Meanwhile, ICE is continuing to carry out operations elsewhere in the state, including in Haddon Township this week, where two restaurant owners in the U.S. legally were detained at their business, leaving the community shaken.

Now, those neighbors are banding together with the family to raise money and support the mother and father who were targeted.

Ted Goldberg heard from their son about that support.

And what's next for his parents is all the tests from God at the end of the day.

And we will be we will be more blessed after this event.

Muhammad says Tuesday was no ordinary workday at his family's restaurant in Haddon Township.

When I stepped through, there was a U.S.

Marshal ICE agent standing at the front door.

I still took the catering order as well.

After cooking it while it was on the grill that my mom told me, finish the catering order first.

As she was being taken out in handcuffs.

Muhammad's parents, Sohail and Amina, were detained by Ice agents and while his father was released with an ankle monitor, his mother is still in their custody.

The family says her bond hearing is March 18th, and until then she's being held at the Elizabeth Detention Center.

This is something that we have been dealing with our entire lives, and it's been nothing new to us.

But if anything, now, the decision that we've been waiting for our family's needs is actually being decided on.

According to Muhammad, the ice agents did not have an arrest warrant.

His parents came over here from Turkey in 2008 on an R-1 visa given to nonimmigrant religious workers.

After opening this restaurant, they applied for a green card and were denied.

They opened a case with U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services, and nine years later, that case is still open.

The idea that a family can legally come to the United States, run a business and give back to their local community, that is the American dream.

And we must create an immigration system that stays true to our American values.

They're always willing to step up when we need them.

You know, we reach out to our businesses for for different things, whether it be toys for tots, whether it be community food drives.

And they're always one of the first to step up and contribute.

Mayor Randy Teague says he had no idea Ice agents were in his township before the raid happened.

He's heard arguments that more Ice involvement makes towns safer, but says that doesn't apply here.

And.

We consider this situation maybe somewhat different than some of the other ones that we hear on TV, where there's criminals and rapists and so forth coming into our country.

They came in here illegally, and they're trying to stay here legally.

President Trump is telling all of his Ice folks we haven't done enough yet.

Keep doing more.

Camden County Commissioner Louis Cappelli was one of several leaders to stand by the eminent family Thursday, roundly criticizing Tuesday's raid.

All of these businesses are supported by immigrants, and frankly, I'm not sure that all of them are, you know, have their visas are here under proper law.

But I know all of them are working hard for these businesses and trying to make their own American dream.

The ACLU is also behind the eminent family, arguing it should not take a decade to decide someone's citizenship status.

And that is an indication of a system that isn't working.

The case with its family has sparked a larger conversation about immigration in general, like whether or not overstaying your visa should warrant being detained by Ice.

It's important for all of us to think about what the long term impact of policies that arrest people, that separate families, that deport them, that remove, you know, our neighbors from our communities, what that impact really is.

A spokesperson for Ice says they don't comment on active investigations, but told us as part of a statement, Ice officers make enforcement decisions on a case by case basis to focus on the greatest threats to homeland security.

The arrests have forced Jersey kabob to close, but locals have responded by putting hearts outside the restaurant and raising about $275,000 for the family.

We just really appreciate everybody's love for everything that they've been doing for us.

On social media, any relations are heartbroken but heart full of love at the same time.

We just wish it didn't come at the expense of my mother being locked up in Hat and Township.

I'm Ted Goldberg and Spotlight News.