‘They kidnapped a hard-working kid off our streets’: the gardener seized by ICE – and the New York town fighting back
Summary
Gerson Turcios, a young immigrant living and working in Rhinebeck, New York, was arrested by ICE agents and taken to a detention center. His local community rallied quickly to support him, raising funds and organizing legal help to fight his deportation during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.Key Facts
- Gerson Turcios, 23, works mowing lawns and lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
- ICE agents came to his home unexpectedly and detained him.
- President Trump’s administration has deported about 250,000 people from inside the U.S. in one year.
- Turcios fled violence in Honduras as a teenager by crossing the Rio Grande river into the U.S.
- The Rhinebeck community raised money and found lawyers to fight to keep Turcios in the U.S.
- Actor Griffin Dunne helped raise public awareness about Turcios’s case.
- Protests and support events were organized locally to oppose ICE’s actions.
- The local community described Turcios as a hard-working young man with no criminal record.
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