A North Texas woman was released Tuesday after spending nearly five months in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, following her arrest in February while returning from her honeymoon — a case that drew mounting legal and public pressure,

A North Texas newlywed who spent more than 140 days in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody said Thursday in her first public comments since her release that she does not blame the country that has been her home for more than a decade.

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.