The Brief
- St. Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw says one of the department’s employees was detained by ICE agents last week.
- The department says he was legally authorized to work in the U.S. by the federal government and has a valid commercial driver’s license.
- He is currently being held at a detention facility in Texas.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – St. Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw says one of the department’s workers was illegally detained by immigration agents.
Worker detained
What we know:
The worker was detained while he was outside a work site.
“This is a detention that never should have happened,” said Kershaw. “He was detained by ICE purely based on his country of origin, he had every federal authorization to be here which is something we check at the city of St. Paul.”…