A crowdfunding campaign seeks to raise money for the family of two brothers who were detained last week during an ICE raid at a St. Paul manufacturing facility.

Leonel and Isaias Villagrana Flores were among more than a dozen Bro-Tex employees arrested on alleged immigration violations on Nov. 18, according to a GoFundMe created by one of their daughters.

Alejandra Villagrana Ibarra says her father, Leonel Villagrana Flores, "has no criminal record, no history of harm, nothing but a life of hard work and love for his family." She says he was the family's main provider and worked multiple jobs to support them.

"My dad came here looking for opportunities for work to support his family back home in Mexico then his family was built here, like so many immigrants who give everything to build

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