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Anna Betts

Massachusetts students and teachers protest teen’s ‘inhumane’ arrest by Ice

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Students hold hands outside of Milford high school after walking out of school to protest the detention of Marcelo Gomes Da Silva on Monday. Photograph: Boston Globe/Getty Images

Students at Massachusetts’s Milford high school staged a walkout on Monday to show support for their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, who was headed to volleyball practice when he was detained over the weekend by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents who were actually looking for his father.

Gomes Da Silva, a Brazilian national, entered the US in 2012 on a student visa, according to a court document since filed by his lawyer. The filing states that Gomes Da Silva’s student visa status has since lapsed – but that he is eligible for and intends to apply for asylum.

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