A Chinese migrant and his young son living in Queens were separated when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to deport the pair in New York City, according to reports.

Astoria resident Fei Zheng was taken into ICE custody at the end of an immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, and away from his 6-year-old boy, Yuanxin, on Nov. 26, community advocates told local outlets.

“He said to me, ‘I did what they said I should do. I came in for this check-in.’ And yet they arrested him and his son,” activist Jennie Spector told NY1 , in reference to Zheng.

Zheng, who was reportedly seeking asylum, was being held at a detention center in Orange County in the Hudson Valley, while the exact location of his son was unknown.

Father and son Fei and Yuanxin Zheng Imm

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