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ICE Arrested a Family Member: What to Do in the First 24 Hours
A practical emergency guide for immigrant families in the United States A family member detained by ICE? Learn how to locate them, contact an immigration lawyer, gather documents, protect children, and act on urgent deadlines. When ICE arrests a family member, the first hours can be frightening and confusing. You may not know where the person is being held, whether they can call you, what will happen to their immigration case, or how to protect children and other dependents.
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ICE Arrested Him With His Father. Then It Called Him "Unaccompanied" and Flew Him to Venezuela Alone.
Cinematic cover with headline “ICE Took Him From His Father. Called Him ‘Unaccompanied.’ Put Him on a Plane Alone.” showing a lone boy in a vast night airport, separated by glass from his father, with a Venezuela departure board and red “UNACCOMPANIED” stamp. In April 2026, ICE agents in El Paso, Texas arrested an 11-year-old Venezuelan boy named Andrés together with his father, Luis. His father had done nothing to separate them — they were picked up at the same place, at the
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