Two leaders in the St. Paul Public Works Department started a GoFundMe account after one of their employees was detained by federal ICE agents and faces deportation.
Sean Kershaw, the Public Works director, and Jericho Huggar, the Public Works street superintendent, organized the fundraiser to help the man and his family with financial support. They did not identify him.
The GoFundMe said the man was detained “based entirely on profiling him because of his country of origin. He was legally authorized to work in the United States by the federal government and (has a valid and current state) commercial driver’s license.”
The man is a “great employee,” working to keep St. Paul streets safe with plowing snow and filling potholes, the fundraiser said. “His detention leaves his wife without any income because she is now afraid to go to work; she knows few people in the community, and we are working to get her support,” the fundraiser continued, noting that while the man is being connected to legal resources through the city, he’s still likely to be deported by ICE.
As of Sunday evening, just over $10,000 had been raised.
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