A high school student was allegedly detained by Department of Homeland Seceurity agents in Arleta on Monday, according to Los Angeles Unified School District officials.

"Today, unidentified immigration agents handcuffed, detained, and drew their guns on a BD6 student outside Arleta High School in an alleged case of mistaken identity," said a statement from LAUSD Board Member Kelly Gonez. "Such actions — violently detaining a child just outside a public school — are absolutely reprehensible and should have no place in our country."

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said that the incident occurred when federal agents approached the family of a female student who was registering at Arleta High School. They allegedly pulled her family member, a 15-year-old boy, from a vehicle and placed

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