India, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has denied allegations that it took a third grader into custody to be placed in detention. ICE's statement comes after local advocates and school officials alleged that an eight-year-old Haitian boy who previously lost Temporary Protected Status was taken into federal custody after an immigration check-in. The third grader attends Fay Elementary School in San Diego.

The boy was placed into government custody alone after attending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointment with his uncle, his school district and an advocacy group said. ICE has now said that the allegations and the narrative are "false," adding that it is a "depraved attempt to smear our ICE law e...