Overview
- Federal officials say ICE took the teen into custody outside Everett police on Oct. 9 and transferred him on Oct. 10 to a juvenile immigration facility in Winchester, Virginia.
- DHS asserts local officials notified ICE of the arrest, a claim Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria disputes as he maintains police did not contact immigration authorities.
- Everett police arrested the seventh-grader after a reported credible threat and found a double-bladed knife; local officials say no gun was recovered despite DHS statements referencing a firearm.
- DHS characterizes the teen as a public-safety risk, alleging ties to the Brazilian gang known as 33 and citing about 11 prior police complaints and earlier juvenile arraignments.
- Lawyers for Civil Rights has asked the governor and attorney general to open an independent probe into possible violations of state law, referencing limits on local cooperation under the Lunn precedent.