This story has been updated. Follow @sdcitytimes for the latest. Para leer la versión actualizada de esta historia en español, haz clic aquí. San Diego City College student Renatho Casseus was arrested by ICE agents on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 8, as he was driving near campus with another student, City President Ricky Shabazz and San Diego Community College District officials confirmed. Casseus, a Haitian immigrant who was first identified on Sept. 14 by campus officials, has been detained since his Sept. 8 arrest and was denied bond at his first immigration hearing, KPBS reported on Friday, Sept. 18.Story continues below advertisement SDCCD and City College staff and employees are prohibited from interacting with ICE agents under AP 3415, the Non-Participation in Immigration Enforcement Activities Administrative Procedure. Among the policies, the seven-page document bans access to district facilities and collecting student data or records without prior approval by Chancellor Greg Smith. City College’s MECHA and Students for Justice in Palestine chapters organized a rally in response to the incident on Sept. 9. It was the first of two rallies against ICE enforcement. The second, held Sept. 21, included a march through streets surrounding City College and stopped in front of the campus police office on the corner of Broadway and 16th streets. City College alumna Alrak Glez was one of the speakers at the rally and led a march to the V building during the “ICE Out of Education” event. City College alumna Alrak Glez, holding a bullhorn, leads chants at a rally in front of the campus police office during the “ICE Out of Education” event outside the V building on the corner of Broadway and 16th streets, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. Glez is involved with the City College Emergency Response Committee, which organized the rally in solidarity with student Renatho Casseus. Casseus, a Haitian immigrant, has been detained since his Sept. 8 arrest and was denied bond at his first immigration hearing, KPBS reported. The ERC demands the San Diego Community College District and campus officials investigate possible SDCCD police collaboration with ICE. Elijah Elhajj/City Times Media Glez is involved with the City College Emergency Response Collective, which organized the rally in solidarity with Casseus after the academic senate passed a resolution on Sept. 14. The ERC demands SDCCD and campus officials investigate possible district police collaboration with ICE on Sept. 8. “Know that you do have power,” Glez said to a crowd of as many as 100 students, faculty, staff and community members. “Don’t let them take away your rights.” The incident happened outside the Mathematics and Science building near 16th and C streets, according to district officials and confirmed by dashcam video shot by City Times. Two unidentified males were in the car, a black Ford Focus, when it was “boxed in” by three unmarked vehicles, according to a City Times reporter on scene. Casseus, the driver, was arrested by ICE and the passenger fled the area, SDCCD officials confirmed. “The ICE agent began to pursue the passenger, who is a City College student, onto the City College campus,” Gregory Smith, SDCCD chancellor, said in an SDCCD email alert sent at 11:45 a.m. “They quickly stopped as they recognized they were entering a college campus,” Smith added. The email stated ICE had no ongoing activity happening at that time and was no longer on the premises. Local activist Arturo Gonzalez, who was alerted by students to the presence of federal agents, arrived on campus shortly after he said ICE agents left. “When I heard that … the adults at City College were being affected and targeted, I knew immediately I needed to get in my car and respond because this was going to be a major issue, and it needed major awareness,” Gonzalez said in an interview with City Times hours after filming the aftermath of the incident and posting it on Instagram. “What I try to do is immediately provide what (the family of those arrested by ICE needs) in that moment,” Gonzalez continued. “It’s usual that they need obviously legal aid, but what we can provide in that moment is obviously getting … the vehicles back home safely because, in no way can the family deal with all of these things at once when their loved one has just been taken by ICE.” City College’s Communications Department attempted to reassure the campus, stating the SDCCD community does not cooperate or coordinate with ICE enforcement. “We want to be clear: San Diego City College, the San Diego Community College District, and District Police do not participate in, assist with, or coordinate ICE enforcement activities,” the email sent at 10:48 a.m. said. This story was edited by Mikey Gonzales. Multimedia journalists Eljah Elhajj, Carmen Vera and Sam Espinoza contributed to this report. This is a developing story. City Times will update the story as news develops. Correction, Sept. 10: The story has been updated to address the misspelling of the last name of local activist Arturo Gonzalez. City Times regrets the error. Sept. 8, 7:50 p.m.: Story updated with confirmation that the driver detained was a City College student, according to President Ricky Shabazz. Quotes from activist Arturo Gonzales were also added after he sat down for an interview with multimedia journalists Carmen Vera, Alex Gutierrez and Quddus Ocegueda. Sept. 8, 4:45 p.m.: Story updated to include an Instagram post embed from activist Arturo Gonzales after City Times Media independently confirmed its source. Sept. 8, 4:55 p.m.: Story updated to include details of student protest as reported by Mikey Gonzales. 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