A Houston-area pastor is waking up in ICE custody after agents detained him at George Bush Intercontinental Airport while he and his wife were preparing to travel to New York.

Luis Morales came to the United States from Venezuela with his wife, Karina, and their two daughters in 2020.

The family has called Houston home since 2023. Morales is a husband, father and pastor who leads four Adventist churches in the Houston area.