ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The first thing Richard Landin plans to do after reuniting with his wife was give her a hug.
“I’m ecstatic, happy, joyful, honestly a lot of different things,” the Alpharetta husband said June 4. “I’m very, very, very happy that I’m going to see my wife and hold her again.”
Richard was separated from his wife Daniela Joy Landin May 12 when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents apprehended her without warning from their Alpharetta apartment. Led away in handcuffs, Daniela remained in custody at federal immigration detention centers in Georgia and Texas for more than four weeks.
Daniela, who sought asylum as a Colombian immigrant, was granted a $10,000 bond after a June 4 hearing in El Paso, Texas. Her attorney said she has broken no laws.
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