Chants to “Bring back Pascual,” and “Let Noel go,” rang out through the heat Tuesday afternoon as Eastern Iowa community members marched toward the U.S. District Court building in Cedar Rapids to protest the deportation of West Liberty resident Pascual Pedro earlier this month and the detention of Muscatine resident Noel Lopez.
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Less than a week after he was detained during a regular check-in at the U.S. ICE office in Cedar Rapids, Pascual Pedro, who came to the United States from Guatemala seven years ago, at age 13, has been deported. His removal happened before his lawyer had time to file a single document with ICE officials regarding his order of removal.
A pesar de tener un historial limpio y una vida construida en Iowa desde que emigró a los Estados Unidos a la edad de 13 años, Pascual Pedro, ahora de 20 años, fue detenido por ICE en una cita de registro regular el martes.
Pascual Pedro was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. with his dad. For seven years, he’s lived with his grandparents in West Liberty, where he graduated from high school, and then got a work permit so he could get a job. Last week, during a regular check-in at the ICE office in Cedar Rapids, he was detained, and now is awaiting deportation.
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