Community members came together at an Astoria, Queens elementary school playground on Sunday, after a 6-year-old student who attends the school and his Chinese father were detained and separated.
The gathering happened on the same day Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani released a public service announcement explaining citizens’ rights when confronted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
6-year-old boy, father detained and separated
Concerns are mounting as to the whereabouts of first grader Yuanxin Zheng, who was separated from his father nearly two weeks ago when they reported to a scheduled immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza.
Community leaders, along with fellow students and families from P.S. 166, where Zheng was enrolled, gathered outside the school’s playground on Sunday and lashed out at tactics used by federal immigration agents that they say are leaving communities traumatized…