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Candlelight Vigil Set For Northern Westchester Custodian Detained By ICE, Facing Deportation Candlelight Vigil Set For Northern Westchester Custodian Detained By ICE, Facing Deportation
Candlelight Vigil Set For Northern Westchester Custodian Detained By ICE, Facing Deportation There will be a candlelight vigil for a popular custodian at a Westchester synagogue who is facing deportation to Mexico and separation from his wife and children. A vigil has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16 on the steps of Bet Torah in Mount Kisco on behalf of Armando Rojas, who worked as a custodian before being taken into custody by immigration authorities. Organizers of the vigil said that the event is a “plea for Rojas, a Bet Torah employee of several years, to reenter the United States and be reunited with his wife and two sons. The agenda includes songs, letters from…

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by Zak Failla