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ICE detains Venezuelan teen at NYC immigration hearing

Advocates argue his compliance with immigration proceedings warrants his release from a Pennsylvania detention center.

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Officials bundle a man into an umarked van out San Francisco's immigration court on Tuesday morning, May 27, 2025.
The Edward J. Schwartz Federal building sits along Front Street in San Diego, California, on January 17, 2010.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant into the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid, Monday, June 6, 2022.

Overview

  • Dylan, a 20-year-old asylum seeker at Bronx’s ELLIS Prep Academy, was arrested by ICE on May 21 outside 26 Federal Plaza after a judge dismissed his asylum case, making him the first current NYC public school student detained by ICE in Trump’s second term.
  • Legal advocates emphasize that he has no criminal record and attended all scheduled court dates before being placed into expedited removal proceedings.
  • Frequent transfers through detention centers in New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana and Pennsylvania have frustrated his lawyers’ ability to meet with him and raised concerns over his access to medical care.
  • Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos reassured families that city public schools remain safe environments for immigrant students despite the off-campus arrest.
  • Mayor Eric Adams called the case a federal matter beyond city jurisdiction, while state and city officials, including Attorney General Letitia James, have demanded Dylan’s immediate release.