""ICE agents have been roaming our neighborhoods, circling our schools, following our buses, coming into our parking lots, and taking our children," Stenvik said. "The sense of safety in our community and around our schools is shaken, and our hearts are shattered.""
""The middle school brother came home to a missing dad, a missing little brother, and a terrified mother," said Stenvik. "This family is following US legal parameters and has an active asylum case with no order of deportation. I have viewed the legal paperwork with my own eyes. Why detain a 5-year-old? You cannot tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal.""
"The superintendent said that ICE agents used 5-year-old Liam Ramos as "bait" to also arrest his father. The two were taken while in their driveway, "just having arrived home" from preschool. Both are currently at a Texas detention center."
Federal immigration agents detained at least four children from Minnesota public schools over two weeks, including a 5-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl sent to Texas detention centers criticized for grotesque conditions. Columbia Heights Public Schools superintendent Zena Stenvik described ICE agents roaming neighborhoods, circling schools, following buses, entering parking lots, and taking children, leaving families and communities shaken. Agents reportedly used 5-year-old Liam Ramos as "bait" to arrest his father; both were taken from their driveway after preschool. The family has an active asylum case with no deportation order, heightening concern over the detentions and the well-being of the children.
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