A Maryland high school valedictorian and her mother, both originally from El Salvador, were taken into custody during a scheduled ICE check-in.
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Maria Flores Garcia, 19, and her mother, Mirna Flores Garcia, 48, attended a scheduled annual ICE interview in Baltimore on November 6, where they were detained moments later.
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Maria's boyfriend, Cesar Saavedra, told FOX 5 that ICE detained Mirna shortly after checking into a detention center.
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Saavedra said authorities gave Maria the option to leave her mother or to stay with her mother and be detained as well.
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Maria refused to leave her mother's side, resulting in her being detained as well.
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Saavedra has made multiple attempts to locate Maria and Mirna; he told FOX 5 that they were transported from Baltimore to a detention center in Chantilly, Virginia.
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'Then they got transferred somewhere else in Virginia, and from there is where they were, uh, sent to Louisiana, where they're at now,' said Saavedra.
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He then said the duo has never done 'anything wrong' while living in the US.
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Maria Flores Garcia was arrested with her mother during their annual check in with ICE, their family said.
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She's currently studying at the University of Maryland
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Maria, 19, and her mother, Mirna Flores Garcia, 48, attended a scheduled annual ICE interview in Baltimore on November 6, where they were detained moments later.
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They are pictured here together
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Saavedra said authorities gave Maria the option to leave her mother or to stay with her mother and be detained as well
Elected Executive of Prince George's County, Aisha N Braveboy, expressed her outrage at the detention of the mother and daughter.
She took to Facebook to release a statement, writing: 'I am outraged and deeply concerned by the detention of University of Maryland student Maria Flores Garcia at an ICE facility in Louisiana.
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'This happened when her mother, a law-abiding county resident, checked in with the Baltimore ICE office as required by Federal Law,' said Braveboy.
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'Maria and her mother should know they are not alone: the people of Prince George’s County stand firmly with them.
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We are calling for Maria’s immediate release and safe return home,' she added.
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Saavedra created a GoFundMe account to help Maria's family with lawyer fees and 'to allow the family to communicate,' he wrote.
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Saavedra added: 'My girlfriend has worked incredibly hard for her future, and right now, both she and her mother need our support more than ever.'
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From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for every donation, prayer, shared post, and message of encouragement,' he wrote.
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Maria graduated with honors just months ago from Parkdale High School as part of the class of 2026, according to Saavedra.
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A Maryland high school valedictorian and her mother, both originally from El Salvador, were taken into custody during a scheduled ICE check-in.
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Pictured: Maria Flores Garcia
Saavedra has made multiple attempts to locate Maria and Mirna; he told FOX 5 that they were transported from Baltimore to a detention center in Chantilly, Virginia
Maria's boyfriend, Cesar Saavedra, told FOX 5 that ICE detained Mirna shortly after checking into a detention center
Maria is a current college freshman at The University of Maryland, aspiring to become a doctor, according to Saavedra
She gave a heartwarming valedictorian speech highlighting her journey of emigrating to America and adjusting to a new culture, including a new language she barely understood.
'At the age of 9, like many other children, I faced the challenge of starting over,' Maria said in her speech.
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'I was the new girl who struggled to understand words and had to wait for someone to translate even the simplest instructions,' she said in a video NBC4 Washington obtained.
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Maria is a current college freshman at The University of Maryland, aspiring to become a doctor, according to Saavedra.
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The university released a statement to NBC4
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The University of Maryland is aware that one of our students was taken into custody off campus by immigration enforcement officials last week.
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'Our thoughts are with our student and their family and friends, and we are working to provide resources when possible and appropriate.'
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The Daily Mail contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further comment.
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