Juan Daniel Mendoza, a 17-year-old Morristown High School senior arrested by ICE while heading to do laundry Sunday morning, has been released from the Elizabeth detention center and is back with his family. U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin ordered his release by 5 p.m. today, Jan. 15, 2026, ruling he was “unlawfully detained” and cannot be re-arrested unless federal authorities prove he’s a flight risk or a danger to the public. Mendoza was one of 11 people taken into custody in Morristown duri