The outcome is hopeful after a Thursday hearing in federal court for Owen Ramsingh, who has been detained by ICE in El Paso for a month, according to a family spokesperson.

The federal judge overseeing the case requested additional documents, and Ramsingh's legal team is confident they can be provided, Samantha Gage Bryan posted on Facebook.

Ramsingh faces deportation after being taken into ICE custody in September on grounds that he has prior drug convictions. He lives in Columbia, and has been a green card holder since 1986.

"If the attorneys can deliver those documents, the judge has indicated he will 'terminate the removal proceedings,' meaning Owen will not be deported and the process to bring him home to Columbia can begin, the post continued.

Bryan called it "a very encouraging

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