Wearing a pressed button-down white shirt and slacks, a Haitian boy showed up at a routine immigration appointment in downtown San Diego. Moments later, the neatly dressed 8-year-old was being led away by three immigration officers.
\n\nAs of Monday, his loved ones do not know exactly where he is being held, a California lawmaker said.
\n\nThe scene was captured on a video NBC San Diego obtained Friday. The video was recorded Wednesday by a volunteer observer of immigration proceedings at ICE’s field office.
\n\nThe San Diego Unified School District and members of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, an immigrants rights advocacy group, said the boy was separated from his cousins and uncle, who has been taking care of him after his father was deported last year.
\n\nGuerline Jozef, executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, said in a statement Monday that even though the uncle followed all the rules, “the child was taken into custody and subsequently transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement,” which takes custody of children deemed to be unaccompanied minors.
\n\nThe boy, who has not been identified by name publicly, is a third grader at Fay Elementary School. He was stripped of his immigration protections this summer…
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