She should be celebrating Senior Night. Instead, this El Paso teen is in Dilley ICE detention. – El Paso Matters

She should be celebrating Senior Night. Instead, this El Paso teen is in Dilley ICE detention.  El Paso Matters

El Paso High senior Michell Germán, her parents and 11-year-old sister are being held at the controversial family detention center in Dilley near Austin. Their story has brought the reality of immigration enforcement home to her friends and classmates. Two months ago during homecoming celebrations, Michell Germán was crowned Lady-in -Waiting at El Paso High School, donning a white “Hoco Court” sash over her Tigerettes dance team uniform. Her mother and 11-year-old sister stood proudly beside her, holding small cellophane-wrapped flower bouquets. Michell planned to participate in Senior Night festivities Friday, a celebration honoring senior student-athletes, performers and participants in extracurricular programs. Instead, the 17-year-old and her father, mother and sister are sitting in the South Texas Family Residential Center near Austin after being detained by U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement on their way to school two weeks ago. “She’s missing memories she’ll never get back,” Congressman Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, said in an Instagram post Thursday. Castro noted the school and dance team had planned a special recognition of Michell for Senior Night, but two of her friends on Friday told El Paso Matters that she asked that not happen. Castro in the post said he met with the family at the detention center last week and called Michell “a bright young student.” Those who know her say that