Overview
- Four asylum-seeking students from Detroit’s Western International High School remain in ICE custody, with three held with parents at the Dilley family facility in Texas and one at the North Lake center in Baldwin, Michigan.
- The detainees include Kerly Mariangel Sosa Rivero and cousin Antony Janier Peña Sosa from Venezuela, Mor Ba from Senegal, and Santiago Jesus Zamora Perez from Venezuela, with several parents also in custody.
- State and federal officials sent a Tuesday letter urging immediate release, with signatures from Michigan senators and representatives as well as U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Detroit City Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero.
- Lawmakers and advocates cite due-process concerns, alleging a 5 a.m. Nov. 20 home entry without a warrant, a Dec. 7 Fraser traffic stop that led to detention despite a temporary restraining order, and a Nov. 26 stop by unmarked vehicles.
- Detroit school leaders said they will issue their own appeal and community groups organized public pressure at the district board meeting, while ICE has not provided a public response.