United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

ICE says a federal immigration judge said Nasario Damian Contreras, 45, had to go back to his native Mexico in February 2023, but he opened and operated three Lackawanna County restaurants.

Los manifestantes alzan sus voces para llamar la atención sobre los problemas de inmigración en la ciudad de Hazleton el jueves por la tarde.

Organized by Make the Road Pennsylvania, Thursday's event in Hazleton aimed to raise awareness, demand accountability and remind the immigrant community that they are not alone.

"Nos quedamos preguntándonos a quién está apuntando ICE si incluso los ciudadanos estadounidenses no están seguros," preguntó el hombre.

A small group of young people from Hazleton organized a demonstration to be a voice for their friends and family — people they say are scared under President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. On the corner of Broad and Church Streets in the majority Hispanic city in Luzerne County, they waved Mexican and American flags and held up signs in Spanish and English.

'We are left wondering who is ICE targeting if even U.S. citizens are not safe,' an anxious father asks after his daughter — a citizen — was detained during a bus trip.

The six, who live in Lackawanna or Luzerne counties, say the agency is taking too long to determine if they qualify to stay under a special visa program aimed at protecting crime victims.