{"id":2012,"date":"2025-06-04T13:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:20:17","slug":"california-4th-grader-detained-by-ice-at-immigration-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/california-4th-grader-detained-by-ice-at-immigration-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"California 4th grader detained by ICE at immigration hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/southern-california-boy-detained-by-ice-at-immigration-hearing\/\">KTLA<\/a>) \u2014 Concerned teachers and community members are rallying together to help a Southern California fourth grader after he was detained by immigration officials.<\/p>\n<p>On May 29, Martir Garcia Lara, a student at Torrance Elementary School, attended an immigration hearing in Houston, Texas, with his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, instead of receiving an update on his father&#8217;s immigration status, the boy and his father were both detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and separated from each other.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Torrance Elementary School in Torrance, California. (KTLA)\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3796983 lazyload\" data-id=\"3796983\"><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Torrance Elementary School in Torrance, California. (KTLA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Torrance Elementary School in Torrance, California. (KTLA)\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3796981 lazyload\" data-id=\"3796981\"><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Torrance Elementary School in Torrance, California. (KTLA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s alone and he\u2019s not able to return home,\u201d said PTA president Jasmin King.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers at Torrance Elementary reached out to King and the rest of the PTA, asking them for help in somehow getting the boy and his father released and back to Southern California.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/woman-31-from-california-reported-missing-found-dead-in-arizona\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t Missing California woman, 31, found dead in Arizona \t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have not received any information on why they were detained,\u201d King said. \u201cAll we know is that Martir is just a fourth-grader who\u2019s by himself, without his dad, without a parent, and just in a place that he probably doesn\u2019t know, so we can only imagine what he might be feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King said the boy has been a student at Torrance Elementary since the first grade.<\/p>\n<p>PTA members have since reached out to federal, state and local leaders to intervene and are asking other parents and community members to help in any way they can.<\/p>\n<p>King said she and other PTA members are also prepared to help the boy and his father with any legal aid or financial assistance should they need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(KTLA) \u2014 Concerned teachers and community members are rallying together to help a Southern California&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2013,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}