Gov offers free legal aid to deliveryman detained by ICE
Governor Andrew Cuomo stepped in on Thursday, June 7 to offer free legal aid to the deliveryman who was detained by ICE after attempting to deliver a pizza to Fort Hamilton Army Base in Bay Ridge earlier this month.
On Friday, June 1, 35-year-old Pablo Villavicencio was detained and turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials during a routine food run, officials say, he’d done before with no problem. He’d previously gained access to the base with his IDNYC card – a form of identification put in place by Mayor Bill de Blasio to guarantee all New Yorkers access to basic city services which require identification, regardless of their immigration status.
This time, it wasn’t enough.