Lawmakers and schools have rallied against the arrests of students who showed up for court hearings and ICE check-in appointments
A public high school student from The Bronx who was arrested during an immigration court appearance has been released from federal custody after nearly 10 months inside a Pennsylvania detention center.
The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras, considered to be the first New York City public school student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, previewed the Trump administration’s new tactic of arresting immigrants inside courthouses as they left their hearings.
“Very soon, my son will be back with his siblings and me — it is both a relief and a blessing,” his mother Raiza Contreras said in a statement through the New York Legal Assistance Group.
Contreras — who was 20 years old when he was arrested and turned 21 while in detention — was enrolled at Ellis Preparatory Academy in The Bronx, which supports immigrant students considered too old to start at a traditional high school.
It’s an injustice to hold someone like that for so long and then just let them go like nothing happened. They should be given money and support (therapy, tutors, job placement, whatever).
Although I agree 100%. I fear that if the state has to pay reparations to unjustly incarcerated people, it would be less likely to release them
Less likely to unjustly incarcerate them in the first place.
lol. as if they care. some places the city can get sued if private jails are not kept full.
Had to look this up to verify. Holy shit is this grim.
US being a bullshit dictatorship didn’t start with Trump and transcends party lines.