{"id":21706,"date":"2025-10-29T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21706\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:55:10","slug":"ice-trauma-in-queens-mom-and-daughter-recall-moment-federal-agents-apprehended-their-father-despite-tearful-pleas-over-paperwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21706\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE trauma in Queens: Mom and daughter recall moment federal agents apprehended their father despite tearful pleas over paperwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mirla is currently searching for a lawyer to help her with her husband\u2019s case; however, like countless other families in similar situations, she can\u2019t afford one.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Staring at her hands, twisting her fingers, and bouncing her knee nervously, 13-year-old Danny recalled in a hollow voice the moment her father was snatched away by ICE<\/a> on a Queens street.<\/p>\n

Her piercing screams, calling out for her father, were drowned out by her mother\u2019s tearful pleas to the feds that there was some misunderstanding. Her husband\u2019s case was still ongoing.\n<\/p>\n

Danny\u2019s family (their last name has been withheld by amNewYork, due to the sensitive nature of the pending case) had traveled to the US from Venezuela, a country riddled with violence \u2014 yet Danny told this reporter that ICE\u2019s apprehension of her father has been the most traumatic moment of her life.<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded in Maspeth, Queens on Oct. 18, during which Danny\u2019s family headed out for a Saturday night dinner. Instead, ICE agents sprang out of nowhere and pulled a man into an unmarked vehicle in front of his weeping wife and child.<\/p>\n

Danny recalled riding with her mother and father in their car near the corner of 59th Street and 56th Avenue at around 5:40 p.m. that evening when her father noticed men taking photos of their vehicle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thirteen-year-old Danny told amNewYork that she was riding with her mother and father on the way to eat dinner along 59th Street and 56th Avenue in Maspeth at around 5:40 p.m. when she said her father noticed men taking photos of their vehicle.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"<\/a>When a Venezuelan family embarked on a night out together in Queens on Saturday, Oct. 18, they believed they would be sharing a meal together. Instead, ICE agents sprang out of nowhere and pulled a man into an unmarked vehicle in front of his weeping wife and child.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"<\/a>In a video recorded by the girl and provided to amNewYork, the armed men could be seen shoving her mother, Mirla, as she tried to open the doors to the ICE vehicle, in an attempt to speak to her husband.Screenshot of video obtained by amNewYork<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad got out of the car, and then he went to the ICE people, and he said: \u2018What happened?\u2019 And then the ICE people said \u2018Can I have your ID?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Sure,’\u201d Danny said. \u201cThen my dad gave them the ID. After that, they say he can\u2019t stay here in the United States, so they\u2019re going to take my dad, and they took him. They don\u2019t care about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a video recorded by the girl and provided to amNewYork, the armed men could be seen shoving her mother, Mirla, as she tried to open the doors to the ICE vehicle, in an attempt to speak to her husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are you f**king pushing my mom? Why are you pushing my mom?\u201d Danny could be heard in the video screaming between desperate, tear-fueled wails. \u201cDon\u2019t touch her! I love you, Papa!\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In response, one of the ICE agents reprimanded her mother.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cYour mom does that again and we are going to have to arrest her,\u201d one of the agents threatened the teen. \u201cShe can\u2019t open the door.\u201d
\n\"\"<\/a>In a video recorded by the girl and provided to amNewYork, the armed men could be seen shoving her mother, Mirla, as she tried to open the doors to the ICE vehicle, in an attempt to speak to her husband.Screenshot of video obtained by amNewYork\n<\/p>\n

Earlier in the video, one of the agents can be heard telling Mirla that her husband does not have the paperwork to be in the country. She protested, stating that he has legal status.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was denied, I checked the system,\u201d the agent said.\n<\/p>\n

In the days following the chaotic and emotional detainment, Mirla told amNewYork that her husband was taken to 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE has a holding facility despite an outstanding court order not to detain large numbers of immigrants on site. Mirla\u2019s husband was then transferred to New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In a video recorded by the girl and provided to amNewYork, the armed men could be seen shoving her mother, Mirla, as she tried to open the doors to the ICE vehicle, in an attempt to speak to her husband.Screenshot of video obtained by amNewYork<\/p>\n

Breaking down in tears to amNewYork, she said she is now worried for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very difficult. He was the one who did everything for us,\u201d Mirla said while sobbing. \u201cI have two kids. He was the one who paid rent, the car insurance, the food, he did everything in the house. Now, the landlady is asking me what I am going to do, and I don\u2019t know what I am going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danny said that with her father detained, her mother is attempting to take on odd jobs in order to pay the bills, while she herself is struggling to live with the loss.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom was working, she has been cleaning houses every day, and I help her. I\u2019m going with her, and we clean the houses,\u201d Danny said. \u201cIt has affected me so much, cause he\u2019s my dad. He\u2019s my life. I love him so much, and I want him to come back, because I miss him so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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