WASHINGTON -- The mother and brother of a prominent undocumented immigrant activist were detained late Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting protests and outrage from the immigrant rights community in Phoenix and beyond that called the detention potential retaliation for her activism. ICE agents detained Maria and Heriberto Andiola, the mother and brother of advocacy group DRM Capitol founder Erika Andiola. The agency released Heriberto on Friday morning after Erika and others gathered outside the Department of Homeland Security offices in Phoenix to demand their release. Maria Andiola will be released soon, ICE confirmed to The Huffington Post Friday. "We need to do something, we need to stop separating families," Erika Andiola, an Arizona State University graduate, said in a tearful video posted after her mother and brother were detained. "This is real. This is so real. This is not just happening to me, this is happening to families everywhere." Read More...
More on Video
… Read More
↧