Outside the Edward J. Schwartz federal building on Tuesday morning, dozens of people held a peaceful rally to support the owner of a popular North County market.

They chanted, "We stand with Norberto," and held signs reading, "We stand with immigrants," "If some of us are not safe, none of us are safe," and "Norberto belongs with his family."

Norberto Ambrosio-Aguilar, owner of Just Peachy Market in Leucadia, received a notice to appear at immigration court earlier this month. He arrived to the United States as a teenager in the 1990s and had an ongoing immigration case involving a removal order, until it was administratively closed more than a decade ago.

"My dream is to achieve legal status," he said in Spanish.

Neighbors and supporters were there because Ambrosio feared he would be

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