"A routine after-school stop for a snack turned into a traumatic encounter on Friday when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer reportedly tackled 16-year-old Gustavo Enrique De Oliveira in Milford, threatened to shoot him, and briefly detained him. According to his lawyers, the Milford High School student, who has no criminal history, was held for about an hour and ordered to report to ICE's Burlington office this week."
""It was heart-wrenching to speak with (his mother) and see the suffering, the uncertainty, the anxiety," said Alexandra Peredo Carroll, the director of legal education and advocacy at the Mabel Center. "This did not need to happen - other than to terrorize." Caroll said the incident started when Gustavo was a passenger in his friend's car and a masked individual approached him - and he ran out of fear. He stopped when the officer threatened to shoot him, she said."
A routine after-school stop for a snack became a traumatic encounter when an ICE officer reportedly tackled 16-year-old Gustavo Enrique De Oliveira, threatened to shoot him, and briefly detained him. The Milford High School student, who has no criminal history, was held about an hour and ordered to report to ICE's Burlington office, then released after checking in on Monday. The family, awaiting an asylum decision, received pro bono legal support from the Mabel Center and experienced fear and anxiety. Video shows agents detaining Gustavo near Main Street, a dark SUV transporting him, a crowd forming, and Milford Police assisting with crowd control; the Milford Police Department declined to comment.
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