SO MANY OTHERS, WE GIVE HIM A HUG. WE SAID BYE BYE, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, WHICH IS THE NEXT DAY ON THE 15TH. THIS PHOTO IS FROM JUNE 14TH. IT’S THE LAST TIME CECELIA LIZOTTE SAW HER BROTHER PAUL. SHE SAYS THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL WAS ARRESTED BY IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT THE NEXT DAY WHILE WALKING TO CHURCH IN BROCKTON. SHE SAYS HE WAS AWAITING AN ASYLUM HEARING. LEGALLY, THEY’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ARREST HIM. HE IS NOT OUT OF STATUS AND HE JUST RECENTLY RENEWED HIS WORKERS PERMIT AUTHORIZATION, WHICH IS RENEWED UNTIL 2029. SO I DON’T KNOW WHY THAT JUST HAPPENED. CECELIA OWNS SUYA JOINT AND ROXBURY PROVIDENCE, ALONG WITH A POPULAR FOOD TRUCK. TO PAUL IS HER OPERATIONS MANAGER, DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS AROUND THE RESTAURANTS. JUST WHEN I THINK, OKAY, YES, WE SURVIVED COVID, RIGHT? AND THEN NOW IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE THIS JUST FOR THE FACT THAT I DON’T HAVE HIS HELP. I DON’T HAVE HIS ASSISTANCE. PAUL IS IN AN ICE DETENTION CENTER IN DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NOW, REFILING HIS ASYLUM CLAIM AND WAITING FOR A BOND HEARING NEXT WEEK. CECELIA PRAYING THE JUDGE IS REASONABLE AND GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY’S SUPPORT. EVERY DAY WHEN YOU WAKE UP, THERE’S UNCERTAINTY. IT’S LIKE DEGRADING. I FEEL SO DEFEATED BECAUSE IT’S LIKE, NO, THIS ISN’T WHAT I SHOULD BE FEELING. SO PAUL’S BOND HEARING IS SET FOR JULY 3RD. THE FAMILY ALSO SET UP A GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP RAISE MONEY TO COVER SOME LEGAL EXPENSES. AND THAT GOFUNDME HAS TOPPED $20,000. LIVE HERE IN ROXBUR
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A Boston restaurant manager was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite a valid work authorization, according to his family. Cecelia Lizotte, who owns Suya Joint in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood and a popular food truck, said her brother Paul, a Nigerian national, was arrested on June 15 while walking to church in Brockton despite having a valid asylum claim and recently renewed worker authorization valid until 2029.”Legally, they are not supposed to arrest him, he is not out of status, and he just recently renewed his worker authorization, which is renewed until 2029,” she said. “So, I don’t know why that happened.”Paul Lizotte, who serves as the operations manager at Suya Joint, is currently in an ICE detention center in Dover, New Hampshire, refiling his asylum claim and awaiting a bond hearing next week. Cecelia Lizotte said she was concerned about the impact his absence would have on the business.”Just when I think, well, you survived COVID, and then it’s like, Suya, you’re not going to survive this just because of the fact that I don’t have his help or assistance,” Cecelia Lizotte said. She said she is praying for a reasonable judge and is grateful for the community’s support during this uncertain time. “Every day when you wake up, there’s uncertainty,” she said. “It’s like degrading, I feel so defeated, like this isn’t what I should be feeling.”A bond hearing is set for July 3.
A Boston restaurant manager was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite a valid work authorization, according to his family.
Cecelia Lizotte, who owns Suya Joint in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood and a popular food truck, said her brother Paul, a Nigerian national, was arrested on June 15 while walking to church in Brockton despite having a valid asylum claim and recently renewed worker authorization valid until 2029.
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“Legally, they are not supposed to arrest him, he is not out of status, and he just recently renewed his worker authorization, which is renewed until 2029,” she said. “So, I don’t know why that happened.”
Paul Lizotte, who serves as the operations manager at Suya Joint, is currently in an ICE detention center in Dover, New Hampshire, refiling his asylum claim and awaiting a bond hearing next week.
Cecelia Lizotte said she was concerned about the impact his absence would have on the business.
“Just when I think, well, you survived COVID, and then it’s like, Suya, you’re not going to survive this just because of the fact that I don’t have his help or assistance,” Cecelia Lizotte said.
She said she is praying for a reasonable judge and is grateful for the community’s support during this uncertain time.
“Every day when you wake up, there’s uncertainty,” she said. “It’s like degrading, I feel so defeated, like this isn’t what I should be feeling.”
A bond hearing is set for July 3.
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