Border Report Live: High school seniors stuck in ICE detention as graduation nears

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Some students are spending the final days of their high school careers in immigration detention.

Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete, a senior in Chicago, and Luis Fernando Cabrera Chavarria, a senior in Austin, Texas, were recently detained by immigration agents.

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ICE agents arrested Hernandez-Navarrete and his mother during a routine check-in. Cabrera Chavarria was detained while driving home work at a fast-food restaurant on May 1.

On this episode of Border Report Live, host Rudy Mireles provides an update on their cases, plus a look at how and fellow students, teachers and loved ones are rallying in hopes that they’ll be let go in times for graduation.

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