Federal immigration agents briefly detained a 15-year-old student with disabilities outside Arleta High School in Los Angeles in what officials are calling a case of mistaken identity, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
The teen, described as having “significant disabilities,” was enrolling at Arleta High on Monday morning when U.S. Border Patrol agents handcuffed him, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said at a press conference, reported Fox 11.
An LAUSD spokesperson told Newsweek that “individuals who refused to identify themselves as immigration enforcement officers wrongfully detained a student outside Arleta High School.”…