Detroit high school student faces deportation after detained by CBP

An 18-year-old Detroit high school student was just 3.5 credits away from graduating from Western International High School in Detroit when he was arrested on May 20 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and now his future is very uncertain.

“Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 10) is the final day of school for most Detroit public schools. It’s a day when many of those students are celebrating completing a year and some students are graduating and some students are looking forward to the summer. He may be on a plane back to Colombia,” said Ruby Robinson, senior managing attorney with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

Maykol Bogoya-Duarte was on his way to Lake Erie Metropark with three classmates on a school field trip on May 20 when Rockwood police pulled him over…

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