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A coalition of groups want councilors to adopt a resolution prohibiting contracts with companies that profit from federal immigration enforcement.

Alex González and Yan Vázquez are grateful for Syracuse's support, but say many more immigrants are at the Batavia detention center with their lives in limbo.

Several people were trying to sway councilors to vote against a contract to purchase license plate readers.

The non-binding resolution put forth by Onondaga County Democratic lawmakers is intended to send a message to county leadership and Congress to "protect neighbors from misconduct."

Jose Criollo and Adrian Ramirez were arrested by ICE agents Jan. 16. Criollo is free on bond, while Ramirez remains detained pending a hearing.

As 34 people become U.S. citizens in a Syracuse courtroom, immigration attorneys and advocates say expanded enforcement continues to fuel fear across Central New York.

Jose and a man named Adrian were arrested as they left a work site on the city's east side.

Several groups organized the event as part of a growing resistance to increasingly violent ICE tactics, including the shooting death of a woman in Minnesota.

Over 100 protesters gathered in Downtown Syracuse amidst heavy snowfall Monday evening to demand freedom for Alex Gonzalez and Yan Vasquez, two Upstate Hospital workers detained by ICE after a routine immigration hearing.

Union officials say the two workers detained by ICE were about to finalize their immigration status, but were taken before they could reach the courtroom.