Overview
- ICE detained Allan Dabrio Marrero on Nov. 24 during a routine marriage-based green card interview at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan.
- The Department of Homeland Security says he missed a 2022 immigration hearing that resulted in a final removal order and asserts he received full due process.
- His attorneys with Make the Road New York say he never received notice of that hearing and have filed a motion to reopen, which stays deportation while a judge considers it.
- Marrero is being held at Delaney Hall in Newark, where his husband alleges mishandled medication, delayed basic supplies, homophobic slurs, and moldy food.
- Family, church members, and elected officials including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Council Member Harvey Epstein have called for his release, noting he sought asylum based on his LGBTQ+ identity and has no reported criminal history.