Oakmont Bakery wants detained immigrant employee released

Driving the news: Oakmont Bakery, Flores' employer, released a statement Thursday arguing Flores should be released from detention so he can complete his asylum case without being detained.

• He's being held at the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility near Moundsville, West Virginia.

What they're saying: "José is a good person, a hardworking and valued member of our community, and someone we consider family," reads a statement from the popular and award-winning bakery in the Oakmont borough.

• "We remain in constant contact with his family and are working closely with his immigration attorney, doing everything we can to bring him home."

The bottom line: Flores' immigration lawyer, Pete Rogers, said in a statement that Oakmont Bakery is receiving angry calls about Flores and he wanted to show that the owners "are doing everything they can to support" Flores and get him released.