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WEBVTT HE DROPPED YOU OFF AT SCHOTHAT DAY, IS THAT RIGHT?>> YES.JAYNE: ANDERSON IS THETEN-YEAR-OLD SON OF JESUSPARAZA.TWO WEEKS AGO, AFTER DROPPINGAGO, AFTER DROPPING ANDERSON OFFAT SCHOOLPERAZA WAS ARRESTED BYIMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMSENFORCEMENT AGENTS.WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT HE HADBEEN DETAINED?>> WHEN MY UNCLE WENT TO PICK MEUP, HE TOLD MEPERAZA WAS TARGETED UNDER THENEW CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRANTS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.HE HAS BEEN IN THE U.S. WITHOUTLEGAL DOCUMENTATION FOR TEN%YEARS, HAS A JOB, IS MARRIED,AND HAS A FAMILY.IF THERE'S ANY OTHER REASON AN>> ICE AGENT THINK THEY MIGHT BEA THREAT, THEY CAN BE ARRESTED.WHILE UNDER OBAMA THEY WEREINSTRUCTED TO TARGET PEOPLE WHOHAD BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMESJAYNE: PERAZA HAS NO CRIMINALCONVICTION.HIS LAWYER BELIEVE AN OLDDEPORTATION ORDER HAS NOW BEENACTIVATED.HE'S BEING HELD IN JAIL.>> WE FILED A STAY WITH ICEASKING THEM TO RELEASE HIM ANDTO STOP TRYING TO DEPORT HIMGIVEN THE FACT HE HAS A FAMILYHERE, UNITED STATES BORN CHILDAND THAT HE IS A GOOD MAN ANDTHE IMMEDIATELY REJECTED IT.JAYNE: AND THEY IMMEDIATLEYREJECTED IT.PERAZA IS SEEKING ASALYUM.HE'S FROM HONDURAS.AND WITNESSED A MURDER IN ONE OFTHE WORLD'S MOST VIOLENT CITIES.SO FAR THE REQUEST HAS BEENREJECTED.HE'S SEEKING REVIEW BY A JUDGE.WE SP0KE WITH HIS WIFE.SHE IS ALSO UNDOCUMENTED.IS HE WORRIED?>> YES, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONEPROVIDING FOR THE FAMILY AND NOWHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DOWHILE HE IS IN JAIL.JAYNE: PERAZA HAS LETTERS OFSUPPORT FROM THE PRINCIPAL OFHIS SON'S SCHOOL.YOU MISS YOUR DAD?>> YES.A LOT.JAYN IT SERVES AS THE BASISFOR THE ARREST THAT WAS MADE ONMARCH 9 JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.IT WAS NOT ACTED UPON UNTIL NOW.

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Ten-year-old Anderson was on the phone with his father, who was speaking to his son from jail.Download the WBAL appJesus Peraza was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents two weeks ago after taking Anderson to school."He dropped you off at school that day, is that right?" I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller asked of Anderson."Yes," Anderson said."And then he drove off?" Miller asked."Yes," Anderson said."When did you find out he had been detained?" Miller asked."When my uncle went to pick me up, he told me," Anderson said.Peraza's arrest was a case that helped provoke a City Council resolution Monday asking ICE to target criminals. Peraza has no criminal convictions, but he does not have legal immigration status.Under the Trump administration's more aggressive crackdown on unauthorized immigrants, that is grounds for being targeted."If there's any other reason an ICE agent thinks they might be a threat, they can be arrested. While under Obama, they were instructed to target people who had been convicted of crimes," said Jared Jaskot said.Peraza was deported about 10 years ago as a teenager, his lawyer said. He then slipped back into the county, settled in Baltimore, got a job, got married and now has kids. He has not been targeted before.Peraza did not have any idea he was being sought. Peraza's wife, who WBAL-TV 11 News is not identifying, is also undocumented. If deported, the family would have to return to Honduras, to a city known as the most violent in the world.Peraza is seeking asylum. So far, it's been rejected."They made a determination his fear was not credible. They didn't believe it. They gave us no reason why," Jaskot said.A federal immigration judge will be asked to review Peraza's case. A request to be released from custody has been denied.According to Peraza's lawyer, Peraza witnessed a murder in Honduras and is fearful of returning. His son attends Hampstead Hill Academy. The school's principal and others have written letters of support.Also on WBALTV.com: