Two Alamo Heights ISD students were detained by ICE near their bus stop on Lynette Street on Monday, according to a district parent.Sophia Veneziano/San Antonio Express-NewsWhile waiting for the school bus on Monday morning, two Alamo Heights Independent School District elementary schoolers and their step-mother were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as their classmates watched.The Alamo Heights ISD community first learned that the Uzategui-Labrador family had been detained by ICE through the nearby students who told their parents and teachers. By noon Monday, friends of the family began to rally behind the family. Throughout the week, support across the district has grown. Originally from Venezuela, the Uzategui-Labrador family arrived in 2021 at the Southern U.S. border seeking asylum and presented themselves to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, who has advocated on behalf of the family since their detention. The parents — Victor Labrador and his wife, Maria Betania Uzategui Castillo — had valid work authorization until 2030, Castro’s office said. The family has enrolled its kids in Alamo Heights ISD since December 2021.Article continues below this adFifth-grade student Victor and his younger sister, Victoria, who is in second grade, go to school at Cambridge Elementary, located in the heart of the small San Antonio enclave. The two children and their step-mom were transported to the ICE Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas by 8 a.m. Tuesday. As of Friday afternoon, they were still detained there in the federal center. Leslie Bertolino has served as the homeroom parent for Victor's classroom since he joined her daughter’s first grade class in 2021. Along with a group of other AHISD parents, Bertolino has organized a GoFundMe to cover legal fees for the family. Houston Chronicle LogoMake us a Preferred Source on Google to see more of us when you search.Add Preferred SourceParents documented ICE returning to the bus stop on Tuesday morning, Bertolino said, but she was unsure if any arrests were made. She has gone to the bus stop each day since to watch over the kids. “That bus stop is normally filled with children. Every day that I’ve been there this week, there have been one to three children getting on the bus. That bus sits there, and that bus waits with its door open. And that bus driver is waiting for those kids just in case,” she said.Article continues below this adBoth children are active members of the Cambridge community. Victor loves soccer, and Victoria enjoys gymnastics and roller skating with her friends, according to fellow AHISD parents. Since it was posted Thursday evening, the GoFundMe has already raised over $17,000. Funds will go toward the $4,000 the family already owes in legal fees, and additional support will cover ongoing legal expenses. The Alamo Heights parents are also supporting four other families who are at risk of immigration enforcement.Alamo Heights ISD officials declined to comment on reports of the family’s detention, citing federal privacy laws.Castro, a Democrat representing San Antonio, is working with Victor Labrador to advocate for his family’s release. Castro is leading a congressional delegation to the Dilley detention center on Tuesday and plans to meet with the family then. “The Trump administration is now targeting kids. My understanding is that ICE was targeting an apartment complex and a bus stop, and perhaps going there repeatedly,” Castro said of the Alamo Heights immigration activity.Article continues below this adCastro was a vocal advocate during the detention of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who were arrested in January and detained in Dilley before being released in February.“It’s a clear pattern that they’re going to schools and bus stops, and other places where young people would be and targeting them. That’s just shameful,” Castro said. “Folks have spoken loud and clear that they’re against child detention. And unfortunately, I’ve had a chance to see the trauma that it causes firsthand in speaking to the kids at Dilley.”Department of Homeland Security officials did not respond to a request for comment regarding Castro’s criticism of ICE and the Uzategui-Labrador’s family detention.The San Antonio congressman described how asylum seekers may feel a sense of “betrayal” over following the proper legal pathways and showing up for immigration appointments on time. Even without a criminal record, these families, in many cases, are getting picked up from their appointments and check-ins, he said. The Uzategui-Labrador family was originally scheduled for an immigration hearing in November 2027 but had another hearing scheduled for next Tuesday at 9 a.m.Article continues below this adThe San Antonio family’s detention comes as a federal appeals court in late April rejected ICE’s mandatory detention policy, declaring it’s a flawed and constitutionally concerning interpretation of the law. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the agency plans to take the case to the Supreme Court, according to Politico.“ICE has the law and the facts on its side and will be vindicated by higher courts,” the spokesperson said in a statement.