“ICE at no level defined to Ms. Rodriguez Gutierrez what was occurring,” he instructed reporters on Monday.
De Bremaeker stated that all through the arrest, Rodriguez Gutierrez had pleaded with officers to permit her to get medical gear the 6-year-old wanted from one other member of the family who was exterior of the ICE workplace however was denied.
“It’s extremely merciless to tear a toddler, as they’re thriving and never solely utilizing the assistive gadgets that they want … out of this extremely courageous and robust progress that he has made,” De Bremaeker stated Friday, noting that signal language in Colombia is totally different from the American Signal Language the younger scholar had been studying right here.
He stated that within the days following their detention, ICE violated the household’s due course of rights by repeatedly deceptive immigration attorneys about their whereabouts. De Bremaeker was not capable of find the household till Friday, when he spoke with Rodriguez Gutierrez and confirmed that she had been deported to Colombia.
“We had been instructed at each level that the household was at a unique location, and even as much as final night time after I spoke with ICE, they instructed me a unique location than the place they really had been,” he instructed reporters final week.
He stated Monday that the confusion prevented attorneys from submitting emergency motions to cease their deportation in the appropriate jurisdiction, and that Rodriguez Gutierrez was additionally blocked from invoking humanitarian protections that might have stopped the deportation of her deaf son.
He referred to as on Congress to launch an inquiry into the due course of violations and compel DHS to deliver the household residence.
“They promised that they might deport violent criminals. Now, they’re deporting children with disabilities,” Swalwell stated. “If you wish to deport a cartel boss, everybody right here will enable you pack their baggage. However in case you’re coming for a 6-year-old, you need to undergo us. We is not going to stand by why ICE tears our households aside and endangers harmless youngsters.
“What occurred right here was not about public security … It makes the nation darker,” he stated.
KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed to this report.
