A group of Los Angeles Unified School Teachers gathered Monday to support an 18-year-old Reseda High School senior who has been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than a month.

Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz has been at the Adelanto Detention Center since he was taken into custody in August while walking his dog near his family’s Van Nuys apartment.

Teacher Lizette Becerra told KTLA’s Sandra Mitchell that she’s visited the teen and noted that he’s struggling in the custody of ICE.

“He’s treated like a prisoner, can’t go anywhere, can’t do anything,” she explained. “He wants to be out.”

The message of the teachers assembled in support of Guerrero-Cruz on Monday was “education, not deportation.”

“We’re here because he’s still there,” Becerra said. “He has not

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