A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed Torres Gomez had been detained March 18, in an email to Newsweek Thursday afternoon. “Torres-Gomez illegally entered our country on December 21, 2022, and was released into the United States by the Biden administration," the spokesperson said. "On May 12, he was granted voluntary departure by an immigration judge. The government also suggested that statutory penalties associated with failing to comply with a voluntary departure order could apply. Farbiarz found those cases had been closed before June 11 and said the injunctions did not prevent Torres Gomez from self-deporting from the country.