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A student was handcuffed and detained by federal agents at LAUSD’s Arleta High. Here’s what we know
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they sought a suspect near Arleta High School, but denied targeting the high school itself.
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Federal immigration agents detained a student outside Arleta High School on Monday morning, according to Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and the board member who represents the campus.
The backstory: Carvalho described the incident at a Monday news conference, saying a teenage student with disabilities who attends another campus was questioned and handcuffed by federal agents while accompanying another student for registration. Board member Kelly Gonez said agents drew their guns on the student. Carvalho said the boy was released in what was a case of mistaken identity. “This is the exact type of incident that traumatizes our communities,” Carvalho said. “It cannot repeat itself.”
What the Department of Homeland Security says: A Customs and Border Protection spokesperson confirmed agents sought a Salvadoran national with prior criminal convictions in the area and denied targeting Arleta High School.
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How is the district responding? Carvalho called for the stoppage of immigration enforcement actions near school campuses as students arrive in the morning and leave at the end of the day. The district is reaching out to thousands of families to offer new transportation options and other resources before the first day of school Thursday.
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