An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against an Orange County landscaper whose violent arrest was caught on video outside a Santa Ana IHOP last year. Narciso Barranco, an undocumented man whose three sons served in the U.S. Marines, was taken into custody by federal agents in June 2025 as video showed he was forced down to the ground and punched during the arrest. Barranco's attorney confirmed on social media Thursday that his deportation case was dismissed. The ruling removes the immediate threat of deportation as his legal process is still ongoing Alejandro Barranco, one of the sons, told NBC Los Angeles last year that the family was filing for the Parole in Place program, which allowed undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to more easily apply for permanent residency and citizenship. A person close to the Barranco family told NBC Los Angeles Thursday that it has been an emotional time for the man, who has been in therapy since the arrest. Following Barranco's June 2025 arrest, the Department of Homeland Security said that Barranco assaulted a federal agent with a weed whacker. His family, however, disputed that, saying the longtime landscaper was trying to protect himself from pepper spray and several armed agents. After spending about a month at a detention center, Barranco was released from federal custody in July 2025 and tearfully thanked the community for the support. “I don't have words to truly express what I feel in my heart, so I humbly say thank you,” Barranco said in Spanish. “To the press, thank you for telling my story, one among so many that deserve to be heard. You’re the eyes of our society. Thank you for not closing them.” Since Barranco's story made national headlines, it became a focal point of the debate over President Trump’s immigration policy as the undocumented immigrant with no criminal history raised his three sons to serve in the U.S. Marines. Alejandro Barranco has also been speaking with lawmakers across the country, pleading for a better pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants like his father. “The country he devoted his life to, the country his sons now serve, beat him senselessly for woring to provide for his family,” Alejandro Barranco, who served in Afghanistan as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, said last year. “Immigrants like my father aren’t a threat. They raise our nurses, our teachers and our Marines.”