Overview

• Teachers and students rallied outside LAUSD headquarters on Tuesday, urging the release of Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz so he can start his senior year at Reseda High School.
• DHS says the Chilean teen overstayed a Visa Waiver Program deadline requiring departure on March 15, 2023, and remains in ICE custody pending removal.
• CBP rejected misconduct allegations as false and said officers acted professionally, adding that the dog was secured after his mother declined to retrieve it.
• Guerrero-Cruz was detained on Aug. 8 in Van Nuys while walking his family’s dog; a teacher and witnesses say plainclothes men grabbed him while asking for another person before ICE took custody.
• A visiting teacher reports he went about a week without a shower or clean clothes and slept beside a toilet before being moved to Adelanto, as neighbors and community members raise funds for legal support.