Judges order 2 detained by immigration officers in Madison be released

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MADISON (WGME) – Two judges are ordering the release of two people detained by immigration officers at a work site in central Maine.

A judge on Tuesday ordered a 20-year-old Venezuelan woman be released, and another judge on Wednesday ordered a 34-year-old be released.

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They were among about a dozen detained twice in two weeks at Backyard Farms in Madison, an indoor tomato grower.

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Both challenged their detention through a petition for a “writ of habeas corpus,” which requires the government to prove legality of detention.

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