LETTER TO DHS ASKING FOR THE CAMP TO CLOSE. AN ATTORNEY SAYS A DEAF SIX YEAR OLD BOY WITHOUT HIS HEARING AIDS WAS JUST DEPORTED FROM THE BAY AREA. JOSEPH ANDRE RODRIGUEZ ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN FREMONT. NOW THAT ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER WAS SEEKING ASYLUM AFTER LEAVING COLUMBIA. AND DURING A CHECK IN APPOINTMENT, THE ATTORNEY SAYS ICE DETAINED AND DEPORTED THE MOM AND HER TWO BOYS AND WOULD NOT LET A FAMILY MEMBER RETRIEVE THE DEAF BOY’S HEARING AIDS. THE STATE’S TOP EDUCATOR IS NOW INVOLVED. IT IS GUT WRENCHING THAT LESLIE RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZ AND HER SON AND HER SIX YEAR OLD AND FIVE YEAR OLD WOULD BE ABDUCTED, AND THAT THIS IS A YOUNG BOY WHO DEPENDS ON HEARING AIDS AND OTHER MEDICAL DEVICES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT HE WAS SNATCHED UP WITHOUT HIS HEARING AIDS. AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, IS WITHOUT ANY CARE. WE DO NOT KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS AND WE ARE CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE, THE IMMEDIATE RETURN OF THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS FAMILY. WELL, THE FAMILY’S ATTORNEY NOW SAYS THE FAMILY WAS DEPORTED TO COLOMBIA. HE SAID THE FAMILY WAS IN THE BAY AREA FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AFTER ESCAPING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS RESPONDED, SAYING ICE DOES NOT SEPARATE FAMILIES. PARENTS ARE GIVEN A CHOICE. THEY CAN BE REMOVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN OR PLACED THEM WITH A SAFE PERSON THEY DESIGNATE. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH PAST ADMINISTRATIONS, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. GUTIERREZ CHOSE T
Deaf 6-year-old deported to Colombia without hearing aids, family’s attorney says
A deaf 6-year-old boy was deported from California to Colombia without his hearing aids, according to his family’s attorney, who said the boy’s mother was seeking asylum after leaving Colombia.Joseph Andrey Londono Rodriguez, 6, attended the California School for the Deaf in Fremont.During a check-in appointment, ICE detained and deported the boy’s mother, Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, and her two sons, reportedly not allowing a family member to retrieve the boy’s hearing aids. California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond expressed concern and called for the child’s return. “It is gut-wrenching that Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez and her son, and her 6-year-old and 5-year-old would be abducted. And that this would be a young boy who depends on hearing aids and other medical devices to be successful, and that he was snatched up without his hearing aids,” he said. “And as far as we know, is without any care. We do not know his whereabouts, and we are calling for the immediate return of this young man and his family.”The family’s attorney said that the family was deported to Colombia after spending about four years in the Bay Area, having escaped an abusive relationship. The Department of Homeland Security spoke on the incident, saying, “ICE does not separate families. Parents are given a choice: They can be removed with their children or place them with a safe person they designate. This is consistent with past administration’s immigration enforcement. Gutierrez chose to be removed with her children, and they returned to their home on March 5.”
A deaf 6-year-old boy was deported from California to Colombia without his hearing aids, according to his family’s attorney, who said the boy’s mother was seeking asylum after leaving Colombia.
Joseph Andrey Londono Rodriguez, 6, attended the California School for the Deaf in Fremont.
During a check-in appointment, ICE detained and deported the boy’s mother, Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez, and her two sons, reportedly not allowing a family member to retrieve the boy’s hearing aids.
California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond expressed concern and called for the child’s return. “It is gut-wrenching that Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez and her son, and her 6-year-old and 5-year-old would be abducted. And that this would be a young boy who depends on hearing aids and other medical devices to be successful, and that he was snatched up without his hearing aids,” he said. “And as far as we know, is without any care. We do not know his whereabouts, and we are calling for the immediate return of this young man and his family.”
The family’s attorney said that the family was deported to Colombia after spending about four years in the Bay Area, having escaped an abusive relationship.
The Department of Homeland Security spoke on the incident, saying, “ICE does not separate families. Parents are given a choice: They can be removed with their children or place them with a safe person they designate. This is consistent with past administration’s immigration enforcement. Gutierrez chose to be removed with her children, and they returned to their home on March 5.”
