Brooklyn student detained by ICE after court appearance, advocates rally for release
Nov 2025·Location: Brooklyn, NY
Country of origin: Guinea

Mamadou Mouctar Diallo, a 20-year-old asylum seeker from Guinea and student at Brooklyn Frontiers High School, was detained by ICE on August 4, 2025, following a routine court appearance. He was transferred to a detention facility in Pennsylvania. Elected officials, immigrant advocates, and teachers rallied outside the Tweed Courthouse in Lower Manhattan in response to his detention. Diallo was held for approximately five months before being released in November 2025.
Timeline
Nov 2025—Diallo released from detention after approximately five months in custody
Aug 14, 2025—Elected officials, immigrant advocates, and teachers rallied outside Tweed Courthouse in Lower Manhattan in response to Diallo's detention
Aug 4, 2025—Mamadou Mouctar Diallo detained by ICE following court appearance and transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility
Sources
- CBS News
- Brooklyn student detained by ICE sparks rally outside Tweed Courthouse
- ‘He has done things exactly the right way’: Advocates call for release of Brooklyn high school student detained by ICE • Brooklyn Paper
brooklynpaper.com·Aug 14, 2025·archived copy
- brooklyneagle.com
- nyti.ms
- Advocates demand release of Brooklyn high school student detained by ICE
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