Nora Mabee
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The town has just 195 people, but in the stands at this high school basketball game, there was easily 250 people there.
This game was really emotional because two of the players on this high school team, their father, Roberto Orozco Ramirez, was recently arrested by Border Patrol.
And his arrest really shook this tiny town of Freud.
People in the stands were wearing his Diesel Shop logo on their sweatshirts.
The basketball team warmed up with some shirts that said Erosco on the back and they had the Diesel Shop logo on the front.
And some people were wearing bracelets that said Erosco Strong.
So it just really showed, you know, the boys that support was all around them.
I just want to help out in any way possible and show awareness that they don't deserve this treatment.
Tell me about this man, Mr. Orozco.
So he is a 42-year-old father of four.
He has lived in Freud, Montana for more than a decade, long enough to build his own diesel shop where he fixes semi-trucks, school buses, tractors, and really provides an invaluable service to farmers in the area.
He's also a Little League coach and coach.
He came to the US at some point illegally.
Court documents say that in 2009, he was removed by ICE and deported.
At some point, he came back.
On January 25th, Orozco Ramirez was arrested by Border Patrol, and Orozco's arrest has really shaken the residents there.
In the complaint, it documents that the officers...
wearing plain clothes and in unmarked vehicles, came to his diesel shop and knocked on the door.
Later, when I was talking with his sons, they said their dad was immediately suspicious of this because people never knock on the door.
This is a place where people, yeah, just walk in.