A 13-year-old boy was detained and handcuffed by ICE agents in Minnesota. The teenager’s father was arrested while he was handcuffed and taken into custody by the officers. The wife of the man and mother of the boy has come forward to speak about how “unfair” the incident was.
Jose Gomez and his 13-year-old son left their family’s Minnesota apartment one morning, but only one of them returned. The father and son stepped out to move their car following a snowstorm, unaware of what was waiting for them.
In Hoffman Estates, Illinois, ICE dragged a girl out of a car, slammed her to the ground, then pinned her face down and knelt on her neck.
“I’m 15!” she cries out. “I’m not resisting!”
What has America become?
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The pair crossed paths with ICE officers during their outing, and things quickly escalated. Jose and his mother, Karina, spoke to WCCO to give an account of what happened. They were joined by a family friend named Marion Vazquez to help translate it into English.
“She [Karina] thinks it’s unfair that they treated her son in that manner,” the family friend began. She added how the teenager’s mother thought it was wrong for the ICE agents to put handcuffs on her son when he was not even a threat.
The teenager recalled how he and his father were sitting in their car when an unmarked SUV showed up. His father asked him to make a run when a second car arrived at the scene. When he did exactly that, he was tackled and restrained by the ICE officers.
They proceeded to put him in one of the SUVs. When the officers questioned him about the child’s legal status in the country, his father quickly made it clear that he was only 13.
The father-son pair are both undocumented immigrants in the country. Karina alleged that ICE did not have a warrant to arrest her husband. Her guess is that her husband was randomly profiled by agents patrolling the area.
During the sit-down interview, Karina shared how her husband first arrived in the States three years ago. She and their son followed suit only last year. The woman told the story of her husband’s arrest with tears in her eyes and their newborn daughter in her hands.
The mother of two shared how she and her family had escaped Mexico and the violent crimes there. Karina recalled that she was once robbed at gunpoint. “They were also just trying to get money off her,” Vasquez shared.
After his father was arrested by the ICE agents, Jose was dropped off at his aunt’s residence, which was right around the corner. When the car pulled into the driveway, the teenager allegedly suffered from an abnormal heartbeat.
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? https://t.co/ADIHGstajd
— Jesse Mermell (@jessemermell) October 13, 2025
The family claims that this was caused by the stress of what the 13-year-old had just witnessed. Documents show that he was then taken to the St. Francis Regional Medical Center for treatment.
The medical records show “victim of assault and battery, chest wall pain,” and abrasions on both his wrists under “diagnoses.”
