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- ICE agents detained Luis, separating him from wife Cocha and their three children, on August 26 2025 at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building.
- Carol Guzy’s award-winning photograph “Separated by ICE” captured the removal inside the courthouse, which rarely permits photojournalists.
- World Press Photo executive Joumana El Zein Khoury said the image shows children’s grief, noting that ICE officers wait with target lists, creating chaotic scenes that echo President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation promise.
