US EditionDetroit Western Student Deported to Columbia
- Detroit high school student Maykol Bogoya-Duarte was deported to Colombia on June 18, 2025, after detention by federal immigration authorities.
- His detention began on May 20 following a traffic stop for tailgating without a license, which escalated due to a language barrier requiring Customs and Border Protection involvement.
- Despite efforts by educators, lawmakers, and community members pleading for a stay to allow him to graduate, authorities proceeded with his removal under an existing deportation order from 2024.
- Attorney Ruby Robinson told his family he arrived sick, hungry, and unable to shower for a week, highlighting the hardships of these immigration processes affecting thousands.
- This case underscores concerns about immigration enforcement's impact on youth education and family separation, with advocates urging emergency family plans and support for those detained.
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ICE took her mother. Now, a 6-year-old is left without a guardian or legal path back to reunite in Honduras.
As Gabriela crossed the stage at her kindergarten graduation in Chicago, she scanned the audience, desperately searching for a familiar face. But her mother was nowhere to be found. Still, wearing a pink dress and ballerina flats, Gabriela, 6, smiled and twirled around holding a bouquet on her way home. An older neighbor who sometimes cares for her walked by her side. Just a week earlier, on June 4, her mother, Wendy Sarai Pineda, 39, was detain…
Detroit teen detained by ICE has been deported to Colombia, attorney says • Michigan Advance
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Maykol Bogoya-Duarte, the Detroit teen whose detention by federal immigration authorities last month caused an outcry and led to calls for his release, has been deported, his attorney said […]
Detroit teen detained by ICE has been deported to Colombia, attorney says
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Maykol Bogoya-Duarte, the Detroit teen whose detention by federal immigration authorities last month…
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