Lewelyn Dixon, a green card holder who had been held at an ICE detention center in Tacoma since late February, has been released.

A University of Washington lab technician held at an ICE detention center in Tacoma will soon be released, an immigration judge ruled Thursday.

After nearly three months in immigration detention, University of Washington employee Lewelyn Dixon was released Thursday to the cheers and hugs of family, co-workers, and a crowd of supporters gathered in Tacoma.