ICE detains two Texas teens who say they planned to join Marines

Two teens detained by ICE agents in Texas say they were on their way to deliver paperwork related to joining the Marine Corps. A screenshot shows ICE agents pulling a teenager from a car in Alamo, Texas, on Sept. 11, 2026. He and another 17-year-old were detained after recording an immigration enforcement operation near an elementary school. The teens say they were on their way to deliver paperwork related to joining the Marine Corps. (TikTok user @big.t.33) Two teenagers detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas last week say they were on their way to deliver paperwork related to joining the Marine Corps. Video of the encounter appears to show an agent repeatedly striking one teen, while the other says he was pepper-sprayed.

The confrontation took place Sept. 11 in Alamo, Texas, after immigration officers conducted a vehicle stop, the Department of Homeland Security told Stars and Stripes in a statement Wednesday. The statement called the teens “anti-ICE agitators” and said they tried to obstruct officers. Luis Ochoa, 17, told Telemundo in an interview Monday that he and a friend had been recording agents as they detained individuals outside a local elementary school. Ochoa identified the friend as 17-year-old JC Martin Villa in a Facebook post Saturday. A partial video of the arrest that has circulated widely