San Diego school officials push back after Haitian boy, 8, is taken during ICE check-in

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Set us as preferred An 8-year-old Haitian boy who lost protected status earlier this year was placed in federal custody after an immigration check-in last week in San Diego, according to federal and school district officials.The boy, who has not been publicly identified, was placed in the government’s custody during a routine check-in on Nov.5, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.The spokesperson said a man who showed up with the boy that day identified himself as his uncle but could not establish legal guardianship, prompting agents to take the child into their care under the Trafficking Victims Protection Authorization Act, a law that requires unaccompanied minors without a parent or legal guardian be transferred to the custody of the federal government.“Out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the child’s safety, ICE determined it was best to remove the child from the household and place him in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement,” the statement read.The spokesperson said the boy was brought into the U.S.

with a man who identified himself as the father.“His father has never been in ICE custody and was previously removed to Mexico” by Border Patrol, the spokesperson wrote in the statement.

It is not clear why the boy’s father was deported to Mexico.Politics The student was walking to school when he was stopped by ICE agents, who badly injured him, school officials said.San Diego Unified School District officials highlighted the boy’s case in a Nov.

6 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.Kennedy Jr.San Diego County Supt.

Fabi Bagula wrote in the letter that the boy is a third-grader at Fay Elementary School and is among the many children and families whose education and well-being have ...