A Torrance Elementary School fourth grader and his 50-year-old father have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and will soon be deported.Martir Garcia Lara, 9, and his father, Martir Garcia-Banegas, were taken into custody at the Enforcement and Removal Operations field office in Los Angeles on May 29, according to an ICE spokesperson.Martir Garcia Lara and his father, ICE said, entered the U.S. illegally in 2021.“An immigration judge ordered the family unit removed to Honduras on Sept. 1, 2022,” ICE officials said in a written statement. “Garcia appealed the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals and on Aug. 11, 2023, the BIA dismissed the appeal. They exhausted due process and have no legal remedies left to pursue.”The pair will be held in custody for the foreseeable future, ICE officials said, until they’re deported to Honduras.The news of the father’s and son’s arrest, however, sparked outrage across the state after it was originally reported by KTLA Channel 5. Since last week, the Torrance Unified School District, the city of Torrance and other local officials have responded to the ICE action.“As a community, we are deeply concerned when any child in our city faces uncertainty and fear,” Torrance Mayor George Chen said in a Saturday statement. “Every child deserves to feel safe and supported, and we are committed to working within our authority to ensure our community remains a place where all families can thrive knowing that immigration enforcement is a federal matter.”Martir Garcia Lara’s arrest came shortly before widespread ICE raids across Los Angeles County that resulted in large protests across the region.Following ICE clashes with protesters in Paramount on Saturday, President Donald Trump announced he would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles.Trump’s decision to federalize the National Guard has been met with sharp criticism, and, as of Monday, has been challenged in court by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Bob Bonta as illegal and unwarranted.The news also prompted an even larger response from protesters, with more than 1,000 people shutting down the 101 Freeway on Saturday. Political leaders from across California held a news conference Monday, decrying Trump’s actions in L.A.“This weekend, we witnessed deeply disturbing scenes across Los Angeles following a series of ICE raids, including broad sweeps in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles, in Paramount, and even the arrest of a 9-year-old at an elementary school in Torrance,” Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, D-Los Angeles, said Monday. “Let me be clear: This is not normal. This is not right. This is not who we are as a country, and it certainly is not who we are as Californians.”