Overview
- ICE agents arrested an 11th grader from Grover Cleveland High School at a Queens courthouse during an asylum hearing on Wednesday.
- The first case involved Dylan Lopez Contreras, a 20-year-old Bronx student who was arrested after a routine court hearing and remains in federal custody.
- Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos urged families to keep sending their children to class, emphasizing that no enforcement actions have occurred on school grounds.
- Demonstrators clashed with police and immigration officers outside Federal Plaza in Manhattan and at rallies in Los Angeles, demanding the release of detained students and denouncing ICE methods.
- State Sen. Michael Gianaris and Mayor Eric Adams’ office have filed legal challenges and are investigating the circumstances of the students’ detentions.