Overview
- U.S. District Judge Tana Lin ruled Friday that Greggy Sorio’s detention was unconstitutionally punitive and ordered his immediate release.
- The court cited “objectively unreasonable failures of care,” including denied hospital requests, a wait of over a month for a gastroenterology referral, ignored cries of pain, and an unfilled antibiotic prescription.
- Sorio’s health in custody deteriorated to ulcerative colitis, acute blood-loss anemia, kidney injury, vitamin D deficiency, dramatic weight loss, and two partial foot amputations.
- He still faces an active deportation order, and airline officials removed him from a December flight because his condition had recently worsened.
- Filipino community groups Tanggol Migrante and Migrante Southcenter are arranging medical treatment and pursuing legal challenges to removal, while ICE and DHS did not immediately comment.