A 29-year-old Utah father and soccer coach without a criminal record was taken into ICE custody during his final interview before receiving a permanent resident card, according to the man’s attorney — and his family is now fighting to have him released on bond.

Jair Celis, who is married to a U.S. citizen, was at a green card interview with his wife, Lexi Celis, last Tuesday when an officer asked to speak with the husband and wife separately, attorney Andy Armstrong of the firm Stowell Crayk, PLLC said in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.

Instead of being led into an interview room, however, Celis was taken into another room where two Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained him. He is now being held in a detention facility in Arizona, according to his attorney.

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