Federal immigration officials detained an 11th-grade New York City student while he was at an asylum hearing earlier this week, the city’s schools chancellor said Friday.

The principal of Grover Cleveland High School told State Sen. Mike Gianaris and Assemblymember Claire Valdez of the student's detention, they said. Gianaris said he was told the student, who attends the school in Ridgewood, hasn't seen his family since he was detained on Wednesday.

The 11th grader is at least the second New York City public schools student to be detained by immigration authorities since the start of the current Trump administration. Last month, immigration officers detained a Venezuelan student who attended high school in the Bronx.

A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the

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