上周一名8岁的海地男孩被政府拘留后，一群民主党议员正在向特朗普政府寻求信息。
在周二给DHS国务卿马克韦恩·马林和HHS国务卿小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪的一封信中，六名民主党议员询问正在采取什么措施让孩子与家人团聚。
“视频片段似乎显示了对一名似乎对周围人不构成威胁的儿童使用约束，这引发了对这一事件处理的严重质疑，”立法者写道。“我们对这一行动的依据以及它可能对一名出庭参加必要听证会的幼儿造成的伤害表示担忧。”
根据当地的倡导者和学校官员的说法，这名8岁的女孩在今年早些时候失去了临时保护身份，这是特朗普政府移民镇压的一部分，她在上周的移民检查中被联邦拘留。
这位三年级学生在圣地亚哥的Fay小学上学，周四与叔叔一起参加移民和海关执法局的约会后被单独拘留。
倡导者和学校官员此前表示，这名男孩在父亲去年被驱逐到墨西哥后，一直与他的叔叔和堂兄弟生活在一起。
非营利组织海地桥梁联盟（Haitian Bridge Alliance）的执行董事盖尔琳·乔泽夫（Guerline Jozef）说，“他们没有给父亲机会，也没有给他们机会，让他们真正为孩子确立合法的监护权。
ICE的一位发言人告诉ABC新闻，代理人是根据《人口贩运受害者保护再授权法案》行事的，因为这位叔叔无法建立合法的监护权。
这位发言人说：“出于谨慎和确保孩子的安全，ICE决定最好将孩子从家里带走，交给难民安置办公室照顾。”
Jozef称拘留是“ICE转移孩子的借口，并可能将他置于驱逐程序中。”
“这一行动的影响远远超出了一个孩子和他的家庭，”立法者在他们的信中说。
Democratic lawmakers want answers on 8-year-old Haitian boy taken into ICE custody
A group of Democratic lawmakers is seeking information from theTrump administrationafter an 8-year-old Haitian boy was taken into government custody last week．
In a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and HHS Secretary Robert F． Kennedy Jr． on Tuesday， six Democratic lawmakers asked what steps are being taken to reunite the child with his family．
＂Video footage appears to show the use of restraints on a child who seemed to pose no threat to those around him， raising serious questions about the handling of this incident，＂ the lawmakers wrote． ＂We express concerns about the basis for this action and the harm it may cause a young child who appeared for his required hearing．＂
The 8-year-old， who lost Temporary Protected Status earlier this year as part of the Trump administration＇simmigration crackdown， was taken into federal custody during an immigration check-in last week， according to local advocates and school officials．
The third grader， who attends Fay Elementary School in San Diego， was detained alone after attending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointment with his uncle on Thursday．
Advocates and school officials previously said the boy had been living with his uncle and cousins after his father was deported to Mexico last year．
＂They did not give the father the opportunity or chance to actually put in place legal guardianship for the kid，＂ said Guerline Jozef， the executive director of the nonprofit Haitian Bridge Alliance．
A spokesperson for ICE told ABC News that agents acted under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act because the uncle could not establish legal guardianship．
＂Out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the child＇s safety， ICE determined it was best to remove the child from the household and place him in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement，＂ the spokesperson said．
Jozef called the detention ＂an excuse for ［ICE］ to remove the child and potentially put him in deportation proceedings．＂
＂The effects of this action extend far beyond one child and his family，＂ the lawmakers said in their letter．
