BRONX (WABC) -- A federal judge has ordered the release of a 16-year-old detained by federal agents in the Bronx.

Joel Camas was taken into custody in October after showing up for his routine check-in with immigration officials.

Camas is an 11th grader at Gotham Collaborative High School in the Bronx.

A judge had given Camas legal protection for minors who are in the U.S. without a parent.

His mother voluntarily returned to Ecuador earlier this year.

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