The New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) announced on Tuesday, Sept. 23, that an immigration judge has issued a decision to deny the asylum claim of “Dylan,” 20, a detained Marble Hill high school student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy who was taken into custody by law enforcement in May and held, as reported , despite public outcry and a large rally held in lower Manhattan following his arrest.

NYLAG said Dylan has one month to appeal and remains detained at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a Pennsylvania ICE facility, where he has been held for four months following his courthouse arrest outside a scheduled immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan in late May.

Lauren Kostes, supervising attorney for NYLAG’s immigrant protection unit issued a statement on Sept. 23

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