Israel Uriarte had lived in the U.S. for 33 years when immigration officers arrested him in January in his longtime Cypress Park neighborhood.
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Not long ago, immigration attorneys say, people like Uriarte — someone with deep roots, no record and family in the country — would have almost certainly been released on bond. That has changed.
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Three times, Uriarte asked an immigration judge at Adelanto to release him on bond while his case moved through the courts. Three times, a judge said no.
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