A U.S. citizen has reportedly been held in CBP custody for over three weeks

A US Customs and Border Protection facility in Clint, Texas.
(Image credit: PAUL RATJE/AFP/Getty Images)

An 18-year-old is being held in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite the fact that he's a Dallas-born U.S. citizen, The Dallas Morning News reports.

Francisco Galicia has reportedly been detained for more than three weeks, his attorney said.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.