Joe Giudice released from prison into ICE custody as possible deportation looms – Page Six

Joe Giudice has been released from federal prison, but he isn’t a free man.

Teresa Giudice’s husband was let out of Allenwood Low Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning but remains in federal custody with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as he awaits a ruling in his ongoing deportation case, Page Six confirmed.

“Mr. Giudice is currently in ICE custody at the pending immigration proceedings,” ICE officials told us Thursday.

Teresa’s attorney, James Leonard Jr., confirmed to Page Six that, “Mr. Giudice has finished serving his federal prison sentence and was transferred early this morning from the Bureau of Prisons to a facility in western Pennsylvania which houses immigration detainees.”

“His lawyers and his family are hopeful that justice will prevail and Mr. Guidice will return home to his wife and four daughters who love him and miss him.”

The deportation ruling could result in the former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 46, moving back to his native Italy.

Should Joe, whose real name is Giuseppe Giudice, be deported, Teresa has said she and their daughters wouldn’t go with him.

“I hope that’s not a decision I have to make,” Teresa told Andy Cohen at the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion when asked if she’d follow her husband. “But like, to pick up my children and just move to another country, I don’t think that would be good for my children. So I mean, so no, I probably wouldn’t.”

The couple has been married since 1999 and share four daughters: Gia, 18, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 13, and Audriana, 10.

Leonard Jr. told Page Six last week that Joe’s 41-month sentence was set to end in March but he wouldn’t be able to return home because of his pending immigration case.

“The custodial aspect of Mr. Giudice’s federal sentence does in fact expire on or about March 14, 2019,” he told us. “However, due to the immigration order and detainer lodged against him, that is not a release date meaning he is not coming home on that date. We are optimistic that once his appeal is heard, he will receive the appropriate relief and will be able to come home and remain there with his family. They love him, they support him and they miss him tremendously.”

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