The family of 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva is speaking out after the Milford High School student was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Saturday while on his way to volleyball practice. Gomes da Silva, who is undocumented, remains in ICE custody at a detention facility in Burlington.

"He was telling ICE agents that he's a kid, he needs to go back to school and get his homework done," said his cousin, Julia Sampaio, who was at the scene of the arrest.

Family scared, looking for answers

Sampaio said at least six or seven ICE agents and multiple unmarked vehicles were involved in the arrest. She was not permitted to speak to her cousin when she arrived, a moment she described as deeply frustrating.

"I wanted answers not for myself but for his family,"

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