WINOOSKI, Vt. (WCAX) - A Winooski mother and her 7-year-old child were detained over the holiday weekend by immigration authorities and are currently being held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas.

Students returned to JFK Elementary School in Winooksi on Monday after a holiday break, all except for one.

A call home to the student’s father revealed that the 7-year-old and his mother were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

“Our goal is to put our student back in the classroom,” said Winooski Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria. He says the family is seeking asylum in the U.S. and had already begun the process. They were visiting family in the Midwest for Thanksgiving when they were detained. “If we cannot imagine a child and think how wron

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