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Michigan father arrested by ICE outside son's school, leaving family of five struggling

Mar 7, 2025 · Mexico

Michigan father arrested by ICE outside son's school, leaving family of five struggling

Jose Guadalupe Jaimes, a 55-year-old Mexican national who had lived in the United States for 30 years, was arrested by ICE outside Arthur Middle School in Trenton, Michigan, after dropping off his eighth-grade son, who has Asperger's syndrome. Jaimes owns a painting business and has a valid work permit with no criminal record. His children, Ana and Hector (a college junior), described him as a devoted father who emphasized education and built a life in metro Detroit with his wife and five children. According to his son Hector, ICE agents approached with guns drawn during the arrest; an ICE agent reportedly told Jaimes, "I don't even know why you're here because you have no record, you didn't do anything bad." An ICE spokesman stated Jaimes had been "ordered removed by an immigration judge in 2014." He is being held in St. Clair County Jail pending immigration proceedings. His family expressed deep concern about surviving financially and emotionally without him.

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Mar 7, 2025Son Hector, a college student in Tennessee, learned of arrest via Facebook post and drove eight hours back home; family expresses concern about financial and emotional survival
Mar 5, 2025Jose Guadalupe Jaimes arrested by ICE outside Arthur Middle School in Trenton after dropping off his eighth-grade son; held in St. Clair County Jail pending immigration proceedings
2014Immigration judge issued removal order against Jose Guadalupe Jaimes

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