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Lawyers for Detained Pizza Deliverer Head to Court

by Associated Press

   NEW YORK --

   Lawyers for an Ecuadorean immigrant who was detained while delivering
   pizza to a Brooklyn Army installation will ask a federal judge to stop
   his deportation.

   A hearing is scheduled Tuesday afternoon in the case of Pablo
   Villavicencio.
   Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a statement saying the federal
   government has "cruelly" kept Villavicencio from his wife and two young
   daughters "for no legitimate reason."
   Villavicencio was detained on June 1 after a routine background check
   revealed an arrest warrant for immigration law violations.
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement says an immigration judge granted
   Villavicencio voluntary departure in March 2010 but he failed to leave
   as ordered.
   The U.S. District Court judge already temporarily blocked his
   deportation but he has remained in ICE custody in New Jersey.