The family of 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva of Milford, Massachusetts is pleading with immigration officials to release the high school junior.

Gomes da Silva, who is originally from Brazil, was driving to volleyball practice Saturday morning when he was pulled over and taken into custody by several ICE agents.

In a video released by the family's attorney Tuesday night, his parents asked ICE to free their son.

"Please bring my son back"

"Please bring my son back. I miss my son so much," Gomes da Silva's mother said in the video. "I miss my son inside my home. I need to hug my son."

ICE said the target of the operation was Marcelo's father, Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira, who appeared in the video.

Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira and his wife. Gomes da Silva family

"Hello ICE. My nam

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