Edited from Voice of San Diego / Nov. 11, 2026
San Diego lawmakers are demanding answers after a Fay Elementary School student was taken into ICE custody last week.
The 8-year-old Haitian boy was taken into federal custody following a routine immigration check-in, according to NBC News. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Haitians.
On Tuesday, San Diego lawmakers sent a letter to top Trump administration officials raising concerns about increased ICE activity around schools. They also requested details about the child’s whereabouts and how he’ll be reunited with his family.
County Supervisor Paloma Aguirre has also spoken out. “Detaining children does not make our community safer. It simply demonstrates a complete lack of human dignity,” she said in a statement on social media.
Elected officials including Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera, County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe and more will gather outside the federal courthouse on Thursday to demand reunification of the boy with his family.
Here’s more from NBC News
Hmmm, I don’t agree with ICE’s action in detaining an 8 yr. old, as an acceptable practice. BUT, I wonder if they picked him up at school because his parent(s) had been detained earlier in the day? It could/would be a worse tragedy if school was over and he was alone outside the school fence or home alone not knowing where his parent(s) were. I think there’s more to this story than has been make public.