Local pols demand answers after ICE detains pizza deliveryman at Army base
A pair of politicians descended upon the Fort Hamilton Army Base with a bevy of media outlets on Wednesday, June 6 to demand answers as to why Pablo Villavicencio was detained and turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials for attempting to deliver a pizza to the base.
On June 1, Villavicencio, 35, was making a delivery to the Bay Ridge base on behalf of the Queens pizzeria he worked for – something, officials say, he’d done before – when, at the gate (where all visitors are asked for identification, and where Villavicencio typically gained entrance with his IDNYC), the deliveryman was pressed for papers detailing his immigration status.
With no papers, Villavicencio – a husband and father of two young girls – was then detained by military police on the base, and turned over to ICE. He is now being held in New Jersey, where he awaits deportation.