The detention of New Jersey kebab shop owners sparked change. Deportation still looms

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. — The shawarma, falafel wraps and baklava at Jersey Kebab are great, but many of its patrons are also there these days for a side of protest.

A New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia rallied around the restaurant’s Turkish owners since federal officers detained the couple last February because they say their visas expired.

In fact, business is so good since Celal and Emine Emanet were picked up early in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that they moved to a bigger space in the next town over…

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