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Immigrant Minor with Autism Remains Detained in Houston—Why?
Published October 26, 2025
María García rompe en llanto durante una vigilia en Houston, mientras el congresista Al Green la consuela. La madre exige la liberación de su hijo Emmanuel, un adolescente con autismo bajo custodia federal. Foto: Mariana Pineda.
An immigrant teenager with autism who went missing from his family has been in federal custody for several weeks in a shelter for unaccompanied minors, after undergoing emergency surgery for appendicitis. His mother and civil organizations are holding a permanent vigil outside the shelter to demand his release and reunification with his family, according to Mariana Pineda, reporting from Houston.
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Photo: Mariana Pineda
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