BATAVIA, N.Y. — The son of a SUNY Brockport IT worker spoke out after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took his father into custody Tuesday morning.
German Machado, an IT tech at SUNY Brockport, was arrested by ICE after officials said he overstayed his visa, which allowed him to stay in the United States from August 2016 until February 2017. His son Eduardo Machado told News10NBC’s Erin Mahon that the family came from Venezuela and is seeking political asylum after his mother received threats for her work as a journalist.
“The process takes a very long time. And in that time, you are provided with a work authorization card to legally work and live while the process is ongoing,” Eduardo said.
Eduardo said he and his brother now hold the same work permit as their father and both have entered the workforce. “It’s nothing different from an American. I, they asked me for my social security number, which I have. They ask for a document from the federal government that states that you are allowed to work with — which is that work authorization card. And then your background check. Just like any other American,” Eduardo said.
Eduardo said the family is afraid but believes they deserve due process. “Because we are doing the legal process. We came the right way. We came legally. We are here legally, with documents from USCIS, the federal government that allow us to be here while our case is in process,” Eduardo said.
Eduardo’s brother Sam said the family filed their asylum and withholding removal application in September 2016, before their initial visas expired the following February. Since then, their application status remained pending, and they had not yet received a hearing date. ICE officials said that work authorization or a pending application does not confer legal status.
“We’ve been following every recommendation,” Sam said. “We’re grateful to the United States for the opportunity to seek asylum, and still trust the legal process while waiting for a determination,” he continued.
The family said they have only heard from German once since his arrest, during a brief phone call just after 9 a.m. Tuesday when he arrived at the detention facility. He called his wife to confirm that ICE arrested him, and that he was taken to the detention center in Batavia. The family has not received updates regarding the next step in his legal proceedings.
In the last year, ICE arrested five other SUNY employees and a University of Buffalo researcher. SUNY employees included Yan Vazquez Hidalgo, Alex Ramirez Gonzalez, Mohamed Fofana, Dane Ka and Ibrahim Halil Topkaya. All of the SUNY employees, with the exception of Topkaya, and the UB researcher, Dr. Shovgi Huseynov, were released.
News10NBC will continue to follow developments in this case.
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