A Los Angeles high school student who has spent the last several months at an immigration detention center has been released ahead of the holidays.

Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz, 18, was detained by immigration agents on Aug. 8 while he was walking his family's dog in Van Nuys, according to Unión del Barrio , a community organization representing Latino people living in the U.S.

"His family has him for the holidays," Rep. Luz Rivas said in Congress. "He should have never been detained."

Rivas represents the San Fernando Valley, where Guerrero-Cruz lives. He was about to start his senior year at Reseda High School when agents detained him.

"This young man, all he was doing was walking his dog in the morning when he was detained," Rivas said.

The Department of Homeland Securit

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