ICE Detained Husband Awaiting Green Card for Months—'I Don’t Have Emotions'
After nearly seven months in ICE custody, Marcos Gaspar-Da Silva was released and granted residency in August.
Marcos Gaspar-Da Silva, a Brazilian national married to a U.S. citizen, spent nearly seven months in ICE detention without a green card. Upon his release, he expressed feeling emotionally numb rather than excited to reunite with his family. Despite having filed for his green card with his wife earlier this year, the process was still ongoing at the time of his detention in January.
ICE officials have defended the conditions in which he was held, stating their facilities adhere to higher standards than U.S. prisons for citizens. Gaspar-Da Silva's case has garnered attention amid President Trump's push for mass deportations, with critics arguing his detention, as a valid green card holder, was unjustified.
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