Queens public school student detained by ICE, second in NYC: Senator

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RIDGEWOOD, Queens (PIX11) -- A second high school student at a New York City public school has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to New York State Senator Mike Gianaris and State Assemblymember Claire Valdez.

The elected officials shared word of the student's detainment in social media posts on Friday. The 11th-grade student from Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens was said to have been apprehended in a courthouse after a routine immigration hearing, Sen. Gianaris shared.

"A high schooler in my neighborhood has been taken into custody by ICE at an immigration court check-in. His family has not heard from him in days, and has no idea where he is being held," said Valdez.

Sen. Gianaris, Assemblymember Valdez, and Councilmember Jen Gutiérrez have called for the student's immediate release and for him to be reunited with his family.

"News of a Grover Cleveland junior who was recently detained after attending their court ordered hearing is infuriating," Gutiérrez said in a statement posted to social media.

"Apprehending anyone - let alone minors in courthouses, when they are following our laws, our protocols, is unjustifiable," the statement continued.

The 11th grader marks the second NYC public school student to be detained by ICE in the last two weeks. The agency previously took a 20-year-old student named Dylan into custody on May 21. The Venezuelan native was a Bronx high school student who was going through the legal process of seeking asylum.

Immigrant advocates and elected officials have also reported that more than a dozen other people have been detained by ICE agents while attending immigration hearings at 201 Varick Street.

PIX11 News reached out to NYC Public Schools and ICE for a statement but did not hear back at the time of publishing.