NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A restaurant owner from New Jerse

y, walked out of an ICE detention facility in Newark after being held there for weeks.

He's been in the United States for decades, and has a work visa that was just renewed a year ago, but only after spending nearly a month in immigration detention at Newark's Delaney Hall, Ruperto Vicens Marquez is finally home.

"Really happy to get out and grateful for everything," Vicens Marquez said.

He's especially grateful to his community of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where people attended rally after rally , demanding the beloved chef be released from the facility.

Vicens Marquez shares a pair of restaurants with his brother, Emilio. His brother says customers helped him get through the last four weeks without his right hand man.

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