Ward Sakeik was released Tuesday night from the Prairieland Detention Center, located just south from her Arlington home.

Ward Sakeik, an Arlington resident of Palestinian descent, had been in Texas immigration detention centers for 140 days after ICE agents detained her as she and her husband returned from their honeymoon to the U.

Ward Sakeik, who is Palestinian, was released from the Prairieland Detention Center on Tuesday night, nearly 140 days after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She was detained in February on her way home from her honeymoon with her husband, who is a U.S. citizen, in the U.S. Virgin Islands.