New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- Yuanxin, a 6-year-old from China, remains missing after he was allegedly separated from his father during a routine United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) check-in in New York on 26 November. According to Zohran Mamdani, the child was taken into custody alone. The mayor-elect claims that ICE has refused to disclose the child's location.

"Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end," Mamdani wrote on Twitter (now X).

He is not the only one to raise concerns. US Representative Nydia Ve...