A person was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement near San Diego City College on Tuesday, and school officials said that at one point, agents tried to pursue another person onto campus.<\/p>\n
The incident took place around 9:30 a.m., when federal agents in unmarked vehicles stopped a vehicle at 16th and C streets. The driver was arrested, while the passenger, whom school officials identified as a San Diego City College student, fled the area.<\/p>\n
According to a statement by the San Diego Community College District, the agents pursued the passenger onto campus but stopped apparently when they realized they were entering the property; the agents then returned to their vehicles and left.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, we believe the driver arrested by ICE is a City College student. We are providing support to the passenger,\u201d district officials said. \u201cDue to the sensitive nature of this matter, no additional details will be shared about the impacted individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the arrested individual is from Haiti. The federal agency claimed he is not a student and said he was not arrested on a campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring his arrest he attempted to flee to a college campus, but officers prevented it,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The official said the person illegally entered the U.S. in 2023 through El Paso, Texas, and \u201cwas released into the country by the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of his claims will be heard by an immigration judge and he will receive due process,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThis administration will not ignore the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n
DHS did not address the second person agents were seeking.<\/p>\n
Neither the college district police nor any school representatives interacted with the agents, school officials said. The campus remained open during the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cSan Diego City College, the San Diego Community College District, and SDCCD College Police do not participate in, assist with, or coordinate ICE enforcement activities,\u201d school officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis intrusion by law enforcement is both disruptive, unwelcome, and in conflict with the SDCCD\u2019s core values. City College and the SDCCD are reaching out with counseling and legal services to support students and employees who were affected by this activity. The safety and wellbeing of students and employees will always be the district\u2019s highest priority, and we remain committed to maintaining access to all members of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement near San Diego City College on Tuesday, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,5196,15,14,181,23,100,74,84,76,75,1696],"class_list":["post-457927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-downtown-san-diego","tag-education","tag-immigration","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}