Neighbors form a human chain around an immigrant father and son to prevent ICE from arresting them (VIDEO) | Social

Neigbours formed a human chain around an immigrant and his son to protect them from agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who tried to place them in custody. An online shared video shows residents of Hermitage, Tennessee, surrounding the van of the man, sitting inside with his 12-year-old son.

An ICE vehicle had blocked the man in his driveway and, since there was no way out, the man and his son chose to sit in the van for hours. Obligate.

After a while, the neighbors began to check the man and his son while they were sitting in the driveway. "We made sure that they had water, food, we refueled the vehicle when they got low to make sure they were fine," he said. told WTVF-TV, Felishadae Young, a neighbor.

A crowd quickly badembled and after four hours, the neighbors decided to meet and form a human chain around the van, hoping to protect the man and his son when They rushed inside their home.

ICE agents with an administrative mandate may detain someone, but they can not force someone out of their homes or vehicles, reports WTVF-TV. As a result, the human chain of neighbors would not be considered an obstacle to justice.

Nashville Noticias, an organization that provides information and information to the Hispanic community in the Nashville area, shared the video of the incident.

During the confrontation, a local lawyer – a Nigerian named Daniel Ayoadeyoon – was contacted and went to the scene.

"There were two immigration officers who were intimidating a family inside their own vehicle telling them that they had an administrative warrant, which is not the same thing that's a judicial warrant, and trying to harbad them and fear them. " go out.

"They said, if you do not go out, we'll stop you, we'll stop your 12 year old son, and it's just not legal, it's not the right law."

Watch the video below.