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‘They kidnapped a hard-working kid off our streets’: the gardener seized by ICE – and the New York town fighting back
Gerson Turcios was 17 when he fled violence in Honduras to build a new life in the US. Six years later, he was mowing lawns in his home town of Rhinebeck when immigration officers took him.
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Gerson Turcios, a 17‑year‑old Honduran refugee who had fled violence and settled in Rhinebeck, New York, was seized by ICE officers while mowing lawns in his hometown. The arrest occurred after he encountered men near his house on a July afternoon. Friends, neighbors and local celebrities quickly organized in response, questioning whether they could prevent his deportation.
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