The Ecuadorian native ignored a court order to voluntarily leave the country in 2010 and instead married Chica, an American citizen, and settled down in Hempstead, LI.
Why don’t they go home with Daddy?
In court papers filed Saturday, Villavicencio — who applied for a Green Card in February — claims that he was racially profiled and that being detained violates his constitutional rights.
He also noted that his youngest daughter suffers from a congenital heart defect, and filed letters his behalf from US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and US Reps. Kathleen Rice, Nydia Velazquez and Hakeem Jeffries, all New York Democrats.