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🗓️ 15 March 2025
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0:00.0 | Thanks to at home for joining us this hour. Happy Friday night. Really, really happy to have you here. I've got a story we're going to lead with tonight that I don't think you've heard anywhere else. We are going to start tonight in Haddon Township, New Jersey, H-A-D-D-O-N, Haddon Township. It's pretty close to Camden. It's also pretty close to Philly, but it's a very, very New Jersey place. And I mean |
0:22.1 | that in the best possible way. We have been watching one particular community story unfold in |
0:29.2 | Haddon Township, New Jersey over the course of the last couple of weeks. And I want you to see |
0:33.5 | this story and what's happened here over the last couple of weeks, because I think it tells you something about where we are at right now as a people and as a country. |
0:47.5 | In Haddon Township Saturday, an outpouring of support. Both sides of Hadnav lined with people, all here to stand behind |
0:57.2 | the Eminet family. Owners of this local restaurant, Jersey Kabab, after parents Jalal and Amina were |
1:03.8 | arrested by ICE Tuesday morning. It's been truly a roller coaster of feelings for the last few days. |
1:10.0 | Their son, Muhammad, says his mom remains in ICE custody. |
1:13.9 | His dad was released with an ankle bracelet. |
1:16.3 | While they're closed until further notice, he was here cooking free food for the community |
1:21.0 | that has showed his family love, filling their store windows with notes and raising |
1:26.0 | hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
1:28.5 | This shows me, like, this is not okay. |
1:31.0 | It just saddens us. |
1:32.4 | ICE released a statement Friday. |
1:34.1 | While they did not share many specific details about the case, a spokesperson did write in part. |
1:38.3 | As with any non-citizen in the U.S. without lawful status, ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis |
1:45.4 | to focus on the greatest threats to homeland security. |
1:48.8 | Muhammad says his parents have no criminal histories, and he says they are not threats, known here |
1:53.9 | to give back. |
1:55.5 | I think it's obvious. |
1:57.1 | It's clear that they're a pillar of the community. |
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