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Q: KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Even as the issue of immigration has been central to the government shutdown in Washington, a respected doctor at Kalamazoo’s Bronson Methodist Hospital who has been living in America for nearly 40 years finds himself in jail after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took him from his home in handcuffs. 
  
 Lukasz Niec is an internal medicine doctor putting in long hours as a hospitalist for Bronson. His co-workers describe him as the model of what a physician should be. 
  
 And now, he is sitting in a jail cell in Calhoun County with no idea of when — or if — he will be free to return to his patients and his family. 
  
 “In 1979, my parents were both doctors left Poland and took two suitcases and two small children, my brother was five and I was six and they came here for a better life for their kids,” said Iwona Niec-Villaire Saturday as she sat next to her sister-in-law. 
  
 Now the siblings are in their mid-40s. She is an attorney, he is a doctor — they have been in America for four decades on a permanent green card. 
  
 “He doesn’t even speak Polish,” Niec-Villaire said. 
  
 On Tuesday, as Niec was enjoying a day off with his girls at his lake home in an exclusive neighborhood near Kalamazoo, three ICE officers came to his home, told him he was being taken into custody and took him to jail. 
  
 “The question I get asked all the time is ‘Why do you think this happened?’ I just really don’t know,” said Niec-Villaire. 
  
 ICE will not comment on the case and has held no hearings. A bond hearing may not come until February, and it is unlikely it will be granted, according to immigration law experts. 
  
 “Until this gets heard, which could be up to six months, he could be stuck in a prison cell and not helping and being with his family,” said Niec-Villaire. 
  
 The only spot on Niec’s record is two misdemeanor convictions when he was 17, one for destruction of property less than $100 and receiving and concealing stolen goods. 
  
 He pleaded to these charges more than 25 years ago under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act that allows young first offenders to avoid a criminal record if they never offend again. 
  
 But ICE — a federal agency — does not honor that state plea agreement, something Niec did not know when he took the plea, according to family. 
  
 “These misdemeanors were just an adolescent making mistakes and learning from them,” Niec-Villaire said. 
  
 She said she and her brother are as American as anyone can be. 
  
 “He cannot go back to Poland, a country he doesn’t know, he has no family at. Both our parents passed away in the United States, he doesn’t know anyone, he wouldn’t know where to go,” Niec-Villaire said. 
  
 Now, Niec awaits his fate in jail. 
  
 “We did go see him on Wednesday. He was shaking, in an orange T-shirt. (He was) just kind of shell-shocked,” Niec-Villaire said 
  
 His wife says their two daughters need their dad. 
  
 “He’s an excellent physician, he’s loving, he’s caring, he’s an honorable husband and he’s always helping others,” said the doctor’s wife of two years, Rachelle Burkart-Niec. 
  
 Bronson Healthcare issued the following statement Monday: 
  
 While Bronson Healthcare, like others, respects the laws and regulations concerning United States immigration, we are following the situation surrounding the detention of Dr. Lukasz Niec closely and are doing everything we can to advocate for Dr. Niec. We have been in contact with our elected representatives and we have our immigration counsel coordinating with Dr. Niec’s attorney to explore all options to secure his prompt release from detention. There are two misdemeanor convictions from 26 years ago that have been cited by ICE to support Dr. Niec’s detention. We believe that Dr. Niec’s recent history as a contributing member of our community is far more indicative of the type of person he is than the incidents that occurred when he was a teenager. Since 2007, Dr. Niec has been a skilled and caring physician, a valued employee and respected member of the Bronson medical staff. His detention in a county jail while awaiting deportation proceedings simply does not make sense. Given all that he has contributed in the form of exemplary patient care, and Bronson’s ongoing need for Dr. Niec’s continued service as a hospitalist, we are requesting the community’s best interest be considered and he be allowed to return to work and his family as soon as possible. 
  
 Dozens of doctors and other employees have also sent letters of support for Niec. 
  
 “He’s been, just completely the model physician that you want a physician to be,” said Dr. Hussein Akl, also a doctor in Bronson Internal Medicine. “The only danger I can see him on is when he’s swinging his golf swing.” 
  
 Others who worked with Niec say they are dumbfounded and outraged. 
  
 “He’s exactly the kind of person our immigration policies should be encouraging to prosper here, he’s been here for 40 years, this is a ridiculous situation,” said Dr. Michael Raphelson, who specializes in palliative medicine. 
  
 More than 25 people gathered at the home Saturday including friends and family. 
  
 “He’s just a good guy, I mean, he just is,” said Brent Richmond, a friend of Niec for 25 years, who was fighting back tears. 
  
 Marc Asch, an immigration attorney in Kalamazoo, said in the last year, ICE has broadened its scope, meaning that cases the agency would not have gone after previously are now fair game. 
  
 “These days, there’s less discretion being exercised in who they go after. They’re being more aggressive, generally-speaking,” Asch said. 
  
 Asch said the government may not even have a solid case and it could likely end with Niec being able to stay in America — but that could be a process that takes months or even years. 
  
 It is also possible that ICE is targeting affluent immigrants of European descent to avoid the appearance of racial profiling. But those who love Niec are not interested in becoming examples. 
  
 “He’s the person I call, whenever anything goes wrong or right and now I can’t do that and it’s breaking me up,” said Niec-Villaire. “This is a man that is needed in the community, not detained in Calhoun County Jail.” 
  
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  ||||| Update: Michigan hospital fights ICE for release of jailed doctor 
  
 KALAMAZOO, MI -- After working a full week, Bronson HealthCare Dr. Lukasz R. Niec, M.D., had a day off. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appeared at his door on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 16, his plans changed. 
  
 Now, family, friends and colleagues are working to support his effort to stay in the United States, fearing deportation, as Niec waits in a jail cell. 
  
 Niec, 43, a doctor at Bronson HealthCare who came from Poland to the U.S. as a child, is being detained at the Calhoun County Jail, according to his wife, Rachelle. 
  
 His wife, while working at Bronson Battle Creek on Tuesday, Jan. 16, got a call from her husband. He was in jail. 
  
 "I initially thought it was a prank," she said. "I didn't think this could happen to us." 
  
 Niec is a citizen of Poland with a permanent Green Card, his wife said. 
  
 She said she believes the arrest stemmed from two unrelated misdemeanor convictions when he was in high school, one of destruction of property less than $100 and the other of receiving stolen property. The most recent conviction was in 1992, she said. 
  
 They are offenses a U.S. citizen would get a slap on the wrist for, she said. 
  
 "He pleaded guilty," she said. "He was not notified it could ever be used in a deportation." 
  
 She believes deportation is unlikely, but so is bail because of the two unrelated convictions. 
  
 Kalamazoo County court records show Niec pleaded guilty to a 2008 operating impaired by liquor offense in Kalamazoo County. He completed probation, and the conviction was set aside, the plea withdrawn and the case dismissed, as part of a plea agreement. 
  
 He was charged with domestic violence in 2013 and a jury found him not guilty after a trial, record show. 
  
 He has traffic violations including speeding and careless driving, court records show. 
  
 A spokesman for the ICE Detroit Field Office did not respond to requests for information about Niec Thursday and Friday, besides to say he was checking on the case. 
  
 Bronson HealthCare Spokeswoman Carolyn Wyllie declined to comment Friday. Hospital colleagues, meanwhile, have written an immigration judge on behalf of Niec. 
  
 At the age of 5, Niec immigrated to the Bloomfield Hills area with his mother, father and sister, his wife said. 
  
 He graduated from Western Michigan University and went to medical school at Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica. 
  
 "There are no documentation issues," his wife said. "We've been married. He has not done the citizenship route yet." 
  
 A Green Card, or a Permanent Resident Card, allows a person to live and work permanently in the United States. Adults with Green Cards must carry them at all times, according to ICE. 
  
 Rachelle Burkart-Niec believes her husband being detained is wrong because the misdemeanor convictions on his record happened 20-plus years ago, she said. 
  
 "He's taken care of the people of the U.S. as a physician, he's taken care of the people of this community, this state," she said. "After all this time, when is somebody finally free?" 
  
 "Just because this guy was born in another country, it shouldn't mean that 20-plus years later he can be taken out of his home on a Tuesday." 
  
 His job could be in jeopardy if he is detained long enough or deported, his wife said. He remained jailed Friday afternoon. 
  
 The couple met while working at Bronson, and they've been in a relationship for about four years. They married in July 2016, she said. 
  
 They have one daughter each and they are planning to have another child together, Rachelle Burkart-Niec said. 
  
 "It's just scary to think we can be broken apart," she said. 
  
 Lukasz Niec's daughter went to her mother's house after Niec was detained, Rachelle Burkart-Niec said, while she had to call a neighbor to pick up her daughter from school and get her to volleyball practice that day. 
  
 Her daughter is scared what will happen to him, she said. 
  
 "It's lonely," she said. "You're sitting at the house waiting for your husband to call you from jail. And you're normal citizens." 
  
 The timing is also bad because the hospitals are short of physicians because of influenza season and the amount of respiratory cases, she said. 
  
 Her husband is someone who wants to go back to work, someone who would take 20 shifts in the next month, she said. He also makes schedules for physicians. 
  
 "He's an excellent citizen, an excellent physician. He's well respected and well liked," colleague Penny Rathburn said. "He's not a threat to our society." 
  
 Several colleagues wrote letters addressed to an immigration judge in support of Niec. They were being printed on Bronson letterhead Friday to be sent out, Rathburn said. 
  
 Michigan hospital fights ICE for release of jailed doctor 
  
 "The consensus about his character is overwhelming with no single complaint I have ever heard from anyone over 10 years," Kwsai Al-Rahhal, M.D. wrote. 
  
 "He is loving, caring and respectful. I have seen how he treats my own family and my kids love 'uncle Lucas.' I truly hope you give him the chance to know him," Al-Rahhal wrote. 
  
 Another colleague, Jose Angelo L. De Leon, M.D., called Niec an inspiration and a mentor. Niec stepped up to work extra hours during shortages, he wrote. 
  
 "I cannot say enough about his work ethic and his service to our community," he wrote. 
  
 The family is unsure how long he will be detained. His wife said they are hoping an attorney will help him bond out so he can return to work and his life. |||||
A:
A quarter of a century ago, 17-year-old Lukasz Niec took a plea deal on two misdemeanors—a move that might send the now-43-year-old Michigan doctor back to his native Poland, despite the fact that he's lived in the US since he was a young child, speaks no Polish, and knows no one there. Per WOOD-TV, Niec was spending his day off Tuesday with his two daughters when ICE agents showed up at his home, told him they were taking him into custody, and took him to Calhoun County Jail. "I initially thought it was a prank," his wife tells MLive.com of the call that he was being detained. Niec came to the US with his parents (both doctors, now deceased) and sister (an attorney who eventually attained citizenship) sometime between the ages of 3 and 6, per various sources, and since has been a green card resident, which permits an individual to live and work legally in the US. Per the Washington Post, his detention stems back to his two youthful convictions: one for "malicious destruction of property under $100" and the other for "receiving and concealing stolen property over $100." His sister says he pleaded guilty to the second offense as part of a state program that cleared his record, but per WOOD, ICE doesn't honor that state deal. MLive found other infractions: minor traffic violations, a 2008 "operating while impaired by liquor" offense (his conviction was scrubbed after he completed probation), and a 2013 domestic violence charge (he was found not guilty at trial). His co-workers, however, are "outraged," per WOOD. "He's exactly the kind of person our immigration policies should be encouraging to prosper here," a colleague says. Niec could be jailed for months until a bond hearing, his sister adds. "He would be lost [if he were deported]," his wife tells the Post.