Israel, Max Makoka and their host family discuss the brothers’ nine-day detention

Israel, Max Makoka and their host family discuss the brothers’ nine-day detention

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (WLOX) — Israel and Max Makoka, brothers from the Republic of the Congo, are back home after nine days in ICE detention. Israel and Max Makoka, brothers from the Republic of the Congo, are back home after nine days in ICE detention.(wlox) The boys came to the country legally and were originally at Piney Woods School, but they felt isolated. Luckily, they were connected to Gail and Cliff Baptiste, who had helped students in th…

BLK ALERTS - Teenage brothers in Mississippi released from ICE custody nine days after arrest

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File) Israel Makoka and Max Makoka spent nine days in separate detention centers after being arrested while waiting for their school bus. A pair of teenage brothers from the Republic of the Congo living in Mississippi have been released from ICE custody after their arrest startled a community. Israel Makoka, 18, and Max Makoka,15, were held in ICE custody for nine days, one brother sent to Louisiana while the other was tak…