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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

UNBELIEVABLE: Haitian boy 8 detained by ice is now unaccounted for lawmaker says - The Untold Story

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An ICE agent’s badge at Delaney Hall, a newly converted immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey on 7 May 2025. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Relatives of an eight-year-old Haitian boy who was taken into custody by federal immigration authorities in California are unable to locate the child, according to a Democratic lawmaker who described the case as “despicable”.

Video obtained by NBC News shows the boy being led away by three armed officials after he was summoned to what his family said was a routine immigration appointment in San Diego on 4 November.

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