City Heights family raises questions after masked ICE agents arrest father in front of kids

Immigration agents with their faces covered detained an undocumented man in front of his young children as he took them to school Wednesday morning in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood.

A relative captured the aftermath of the arrest on video, with the family raising questions about why it happened in that manner to a man they said has no criminal history.

Genaro Carreto was taken into custody at around 7:45 a.m. on Dwight Street, according to his family. They say Carreto came to the U.S. from Guatemala about two years ago, fleeing violence after a relative was killed. He brought his three children to the U.S. the following year: 5-year-old Eugenia, 11-year-old Bilver and 14-year-old Cristel. The family and Carreto’s attorney Jordan Schweller said all three have pending asylum cases…

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