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RARE PHOTOS: This is heartless ice faces online backlash after deaf 6 year old deported to colombia without assistive devices - The Real Truth

Ice Colombia Immigration the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tony Thurmond San Francisco

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing intense online backlash after a six-year-old deaf boy and his family were deported to Colombia following a routine immigration check-in in San Francisco.

According to immigration advocates, the child, who uses a cochlear implant and communicates primarily through American Sign Language (ASL), was detained along with his five-year-old brother and their mother, Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, during their scheduled visit to an ICE office under a supervision programme that requires regular reporting.

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