SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Months after Alex González and Yan Vázquez were released from federal custody, the Syracuse Labor Council honored them with the “Struggle of the Year Award.”
“After four terrible months, we don’t have the words to say thank you to everybody,” said González.
The couple, two Syracuse hospital workers, were released in February after being detained by I.C.E. and spending months in federal detention. The couple was still in the process of seeking asylum when they were detained in October, because their papers certifying their legal status weren’t finalized…