ICE Separates 8-Year-Old Haitian Boy From Family at San Diego Check-In
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 11
ICE Separates 8-Year-Old Haitian Boy From Family at San Diego Check-In
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 11
Summary
A 36-second video shows immigration officers escorting the 8-year-old away alone after he arrived with his uncle’s family for an ICE appointment in San Diego.
ICE treated the child as an unaccompanied minor despite documents showing his uncle’s family had been designated as his caregivers, according to relatives and lawmakers.
Members of Congress demanded answers Tuesday from Trump administration officials about the boy’s whereabouts and whether he had been restrained in custody.
The boy had lived with his uncle’s family since 2019 after arriving from Haiti; his father was deported in 2025, and the family says the child called his aunt “mama.”
His detention comes after the Trump administration revoked Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in July, exposing hundreds of thousands to possible detention and deportation.