Teen Asylum Seeker Released After Detention | Venice Beach News

Venice Beach News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 11, 2026 · 1m

An 18-year-old honor student, Wilbur Garcia, was detained by immigration agents right after graduating high school—just as he was attending an asylum appointment. He spent over two weeks in the deplorable Adelanto ICE detention center, where sewage overflowed and meals were insufficient, forcing detainees to buy their own dinners. Older inmates, many with kids of their own, stepped in to care for him like family. After his lawyer and public defenders challenged his detention—triggered by losing coverage under his mother’s asylum case—he was released on June 26th. Now back in South Los…