Friends, family members and strangers have stepped up in a big way to help a Newberg man and business owner taken into custody by federal immigration officials last week.
A GoFundMe account (tinyurl.com/km45b9d9), created soon after Moises Sotelo was arrested, had topped $95,170 as of Tuesday afternoon.
The account was set up by Sotelo’s daughter, Alondra Garcia, and two others with the initial goal of raising $75,000. Now that more than 1,300 people have submitted pledges of $5 to $5,000, the goal has been raised to $125,000…