SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Two Upstate University Hospital employees, Alex Gonzalez and Yan Vazquez, remain in immigration custody after being detained nearly two weeks ago as they were preparing for a scheduled immigration hearing in Mattydale.
Union members, concerned Syracuse residents, Upstate employees, city officials, and even Mayor-elect Sharon Owens stood together in solidarity in front of the Syracuse Federal Building to call on judges to release Gonzalez and Vazquez.
The couple married in September of 2024, after they fled Cuba to seek asylum in the United States…