A Des Moines high school student was detained during a routine immigration check-in and deported fewer than two weeks later, according to a local advocacy organization.

The 18-year-old student attended a Sept. 30 appointment at the Federal Building in Des Moines with his guardian and immigrants’ rights advocates with the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice .

He was detained briefly in the Federal Building, according to IMMJ, before being taken to the Hardin County Jail, one of six county jails in Iowa that partner with the federal government to hold immigration detainees.

He was then transferred to a detention facility in Louisiana before being deported to Central America.

His guardian wasn’t able to speak with him until four days into his detainment, IMMJ says. And she didn’t hear fro

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