TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Representative Greg Stanton is speaking out against a recent ICE incident.
According to the U.S. congressman, a Tempe parent and student were recently detained by ICE and were taken to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas.
“I just returned from a visit to Dilley yesterday, where I met with families in similar circumstances,” Stanton wrote in a post on X. “What I saw there was heartbreaking, and this case reflects the same outrageous, misguided priorities under Trump’s mass deportation agenda.”
He went on to voice his displeasure with the detainment.
“This family should be home tonight, celebrating their son’s 8th grade promotion, not in federal detention hundreds of miles away,” he wrote.
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Officials have not yet confirmed the identity of the parent and student, but Congressman Joaquin Castro said the mother and son arrived in San Antonio.
No further information on the detainment has been released by authorities.
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