The community is reacting after ICE detained a local businessman.
As reported by WXXI's Gino Fanelli, Omar Ramos Jimenez, the co-founder of the Mexican restaurant La Casa, was arrested by federal immigration agents earlier this month during an alleged sting. Ramos Jimenez was first detained by ICE in 2013 and has been complying with the agency's requests for check-ins.
A federal complaint states that he is now being held due to changes in presidential priorities and policies and to ensure his future attendance at court hearings.
Hundreds of protesters recently gathered to demand his release. The group included his daughter, Cassandra Bocanegra, a senior staff member for the Finger Lakes chapter of the New York Immigration Coalition. She joins us for the hour.
Our guests:
- Gino Fanelli, investigations and City Hall reporter for WXXI News
- Cassandra Bocanegra, senior manager of organizing and strategy for the Finger Lakes region at the New York Immigration Coalition
- Olivia Post Rich, senior attorney at the Worker Justice Center of New York
