Elected officials, community leaders, and family members gathered Monday to demonstrate outside city hall in Malden, Massachusetts, to demand that immigration officials release Edgar Hernán Elías Escobar, a Salvadoran national arrested Wednesday while on his way to work.

His wife Leslie Perlera, an attorney, alleged that Escobar's rights were violated during the operation.

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Among the protesters were Margo Lindauer, attorney and law professor; Ashley Popperson, associate minister of Old South Church; Malden City Councilors Carey McDonald and Stephen Windslow; Massachusetts State Rep. Steven Ultrino and Maggie Morgan, managing attorney at Legal Services of Greater Boston. They were joined by family members.

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