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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Katie Hawkinson

An autistic 15-year-old went missing in Houston. Now he’s in federal immigration custody

A Houston mother says she’s been separated from her 15-year-old autistic son after he went missing last weekend and was later detained by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia was reported missing by his mother, Maria, on October 4. He was found the next day, when Houston Police Department officers responded to a welfare check with the local fire department, a police spokesperson told The Independent.

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