Joe Giudice finally got some good news. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star is being released from ICE immigration detention and can await the results of his final deportation appeal in Italy.
RadarOnline.com confirmed the immigration news. Joe and wife Teresa Giudice had requested a “stay of removal” so that he could be released from the Pennsylvania detention center where he’s been held from earlier this year. He wanted to be sent to Italy so he could wait for the results of his immigration case outside of detention.
A source told Radar that this doesn’t mean Joe will be released quickly. “He will be there for a while, they will drag this out,” the insider said, explaining it will probably take at least a few more weeks.
According to Radar, the Attorney General agreed to lift the motion, but Joe, 48, had to wait for a panel of judges to decide if he could be released. They signed off on the request on October 2.
Joe was originally ordered deported last fall at the end of his prison sentence. His first two appeals to the immigration judge and the Executive Office of Immigration were denied. Last month, he pleaded with a judge to be released, but his bond was denied.
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Teresa, 47, has previously said that she would
divorce her husband if he were ultimately deported. It’s not clear if she will bring the family to Italy when her husband is released.
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The couple, who married in 1999, has four daughters —
Gia, 18,
Gabriella, 15,
Milania, 14, and
Audriana, 10. In June, Teresa talked about
the effects of the deportation process on their children.
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“The girls adore their father and no child should have to go through what my daughters are going through. They should have their daddy here,” the Jersey native said.
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“When you’re a mom and your children are hurting, it just kills you so much,” Teresa explained. “If I could take any of this pain away from them, I wish I could.”
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Joe and Teresa were both accused of bankruptcy fraud in 2013. She ended up serving 11 months in prison. Once she was freed in 2015, Joe was incarcerated. He served three years before he was moved to ICE custody.
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Even though he’s married to an American citizen and he came to the U.S. as a baby, Joe never got his citizenship.
Teresa, 47, has previously said that she would
divorce her husband if he were ultimately deported. It’s not clear if she will bring the family to Italy when her husband is released.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
The couple, who married in 1999, has four daughters —
Gia, 18,
Gabriella, 15,
Milania, 14, and
Audriana, 10. In June, Teresa talked about
the effects of the deportation process on their children.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“The girls adore their father and no child should have to go through what my daughters are going through. They should have their daddy here,” the Jersey native said.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“When you’re a mom and your children are hurting, it just kills you so much,” Teresa explained. “If I could take any of this pain away from them, I wish I could.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Joe and Teresa were both accused of bankruptcy fraud in 2013. She ended up serving 11 months in prison. Once she was freed in 2015, Joe was incarcerated. He served three years before he was moved to ICE custody.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Even though he’s married to an American citizen and he came to the U.S. as a baby, Joe never got his citizenship.
Photo credit: Curtis Means/Ace Pictures/Shutterstock
