Greater Nashua
Nashua family torn apart by ICE
NASHUA - For the past three months, 21-year-old Gabileisy Garcia Mareno has been struggling just to get through each day. Her 25-year-old husband, Jesús, came to the U.S. in July 2021 seeking asylum from a life of violence in his home country of Peru. “He never missed a single immigration court hearing and always followed the legal process,” said Garcia Moreno, adding that Jesús’ final asylum court hearing was scheduled for 2029. On Aug. 1, he was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was taken to the Strafford County Department of Corrections, nearly 60 miles away in Dover. “To this day, we still don’t understand why ICE decided to arrest him when his asylum case was still pending,” said Garcia Mareno. “We were never given a clear explanation that we could understand.” His arrest accelerated the court proceedings dramatically and ...
