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  "path": "/immigration/2026/05/19/liliana-ricardo-navarette-mather-immigration-custody-release",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T22:59:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p>The mother of an 18-year-old Mather High School student was ordered released from immigration custody by a federal judge on Tuesday, though the teen remains detained, according to the family’s lawyers.</p><p>Ricardo Navarrete and his mother, Liliana Navarrete, were <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/04/17/after-mather-student-and-mom-detained-by-ice-a-school-and-soccer-community-are-left-reeling\" target=\"_blank\" >detained by federal agents in March</a> during a routine court hearing for their asylum case. The pair arrived in Chicago in 2022 as asylum seekers from Colombia.</p><p>Liliana Navarette was one of 18 people released on a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://joannaklonsky.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5d5e50872dd1af3b8172cf48b&id=674152938f&e=a34e5536a9\" target=\"_blank\" >writ of habeas corpus</a> by a U.S. District judge in Kentucky after being held for too long without a bond hearing, according to a statement from her lawyers. The fight for her immigration case will continue in the courts as she returns to Chicago.</p><p>The teen, who has previously described being held in cramped rooms with dozens of men, remains in custody.</p><p>“Liliana can return to her home in Chicago, Illinois and continue to pursue her case before the Chicago immigration court,” Kelli Fennell, an attorney representing the family, said in a statement. “His family and community are hopeful they will soon receive a positive decision in his pending habeas.\"</p><p>A standout soccer player, Ricardo <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DU83cLsklx4/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" >signed to play</a> for community-college soccer powerhouse Truman College after graduating. Those plans are uncertain given his ongoing detention.</p><p>Kristy Morrow, a family friend who has been helping to support the family, had hope for Liliana’s case since her Kentucky court district has been granting habeas petitions. </p><p>Morrow hopes Ricardo’s habeas petition also may be granted following a federal appeals court ruling last week. The ruling says immigration detainees cannot be held without a bail hearing.</p><p>Ricardo has told family he is being kept in a county jail with 90 other men. The lights stay on through the night and there is constant sound, Morrow said.</p><p>“We have a boy missing prom, graduation and his final soccer season,\" Morrow said. \"We need to get this boy home.”</p><p>Richardo will miss the rest of his soccer club's season, which ends Saturday, long before his next court date in July.</p><p>But the team has kept him on the roster. Morrow said. And his name is read out every game by the referee.</p><p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/04/17/after-mather-student-and-mom-detained-by-ice-a-school-and-soccer-community-are-left-reeling\" target=\"_blank\" ><u>Supporters rallied last month for Ricardo and his mother</u></a>, calling for their release and an end to the Trump administration’s deportation campaign since the end of Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago area.</p><p>“They’re all seniors, so it’s bittersweet,” she said. “They’ve had a great season, but they realize what’s happening and the gravity of this. Their teammate is missing.\"</p><p><i>Contributing: Emmanuel Camarillo</i></p>",
  "title": "Judge orders release of CPS student's mother from ICE detention",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-19T23:11:17.351Z"
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