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A local nonprofit is allowing several children to see their fathers who are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for Christmas.

Jozelyn Zhinin, 8, of Peekskill got the chance to see her father Manuel last weekend, flying to Alabama to have her holiday wish granted.

As News 12 reported, Manuel was detained by immigration officers a year ago after living in New York for 15 years undocumented.

Immigration advocates from the Hudson Valley Community Coalition raised $6,000 to take Jozelyn and three other children to visit their fathers in custody. The group is <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/cskxa2-christmas-of-hope-and-freedom">still trying to raise $3,000 more.</a>

Though it was just a temporary visit, the coalition hopes it provided some holiday joy. They also hope for immigration reform in order to provide more permanent relief for those affected.

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For another look at your hyper local forecast as we continue to watch the storm heading into our area. And Alex, I'm seeing some parts on this map showing that snow is expected in some parts of the Hudson Valley on the back end of it, Nadia. Tomorrow morning, we will have a couple of flakes fly and yeah, even some accumulating snow weight of the north and west. But let's first talk about the rain coming in our direction this afternoon. It's still tucked away pretty far to our south. And so we're good here in the Hudson Valley for the morning. We have some areas of fog, but we also have some areas of sunshine. So we'll take it. And certainly if you have any plans before noon, you're good to go. Wind is pretty light for the first part of the day. You would have no idea that a storm was coming except for the fact that it feels a little different out there, it feels a lot warmer than it usually is. This time of the year, we even have temperatures in the fifties in some spots this morning that above average for the afternoon when the afternoon arrives. Now we're starting to kick in some showers. This is two o'clock, four o'clock. Look, we've got some rain passing through at six o'clock still and we continue to see the rain pretty much all through the evening. Some of the worst of the rain will be eight to about midnight or so tonight, it's also quite breezy, 20 to 30 mile per hour wind gusts. You factor in several hours of rain and now you've got some trees coming down, release some branches and that could knock out power. Here's four o'clock in the morning. If you're a really early commuter, you're still dodging rain. And if you're in Sullivan and Ulster County, the high elevations of Ulster County, we're looking at cold enough temperatures for a few snowflakes and then a few flakes will mix in 6 a.m. But at this point, things are drying out. It does stay breezy pretty much all day Monday. In fact, some of the worst wind will be with the sunshine Monday afternoon. I wanna show you two different models here. This is one model showing you the rain all the way up to midnight about an inch or so in White Plains and Yonkers and then it picks up to two inches but notice how close we are to that really heavy rain over Connecticut and Long Island. This other model actually will bring in some of that heavier rain off to our east. I'm gonna show it to you coming up on the other side of the break. But I also wanna show you the winter storm warning in effect for the higher elevations of Ulster County and the advisory in effect for Sullivan. I thought that was kind of important to get to. So I will show you the difference in the rain totals coming up. But a little more good news once we get through Monday, it's totally dry for work week.

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Heavy downpours and high winds move in this afternoon, storm intensity increases tonight. Updates throughout the day and early tomorrow at 4:30 a.m. on News 12.

Hudson Valley nonprofit helps children visit their fathers in ICE custody