California official calling on Trump admin. to return deaf boy, his family deported to Colombia

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond says the lad does not person his proceeding immunodeficiency with him

SAN FRANCISCO -- California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond is demanding the contiguous instrumentality of a deaf pupil and his household who were deported to Colombia this week.

An migration lawyer says Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez and her 5- and 6-year-old kids were deported during a regular migration check-in connected Tuesday successful San Francisco.

They arrived successful the U.S. 4 years agone and were seeking asylum.

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The 6-year-old lad attended the California School for the Deaf successful Fremont and Thurmond says the lad does not person his proceeding immunodeficiency with him.

"This is simply a pupil who needs entree to aesculapian devices, proceeding aids, and helium needs to beryllium successful a programme wherever helium tin person enactment and attraction - not successful immoderate detention center, not successful immoderate cell, surviving successful squalor and mediocre conditions, and we are demanding his contiguous return," Thurmond said.

Thurmond is asking caller Homeland Security Secretary nominee Sen. Markwayne Mullin to telephone President Donald Trump, find retired wherever the household is and bring them home.

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The Department of Homeland Security released the pursuing statement:

"On March 3, ICE arrested Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, an amerciable alien from Colombia. She illegally entered the United States successful 2022 and was RELEASED into our state nether the Biden administration. She received afloat owed process and was issued a last bid of removal by an migration justice connected November 25, 2024.

ICE does NOT abstracted families. Parents are fixed a choice: They tin beryllium removed with their children oregon spot them with a harmless idiosyncratic they designate. This is accordant with past administration's migration enforcement. Gutierrez chose to beryllium removed with her children, and they returned to their location connected March 5.

Being successful detention and successful the state illegally is simply a choice. Parents tin debar detention and person a escaped formation and $2,600 with the CBP Home app. By utilizing the CBP Home app amerciable aliens reserve the accidental to travel backmost the close ineligible mode and unrecorded the American dream."

California School for the Deaf released the pursuing statement:

"At the California School for the Deaf, our ngo is to guarantee that each deaf pupil has entree to a safe, supportive, and afloat accessible education. We are profoundly saddened by the circumstances affecting 1 of our students and their family. Our schoolhouse assemblage remains committed to supporting each students and advocating for their close to learn, grow, and thrive."