Red Bank landscaper among those detained by ICE. ‘This is not OK,’ N.J. mayor says.

A Red Bank landscaper is starting his second week in ICE custody following his detainment that was part of a larger sweep in the borough.

Ricardo Paz, who had a pending case with immigration authorities prior to be taken into custody, is “devastated and shocked that this has happened,” his attorney Anne Sedki said by phone Tuesday.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were swept up on Bridge Street on Jan. 6. ICE officials have not disclosed how many people were detained.

Sedki said she has spoken with Paz every day, attempting to keep up his spirits as he remains held at Delaney Hall in Newark.

“I’m trying to keep him hopeful that he would be released eventually from the detention center and pursue his case in immigration court.”

Sedki has repeatedly tried and failed to get information from ICE officials on why Paz was detained, noting he has showed up to all his previous court appearances “and been compliant in every way. They’re not being responsive to our requests and this is definitely impeding on his due process.”

Paz, who owns and operates Ricardo Paz Landscape & Lawn Care, is the father of a 17-year-old son, according to RedBankGreen.com. The website said he is well known for using his bicycle and a trailer to pull equipment to landscaping jobs.

“He has a family and a business and both will be impacted significantly with his detention,” Sedki told NJ Advance Media.

Paz, who turns 47 this year, was charged but not convicted in connection with a domestic violence incident in 2011. His attorney said she is not sure if that charge impacted ICE’s decision to detain Paz.

Paz is expected to be transferred to the Elizabeth Detention Facility in the coming days, Sedki said.

At last week’s borough council meeting Christina Bonatakis said the ICE raid in Red Bank was upsetting to residents.

“I know I’m not the only one in our town who was really disturbed by the news in Minnesota — the tragic death — but also in our own community. We have had — that depends what you want to to call it — apprehensions, disappearances, kidnapping by ICE. People who have never witnessed those things with their own eyes were pretty traumatized by what they saw right here in Red Bank.

“I hope we never normalize that,” Bonatakis continued. “This is not normal. This is not OK. All of those folks were important to our community.”