Texas lawmakers criticize ICE for detaining two teen mariachi musicians

Two brothers, ages 14 and 18, were part of a high school mariachi group honored by Congress last year Texas lawmakers from both parties have criticized immigration authorities for detaining two teenage mariachi musicians who were honored by Congress last year. The case has drawn national attention because the brothers, Antonio Yesayahu Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, and Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, travelled to Washington DC last summer after their high school’s mariachi ensemble, Mariachi Ono, won a state ...

By Anna Betts