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Democratic Lawmakers Want Answers on 8-Year-Old Haitian Boy Taken Into ICE Custody
DHS said the boy was deemed unaccompanied after his uncle could not establish guardianship, and more than 8,000 children were taken into custody last year, data show.
- On Thursday, November 5, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took an 8-year-old Haitian boy into custody at a San Diego immigration check-in, determining he was an "unaccompanied minor."
- The boy's uncle brought him to the appointment to comply with immigration rules, but officials invoked the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act because the uncle could not establish legal guardianship.
- Citing video footage of the child being restrained, San Diego Democratic Representative Juan Vargas and other California lawmakers expressed "deep concerns," while the San Diego Unified School District confirmed the boy attends Fay Elementary School.
- The Department of Homeland Security denied the child was "placed in detention," stating he was moved to the Office of Refugee Resettlement; SDUSD officials deployed crisis counselors to support distressed classmates.
- Amid the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians earlier this year, data from the Deportation Data Project shows authorities have taken more than 8,000 children into custody over the past year.
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Democratic lawmakers want answers on 8-year-old Haitian boy taken into ICE custody - Regional Media News
A group of Democratic lawmakers is seeking information from the Trump administration after an 8-year-old Haitian boy was taken into government custody last week. In a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers asked [...]
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