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GRUENE, Texas \u2014 Kacey Musgraves is bringing her country roots to Texas\u2019 oldest dance hall, along with three special guests who were recently caught in the crosshairs of the nation\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

Musgraves is performing May 3, 4 and 5 at the historic Gruene Hall in New Braunfuls with young brothers Antonio, Caleb and Joshua G\u00e1mez-Cu\u00e9llar, acclaimed mariachi performers from the Rio Grande Valley. Federal immigration authorities detained the brothers, along with their parents, on Feb. 25 after a routine U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appointment in Edinburg.<\/p>\n

The G\u00e1mez-Cu\u00e9llar brothers \u2014 Antonio is 18, Caleb is 14 and Joshua is 12 \u2014 are stars in the mariachi programs at their McAllen schools, the San Antonio Express-News reports<\/a>, and they performed at a congressional event at the White House just last year.<\/p>\n

Their detainment caused an uproar in their community, with U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and Monica De La Cruz, R-Edinburg, efforting their release at the time.<\/p>\n

According to the Express-News, the brothers and their parents entered the U.S. through the CBP One app in May 2023 and began the asylum process, which included nearly two years of hearings and check-ins with ICE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though Musgraves hasn’t released a statement about the incident, her inclusion of the G\u00e1mez-Cu\u00e9llar brothers as openers signals support from someone who has been vocal about immigration issues in the past. In a post on X<\/a> last June, Musgraves criticized ICE officers wearing face masks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf protesters can\u2019t wear masks ICE shouldn\u2019t be able to either,\u201d Musgraves said in her post.<\/p>\n

The Texas native has also been embracing Tejano music as of late, collaborating with Mexican singer-songwriter Car\u00edn Le\u00f3n to perform their bilingual song \u201cLost in Translation\u201d at last year\u2019s Latin Grammys.<\/p>\n

Musgrave\u2019s upcoming performance at Gruene Hall is to promote her upcoming studio album, \u201cMiddle of Nowhere,\u201d which debuts May 1. Tickets go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumlocalnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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