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NORRISTOWN, Penn. — Some 30 people gathered for a vigil and march to the county courthouse here Nov. 6 to protest the detention of Francisco Avila and Victor Ibarra, both originally from Mexico, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the York County Detention Center. Avila, a cook, was arrested April 21 as he left a laundromat. ICE refused to release him even after he passed a “reasonable fear” interview, based on his having been kidnapped when he lived in Mexico. Ibarra, a construction worker, was arrested May 15 when he went to pay a traffic ticket. He has lived in the U.S. for a decade. “When you are talking about human lives, it doesn’t matter where you’re born,” said Pilar Molina. She led a campaign that won release of her husband Israel Reséndiz from the Pike County Correctional Facility in June.
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