Australian Detained at U.S. Border for Overstaying Visa Is Released<br />"We cannot express how grateful we are for everything and every one of you beautiful beautiful souls." Khaalid H. Walls, a spokesman for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed<br />that an immigration judge on Wednesday had allowed Mr. Reid to voluntarily leave the United States, and he had been released from custody.<br />But Canadian border officials would not let them through, Ms. Kancso said in her original account, adding in a radio interview later<br />that those officials had been concerned that the United States would deny Mr. Reid re-entry, leaving him stranded in Canada.<br />By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICHMAY 11, 2017<br />An Australian man who was detained by United States customs officials last month after he briefly overstayed his visa has been released on bond<br />and asked to leave the country within four months, the authorities confirmed on Thursday.<br />In an update to the GoFundMe page posted on Wednesday, Ms. Kancso said Mr. Reid had been released on bond<br />and given 120 days to leave the United States voluntarily.<br />Ms. Kancso said she and Mr. Reid had been under the mistaken impression<br />that Mr. Reid’s B-1/B-2 visa would allow him to stay for five years, as long as he exited and re-entered the country every six months.<br />Mr. Reid’s brother, Alex Reid, confirmed to the BBC<br />that his brother would be returning to Australia, saying that Baxter was "not angry, he’s not upset, he doesn’t hold grudges." "He’s just happy," the brother continued.