Alvaro Castro Velasquez teared up as Roosevelt schools Superintendent Shawn Wightman pulled a blue cap and gown out of a manila envelope. Castro Velasquez — and Wightman — had waited nearly nine months for this moment, after the young man was detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement just weeks before his high school graduation. In a private ceremony on a rainy evening, under the sterile light of a hotel restaurant in Guatemala, Castro Velasquez, now 20, finally received his diploma. Read more on this story at the link in bio. (Photo: Shawn Wightman) - - #longislandny #nassaucountyny #rooseveltny #immigration #trumpadministration