HOUSTON (KIAH) – After a week of pleading and begging for answers, advocates urged city leaders to step in to help after a Houston mother’s teenage son is still in federal custody, despite being found safe last week.
“This is not acceptable at all. I can’t imagine the amount of fear he has that he can’t express,” said Letitia Plummer, at large Position 4.
Maria Garcia hoped she would be able to take her child home after an emergency appendicitis surgery, but couldn’t. 15-year-old Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia was sent back into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement…