New Paltz resident Joel Guerrero, who became a local symbol of what many residents feel is overreach on the part of the Trump administration when he was detained Feb. 28 for a charge nearly a decade old, was released the morning of Wednesday, May 10. His deportation case is still pending, but it appears that he will be present for the birth of his child, due later this month.

Joel Guerrero of New Paltz isn’t the sort of guy who comes to mind when the president talks about deporting criminals. He has a 2010 misdemeanor conviction resulting from police finding a pot plant at his house while responding to a noise complaint, and he regularly checks in with immigration officials. But after years of strict deportation of felony offenders under the Obama administration, most of the remaining immigrants that could be deported have similarly non-threatening criminal records.

“This is like a bad dream,” said Jessica Guerrero, Joel’s wife who is six-months pregnant. “I never imagined this could happen.”