage girl's parents are overjoyed that their daughter will be home soon, even as they face an uncertain future staring them in the face. 'I'm just really happy that my daughter is coming home,' her mother told News 9. 'I just want to hug her. 15 days without feeling her warmth, her skin and hear her voice, now I just need her home.' Agreeing, her father added: 'We'll continue to finish the transition so we can be in the country and continue working hard. She's studying at her college and working hard to come out ahead'. Arias-Cristobal was living the life of a typical teenager just a month ago - studying at Dalton State College, taking on babysitting jobs and running cross country. On May 5, the college student's life took a dramatic turn when her dark gray truck was mistaken for a black pickup that had turned right on a red light located in front of a sign reading 'no turn on red' On May 5, however, her life took a dramatic turn when her dark gray truck was mistaken for a black pickup that had turned right on a red light located in front of a sign reading 'no turn on red'. After being pulled over, Arias-Cristobal told the officer she had an international driver's license, but did not have it with her at the time. Online jail records showed that she was initially arrested and booked into the Whitfield County Jail for driving without a valid license and for failing to obey traffic control devices. During her booking at the jail, Arias-Cristobal was asked about her immigration status - a routine part of intake at Whitfield County that often leads to ICE referrals. However, the charges were ultimately dropped after dashcam footage revealed that the officer had pulled over the wrong vehicle. The Dalton Police Department and city prosecutor said that the car that made the illegal turn resembled the truck Arias-Cristobal was driving. Despite the mistake, the incident triggered her transfer to ICE custody, where she was shackled at the wrists and ankles and taken to the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. She has remained there ever since her detainment. Her father, Arias-Tovas, was also being detained at the same facility after his own arrest by ICE during a separate traffic stop in Tunnel Hill last month, though he has since returned home after being bonded out. Last week, Attorney Terry Olsen warned that the teen's mother may be next, stating that 'it's likely Arias-Cristobal's mother will be "arrested or detained within a month or so"'. The college student came to the US from Mexico City as a four-year-old toddler in 2010, where her family settled in the Dalton area. Arias-Cristobal had previously attempted to apply for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) after arriving in the country, but the program had ended a year before they crossed the border. DACA allowed undocumented children brought to the US to apply for deportation deferral every two years. The program has been closed to new applicants for several years. The 19-year-old girl had been working for years as a babysitter for a woman named Hannah Jones and her family, who described her as the 'most precious human', while also adding that they believed her international license allowed her to drive legally, KATV News reported. Arias-Cristobal's younger sister spoke emotionally about the family's journey, and said: 'They came in with big dreams because they wanted a big future for my older sister. And, you know, my sister goes to college, and she was an honor student since middle school.' 'And she runs. She loves to run. It's her passion, and the only reason they came is to follow my sister's dreams,' she added. Their mother, speaking through the younger daughter, said: 'My dad has his own company, and they called a lawyer to see if they could get a job permit or a visa, and they said that they hadn't hit that status to get one yet.' Georgia State Representative Kacey Carpenter also weighed in, writing a letter on the teen's behalf: 'The reality is, the conversation has always been that we need to get hard criminals out of the country.
Bloomberg
20-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
New World Development's Perpetual Dance With Its Bankers
If there's a task you're not obliged to do, but it's expected nonetheless, will there be consequences if you choose not to? This is the question Hong Kong real estate giant New World Development Co. has to deal with. Last Friday, the company did not issue a notice to call back a $345 million perpetual bond, the deadline if it wants to redeem on the first reset date. As a result, the coupon rate will be stepped up to more than 10% from 6.15%, going by the current Treasury yield.
