newhavenindy A 41-year-old Fair Havener named Oscar Ocampo was taking his seven-month-old son to daycare when he was suddenly surrounded by five federal immigration agents. Ocampo clutched his baby to his chest, in disbelief that these armed men had come for him. That scene played out at around 8:50 a.m. Monday on Exchange Street near James Street. Ocampo doesn’t have a criminal record or any pending charges, according to state court records. He said he has been working through the process of securing a work permit. He said he has an immigration-court date scheduled for June in his bid to stay in this country. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, too, appeared to be surprised as they attempted to apprehend Ocampo on Monday morning. They appeared to think he was alone in his car — and didn’t realize he had a young child with him. “Stop,” Ocampo recalled one of the federal agents saying to his colleagues. “Baby!” Soon thereafter, more people emerged on the residential block. These were neighbors and local immigrant-rights activists — holding their phones aloft, recording ICE’s attempted arrest of a fellow Fair Havener. The activists and neighbors urged the agents to leave Ocampo alone. They asked Ocampo for contact information for a family member who could come and help. “This is our neighbor,” one activist said to the ICE agents. “They belong here. This is Connecticut. Get out.” Roughly 20 minutes later, ICE left. Without Ocampo. Ocampo and the activists and neighbors on the street watched the agents drive away. Read more at the link in our bio. View all 69 comments