TORONTO - Students at a Toronto high school are stepping in to defend one of their classmates who faces deportation.
Friends and classmates of Daniel Garcia are rallying in a church this afternoon.
They're calling on the federal government to allow the 18-year-old to stay in Canada and have the courts review his case.
Karin Baqi, a lawyer who has spoken with Garcia since his arrest, says the teen's pre-removal risk assessment was filled out incorrectly after his previous lawyer died.
Garcia, a student at Parkdale Collegiate Institute, has been held by immigration officers since Thursday night.
He arrived from Mexico with his sister in 2007 and both filed for refugee status, saying they faced persecution and death in Mexico.
The refugee claim was rejected and Garcia submitted an application for a pre-removal risk assessment, which evaluates the danger the person will face if deported.
Garcia says he hadn't received a decision on the application when he was stopped by police and turned over to immigration officers on Thursday.
The student says officials told him they mailed him a decision months ago.
The rally is scheduled for 2 p.m. at St. Casimir's Church on Roncesvalles Avenue.
