ICE arrests immigrant husband of disabled Army vet — even though he’s a legal resident, family says – NJ.com

Dane Foster was just around the corner from his home in Westampton in Burlington County last week when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on the Jamaican immigrant, his wife said.

“We literally just dropped our daughter off at daycare. They came out of nowhere. They came down on us literally three cars deep and said they were going to take him,” said Alexsa Foster, his wife, in a tearful video posted on Facebook.

Dane Foster, a legal resident who has held a green card since 1997, was one of 105 immigrants picked up in a massive ICE sweep of New Jersey that spanned 16 counties. Those arrested included undocumented immigrants and foreign nationals wanted for crimes in their home countries, immigration officials said.

Foster, a 36-year-old father of four married to a disabled U.S. Army veteran, was picked up because of multiple marijuana possession charges in the early 2000s and in 2014, his attorney said.

“Dane was convicted of simple marijuana possession – a disorderly persons offense in New Jersey,” said Afia Yunus, a Marlton attorney representing Foster. “No criminal record for the past four years.”

Foster was not jailed for the marijuana possession charges, though he was fined, his attorney said.

ICE officials said any convictions, even old cases, mean Foster could lose his green card and face deportation.

“ICE conducts targeted immigration enforcement actions in compliance with federal law. Dane Foster, a Jamaican national, is subject to removal from the U.S. based on his criminal history. He has been entered into immigration proceedings with the Executive Office for Immigration Review,” ICE said in a statement.