Community rallies around LA teen detained by Ice while walking dog
A south California The community wants a high school student to be released US immigration The agents were arrested at the beginning of this month while walking their dog.
Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz had to start the last year of high school at Resed Charter High School this month. But only days after his 18th birthday, masked ice agents detained him as his dog walked. Los Angeles Van Nuys neighborhood is what his family defines as kidnapping.
The agents allowed the dog to relax and acted Guerrero-Cruz as a criminal and joked while arresting him, his family Waof.
“He’s more than just one student – a loyal son, a compassionate brother, a loyal friend and a valuable member of our community, the family wrote that he helped look at his younger brothers. “He is a good student with a good heart that always steps into his family.”
Educators and defenders are expected to hold a rally and a press conference to call the release of Guerrero-Cruz in the city center of Los Angeles in the afternoon. A former teacher who recently visited young people is expected to share an update. ABC7 reported.
It sounds like arrest Donald TrumpOppression immigrants This summer continues to emerge in Southern California, where thousands of people were arrested in workplaces, stores and schools.
Relating to: In the patrols while watching ice in the neighborhood: ‘They thought they could scare us – but that la’
Los Angeles, which has approximately 800 schools in the district, has adopted new strategies to protect students and “ensure that they remain safe and supportive for all children and families regardless of the immigration status of schools”.
“Schools are safe areas,” Alberto M Carvalho, Lausd chiefHe said in a statement. “The immigrant implementation near schools disrupts learning and creates anxiety that can go far beyond the school day.”
Carvalho said Guerrero-Cruz, who claims that the child was kept with dozens of men and that he only bought water and inadequate food once a day, communicated with his mother. Youth reported To be kept in an detention center in Adelanto, where people report dirty conditions and where they could not reach clean clothes and towels for days.
It led to anger in the sudden arrest community. Footballer players, “it is the heartbreaking to see him from us in this way, and not only the player, but also the person we will miss,” he said.
The Department of Internal Security, Guardian, said that Guerrero-Cruz was detained until the United States “removal” to wait until waiting.
Moval from the USA ”.
“Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz, an illegal alien from Chile, exceeded his visa for more than two years and abused the visa waiver program he entered into the United States, which required to leave the United States on March 15, 2023,” he said.
