Supporters on Tuesday rallied around the owner of a popular North County market who was called to appear in immigration court for the first time in 12 years as he faces possible deportation.

Norberto Ambrosio owns the Just Peachy market on Highway 101 in Encinitas.

His family said he is undocumented and came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1990 at 16 years old, graduating from Carlsbad High School and working in produce for decades.

“I know there were times where they were struggling, but we never felt it,” his daughter Sofia Ambrosio said.

Norberto Ambrosio raised his children in Encinitas, where he then grew his business, buying Just Peachy to run with his family.

“He’s done so much, and he came from literally nothing to being an owner of a produce store, which was his dream,” Sofia Ambr

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