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Ecuadorian teen sent to Michigan shelter after ICE loses track of him

Oct 5, 2026·Location: Minneapolis, MN

Country of origin: Ecuador

Ecuadorian teen sent to Michigan shelter after ICE loses track of him
Photo via Mother Jones

An Ecuadorian teenager in Minneapolis called his father to say he was being arrested by ICE, but the agency later told the father it did not know the boy's whereabouts, leaving him 'horribly distraught,' according to attorney Claire Glenn. The teen, who had come to the United States with his father and had never been unaccompanied, was eventually found to have been sent to an Office of Refugee Resettlement shelter in Michigan.

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