Mauro Henriquez, an 18-year-old Houston ISD student and team captain for his school’s soccer team, has been detained by ICE since Dec. 16 and is set to be deported along with his father, according to the federal agency.
More than 100 students rallied Tuesday outside of Houston ISD’s Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center calling for the release of their classmate, 18-year-old Mauro Henriquez, from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Henriquez’s family says despite having an asylum claim, he and his father were detained on Dec. 16 and have been held at ICE’s Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe for 50 days. They say neither Henriquez nor his father have criminal records and were complying with required court check-ins and legal immigration processes.
Sam Houston student Luis Barrios says Henriquez, the captain of the school’s soccer team, has a right to be a student there…