New Haven Teen Speaks Out Over Mother's ICE Detainment: 'You're Causing A Lot Of Pain'

Written and reported By WFSB 3 TV's Roger Susanin and Rob Polansky

NEW HAVEN, CT — A mother from New Haven was among the latest in the state to be detained by Immigrations and Customers Enforcement.

Her daughter spoke out on Wednesday during a rally in New Haven.

She said her family is being torn apart by the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

The mother was said to be detained by ICE at an out-of-state facility.

Her teenage daughter joined a chorus of Connecticut protesters who demonstrated against recent waves of arrests and deportations.

Wednesday, people at the rally, which was staged by advocates in downtown New Haven, demanded that ICE agents leave Connecticut and stop deporting undocumented immigrants.

The demonstrators called the recent arrests unjust and illegal; however, the Trump administration strongly pushed back on that claim.

The teenage daughter of the mother told the crowd on Wednesday that ICE agents swooped in and arrested her mom as she was dropping her kids off at school.

>>>You can watch video from the rally here.

New Haven police chief Karl Jacobson said the woman was boxed in by agents and arrested in front of her 8- and 13-year-old children. She had an upcoming court date for two misdemeanor charges following a conflict with another woman.

Her daughter called the current immigration policies inhumane.

“You’re not just doing this to my family, you’re also hurting immigrant families who need their parents back home,” she said in front of the crowd. “You’re causing a lot of pain to these families, taking them away.”

Another big anti-Trump and anti-ICE rally has been planned in New Haven on Saturday at 1 p-m.

That event was said to be part of a nationwide network of events known as the “No Kings Rally.”

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