{"id":11134,"date":"2025-04-02T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=11134"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:01:24","slug":"immigration-forum-draws-about-100-people-in-defiance-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/immigration-forum-draws-about-100-people-in-defiance-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Forum Draws About 100 People in Defiance County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/baldemar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11135 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/baldemar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/baldemar.jpg 700w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/baldemar-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Defiance County Democratic Party put on an Immigration Forum on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 7 pm in the Stroede Center for the Arts, and about 100 people showed up. This event had Lucas County Sheriff Michael Navarre, Toledo Immigration Attorney Ammar Alo, Co-founder and President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Baldemar Velasquez, and Immigration Attorney with Sisters of St. Francis in Sylvania Mechelle Zarou. The moderator was Marilyn Zayas, a judge for Ohio\u2019s 1<sup>st<\/sup> District Court in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foro de Inmigraci\u00f3n Trae a Cerca de 100 Personas en el Condado de Defiance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El Partido Dem\u00f3crata del Condado de Defiance organiz\u00f3 un Foro de Inmigraci\u00f3n el jueves 27 de marzo de 2025 a las 7 p.m. en el Centro Stroede para las Artes, al que asistieron cerca de 100 personas. En el evento particip\u00f3 el Sheriff del Condado de Lucas, Michael Navarre; el abogado de inmigraci\u00f3n de Toledo, Ammar Alo; el cofundador y presidente del Comit\u00e9 Organizador de Trabajadores Agr\u00edcolas (FLOC) Baldemar Velasquez; y Mechelle Zarou, abogada de inmigraci\u00f3n de las Hermanas de St. Francis en Sylvania. La moderadora fue Marilyn Zayas, jueza del Tribunal del Primer Distrito de Ohio en Cincinnati.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defiance County Democratic Party put on an Immigration Forum on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 7 pm in the Stroede Center for the Arts, and about 100 people showed up. 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