A US-born man named Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was initially charged with being an ‘unauthorized alien’ in Florida, he has now been released after spending the night in jail on a 48-hour hold requested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lopez-Gomez is an American citizen born in Grady County, Georgia, where he currently lives in the city of Cairo. According to his attorney, he was crossing the Florida state line for his work in construction in Tallahassee, about 45 minutes away from home.
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