Rally Demands Release of NYC High School Student Detained by ICE

Rally for Mamadu Dio

• 📣 Advocates and elected officials gathered in Lower Manhattan to demand the release of Mamadu Dio, a New York City high school student detained by ICE.
• 📅 Dio, a 20-year-old student at Brooklyn Frontiers High School, was taken into custody following a routine immigration hearing.
• 🏛️ This incident marks at least the third New York City public school student detained under the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Concerns and Calls to Action

• ❓ Questions remain about the grounds for Dio's detention and his fast-tracking through the federal system.
• 🌍 Dio, who is from West Africa, is described as a student seeking a special immigration juvenile status and has no family in the area.
• 💔 A teacher expressed deep emotional distress over Dio's detention, highlighting his character and desire for self-improvement.
• ✊ Speakers condemned the detention as an "abduction" and called for fair and just treatment of all immigrants, demanding an end to such practices.