Competitive Street Fighter player Ludovic Mbock spent six weeks in immigration detention after ICE agents arrested him during a routine check-in in Maryland. Within days, the fighting game community launched a GoFundMe campaign that raised more than $100,000 (£7,439.65) for his legal defence and helped secure his release.
Mbock, 39, was detained on 17 February during an appointment at a US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Baltimore. According to his attorney, Edward Neufville, Mbock had attended similar immigration check-ins for nearly two decades following complications with his residency status after his mother's marriage dissolved.
