Emine and Celal Emanet, who run a Haddon Township restaurant, stayed in the U.S. after their visas expired. A judge ruled Tuesday Emine Emanet can be released on $7,500 bond.
Celal Emanet, 51, was released from ICE custody Tuesday night after being fitted with an ankle monitor, while his wife, Emine, 47, continues to be held at the detention Center in Elizabeth, N.J.
Two wore shirts with “ICE” and “Police” in white lettering. Aidan Steigelmann, 22, a Temple student, is on interim suspension and charged with an impersonation offense by Philadelphia police.
Chinatown routinely confronts the prospect of huge, imposing developments — a prison, a casino, a Phillies baseball stadium — that demands the neighborhood expend time, money and energy.
“There is still a month before Trump is inaugurated,” one activist said. “They (Joe Biden and Kamala Harris) absolutely have the power to dismantle as much of the deportation machine as possible.”