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Father of six detained in Edison warehouse raid after 27 years in the U.S., family scrambles to bring him home

Jul 8, 2025·Location: Edison, NJ

Father of six detained in Edison warehouse raid after 27 years in the U.S., family scrambles to bring him home
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Don Lupe, who had worked for 11 years as an associate at Alba Wines and Spirits Warehousing and Distribution in Edison, New Jersey, and lived in the U.S. for 27 years after migrating from Puebla, Mexico, was detained when CBP and ICE agents raided the facility on July 8. Before leaving for work that morning, he had paused, as he often did, to pray before his family's Lord of Mercy picture, asking God to protect his wife and children and to let him return home safely. Agents handcuffed him with zip ties and transported him to Delaney Hall detention facility. His daughter, a pre-school teacher, learned of the raid mid-class when her mother called crying, and the family of six children surrounded their mother, who suffers from asthma, depression, and high blood pressure, as they frantically called immigration lawyers for hours. He was eventually released after legal advocacy and reunited with his family.

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