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Reporters Briefly: Family Today and Immigration Agents

reporters briefly: I'm so happy to be reunited with my family today and can't wait to see my son, it said, according to Brandon Sun. This has been a long and hard 46 days, but I'm so thankful for the support that I've gotten from everyone who helped me and for the opportunity to live in such an amazing country. He spoke to reporters briefly in Spanish, thanking his supporters, and later issued a written statement in English through his lawyers. I know that this isn't over, but I'm hopeful for the future, for me and for the hundreds of thousands of other Dreamers who love this country like I do. Immigration agents arrested him last month in suburban Seattle, saying he acknowledged affiliating with gangs. Judge John Odell in Tacoma approved freeing the 24-year-old Ramirez on 15,000 bond until his next immigration court hearing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.