Lopez-Gomez was in a vehicle with others who had traveled from Georgia and while heading to a job in Florida.

Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”

Attorneys say the funding cutoff has caused chaos, with kids as young as 5 facing judges alone in immigration courts. Some are victims of sexual abuse and trafficking.

From sharing IRS data with ICE, calling for registries and revoking the legal mechanisms thousands have used to come to the U.S., Trump’s directives send a clear message.

Trump said in a Cabinet meeting that workers vouched for by employers would “go out” and “they’re going to come back as legal workers.”

The Department of Homeland Security has sought to use tax filing information to find people in the U.S. without legal status in support of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation.