Two children are facing an uncertain future in the United States after their father was taken into custody by ICE agents.

Single dad Juan David Patino, 37, was intercepted by federal agents shortly after dropping his children off at school in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday.

His son, Dominic Patino, and daughter, Selina Patino, are worried he will be deported to Colombia after more than 27 years in the US.

'Please let him stay', the handwritten letter from the children begs.

'It would suck if he would have to go back – cause that's our only parent,' his son Dominic added during an interview with Fox4. 'It's been pretty rough without him.'

Juan David arrived in the US when he was 10 years old, along with his sister, Lady Wright.

'We were children. We didn't have an option - we had to come with my mom' Wright told Fox4.

Single dad Juan David Patino, 37, was intercepted by federal agents on Friday shortly after dropping his children off at school in Kansas City, Missouri. (Pictured: the father and his kids)

The Colombian national came to the US when he was just 10 years old, and has not been back to his native country since. His two children face an uncertain future while he is in custody

Patino's two young children penned heartbreaking letters to the Trump administration begging them to release their father from ICE detention. 'Please let him stay', they wrote.

Juan David is covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which provides temporary protection from deportation and work authorization to people who came to the US as children.

However, in 2018, cops pulled Juan David over and found marijuana and a gun in his car.

Although Missouri allows residents to carry guns without a permit, under federal law, DACA recipients cannot own a firearm.

ICE agents have unearthed this incident while looking through Juan David's papers, and have placed him in custody while they review his case.

His sister blasted the government for deporting people without any court procedure.

'We were children. We didn't have an option - we had to come with my mom,' said Patino's sister, Lady Wright (pictured beside his children Dominic and Selina)

The Colombian national came to the US when he was just 10 years old, and has not been back to his native country since. His two children face an uncertain future while he is in custody

'To pick up people and just ship them off instead of giving them a fair trial, I don't think that's fair,' Wright told Fox4.

'There are so many (cases), it's overwhelming. I don't want him to leave.'

Juan David's children are waiting to hear back from ICE in Texas while he remains in federal detention for an unknown period.

DailyMail.com has contacted ICE for comment.