Posted on 08/18/2025 4:22:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz was walking his family’s dog in Van Nuys on a recent morning when he was taken into custody by federal immigration officials, according to authorities and published reports.
Guerrero-Cruz, who turned 18 this month, was set to start his senior year at Reseda Charter High School on Thursday.
Instead, he’s being held in Department of Homeland Security custody pending removal from the United States, the agency confirmed in statement to The Times on Friday.
“Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz, an illegal alien from Chile, overstayed his visa by more than two years, abusing the Visa Waiver Program under which he entered the United States, which required him to depart the United States on March 15, 2023,” the statement read.
Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho said during a news conference Thursday that he spoke to the boy’s mother, who described the dismal conditions her son is facing in custody. She said her son was in a small holding area filled with 40 men, most much older than her son.
“He is 18 years old, but he’s a kid. He has not been exposed to anything in his life,” Carvalho said, recounting his discussion with Guerrero-Cruz’s mother.
During their conversation, Carvalho said, she “was having difficulty holding back tears. She was crying with every word that came out of her mouth.”
Carvalho has called for limits on immigration enforcement near schools, saying it impedes student learning.
“When children witness peers, parents, or other individuals detained, the image is not easily erased,” Carvalho said in a statement Monday. “These moments imprint on young minds, distracting them from academic lessons and replacing intellectual curiosity with worry.”
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“when he was taken into custody by federal immigration officials”
…there’s a super good reason for him being taken into custody by the way!!
Overturn Plyler v. Doe.
He’s an illegal alien in America illegally. This is only news to the Molotov Cocktail throwing, “F” bomb dropping, old lady stomping, gray haired, whiskered geezers and their husbands being paid by their Nazi boss.
I seriously doubt they randomly pulled him.
He’s being held in DHS Security custody pending removal from the US, the agency confirmed in statement to The Times on Friday.
“Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz, an illegal alien from Chile, overstayed his visa by more than two years, abusing the Visa Waiver Program under which he entered the United States, which required him to depart the United States on March 15, 2023,” the statement read.
Sure made my day.
The typists at the LA Times cobbled this together to make it sound like it’s a BAD thing.
If you are on US soil by virtue of having bypassed our immigration laws you are a de facto criminal.
Leave now or be repatriated by any means necessary.
Bye!
HOORAY ICE!
Hello??? He overstayed his visa. You can’t do that. End of story.
Is his mother illegal too?
Less tax money needed in the school if there are no illegal aliens.
Uh, except criminal behavior. I’ve been to Santiago, Chile. It’s certainly no hardship living there unless you were a commie when Pinochet ran things or are on the run from the law there.
They always describe the normal thing they were doing, as though some dark negative force is striking down people randomly while they water their plants, or are having lunch, or walking their dog.
The mass of illegal immigrants permitted into the country and the abuse of the system by the Democrats has hardened me against claims for leniency and special exceptions. Send them all back.
I don’t give a Sh!t. I don’t care if it was the day before his graduation, send them all back. Apply for citizenship and follow the law. If you can’t do that, don’t come back.
It’s a long day living in Reseda
There’s a freeway running through the yard
Deport Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz and his little dog too.z
Check his entire family and background any government services they might have used.
So how did the little darling end up on ICE radar?
How about NO tax money! The schools have become luxurious daytime babysitters for illegals.
Was he carrying a pack of Skittles?
Didn’t those ICE agents know that when you’re out walking your dog, you are immune from any police action?
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