Westchester Community Advocates for Detained Volunteer Firefighter Milton Guamigra

Community Uproar Over Firefighter's Detention

• 💔 A Westchester family and community are rallying to secure the release of Milton Guamigra, a volunteer firefighter and father detained by ICE for over a week.
• 📞 His daughter, Guag Marigra, describes their limited contact via phone from the Calhoun County Correctional Center in Michigan.

Circumstances of Detention

• 🚨 Milton Guamigra was detained in front of his Portchester home last Tuesday while leaving for work early.
• ❓ He was apprehended after inquiring about agents present in his neighborhood, only to be told they were looking for him.

Background and Advocacy

• 🔥 Guamigra has served as a volunteer firefighter in Portchester for seven years and worked as a marble installer for over two decades.
• 📄 Despite living in the US for most of his life and entering illegally in 2004, he has an open deportation case and has been seeking citizenship for two years.
• 🗣️ The fire department, mayor's office, and the village of Portchester have actively advocated for his release, holding meetings to seek federal support.
• ⚖️ His family feels the detention portrayed him as a criminal, which they state is inaccurate.
• 🏡 The community is making a plea for him to be allowed to stay with his family in Portchester.