ICE detains mother and brother of California woman battling cancer

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ICE detains mother and brother of California woman battling cancer

An undocumented mother is now in federal custody along with her undocumented son after ICE detained them, sending shockwaves through a family in El Monte.

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The arrest by ICE of a mother and her son has shocked a family in El Monte, especially because another daughter, Xitlali, 21, suffers from cancer that does not allow her to walk and needs her mother to do virtually everything. Friends and relatives of the detainees protested this Thursday, against the arrest. The community is upset by the way ICE, without apparent explanation, put them in their custody. “Ma’s fine. You haven’t done anything,” th…