U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided Jersey Kebab on in Haddon Township, New Jersey, and arrested the restaurant’s owners, Emine and Celal Emanet, according to the couple’s son, Muhammed Emanet.
Immigration attorney Joseph Best said he’s been working with the couple for years. He told NBC10 the couple originally came to America from Turkey on visas nearly two decades ago but fell out of status and have been working to obtain it.
Best told @nbcphiladelphia Celal Emanet was released from custody with an ankle monitor.
“I was shocked and my heart was getting crushed,” Celal Emanet told @nbcphiladelphia. “I was so much nervous. But I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t do anything wrong in my life.”
His wife remains in custody at an ICE detention center in North Jersey.
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