A Minneapolis man who was arrested by ICE officials early this week and detained in Albert Lea was released to his family Thursday night.
This came hours after a federal judge ruled that Garrison Gibson should go free.
"We actually got him out last night," said family attorney Mark Prokosh on the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar. "His family is just ecstatic."
Video showed ICE agents using a battering ram to break into Gibson's house on Sunday.
"There was a nine-year-old in the house when the ICE officers came into his house," Prokosh said. "And the video even shows one of them leveled a weapon."
The break-in happened after Gibson's wife asked ICE agents for a warrant. Instead the agents went to their tactical vehicle and got the battering ram.
"They broke down the door and took him away to detention," Prokosh said. "It's pretty shocking video."
Records show Gibson, a 38-year-old Liberian national, has been under ICE supervision for more than a decade with a marijuana conviction that was vacated.
"He was allowed to stay in the United States as long as he behaved well," said Prokosh. "He even had a check-in where he went to ICE himself."
That meeting happened several weeks ago.
"They said everything looks good," said Prokosh, noting that he and his legal team are working on other cases with similar circumstances.