Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained at least six people in Oakland on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at a home on 79th Avenue near Hillside Street. Among the detainees are a minor and someone with a severe disability, according to Nikolas De Bremaeker, immigrants’ rights managing attorney at Centro Legal .

De Bremaeker said he met with the detainees Tuesday after a call was received through the Alameda County Immigration Legal Education Partnership’s rapid response hotline ( ACILEP ).

“I pressed with ICE the illegality of detention of a child under these circumstances, and they will either release or move to a child detention center tonight,” De Bremaeker told The Oaklandside in an email.

Centro Legal is one of the organizations working with ACILEP, a county program launche

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