Ecuadorian teen arrested by ICE, father told his whereabouts unknown
An Ecuadorian teenager in Minneapolis called his father during his arrest, but ICE later said it did not know where he was. He was eventually found in a government shelter in Michigan.
Oct 5, 2026Minneapolis, MNCountry of origin: Ecuador

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.
“The government lied to me. I asked them to be with my dad, and they took us to a place, and we were separated.”
“Since he was little he's been with me,”
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Mother Jones·Oct 5, 2026·archived copy
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