The mother and father of a 16-year-old briefly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Milford were not arrested on Tuesday — but were instead ordered to wear ankle monitors.

The couple was ordered to wear the monitors as part of a surveillance program by ICE, according to Daniel Santiago, the co-founder of the Mable Center for Immigrant Justice .

The Mable Center’s other co-founder, Jill Seeber, represented the 16-year-old son when he was briefly detained by ICE agents on Main St. in Milford on Sept. 12.

The parents, who immigrated from Brazil in 2021, do not have legal status and are seeking asylum, according to Santiago. As part of the surveillance program, the parents will have to check in with ICE periodically, he said.

“ICE knows where they are,” Santiag

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