TORRANCE, Calif. (KABC) -- Several Torrance residents are demanding answers after a 9-year-old boy stopped showing up to school only to be found in federal immigration custody.

According to reports, Martir Garcia Lara and his father were taken into custody on May 29 and have since been transferred to an immigration facility in Texas.

According to the Los Angeles Times , officials plan to deport them to Honduras.

Congressman Ted Lieu issued a statement on the reports, saying he's "deeply troubled."

"I am deeply troubled by reports that ICE detained a fourth-grade student from Torrance Elementary and separated the child from his father at an immigration hearing," read the statement. "ICE has not given a reason for their actions. I urge ICE to provide an explanation as soon as possible

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