Overview
- ICE agents arrested Felicitas Lauría on November 25, 2025 at the San Diego immigration offices during her marriage-based residency interview.
- Her mother reports Lauría spent the first 48 hours chained by hands, waist and feet without thyroid medication, then was moved to Otay Mesa where she slept on the floor, shared a cell with about 15 women and lacked basic hygiene products.
- A federal judge granted release on a $1,500 bond after Lauría was not transported to a December 5 hearing, and she later had her ankle monitor removed on December 11 under supervised conditions.
- Lauría entered the U.S. in 2023 on an Au Pair visa, married a U.S. citizen in February 2024, obtained a work permit in September and pursued adjustment of status, yet was detained because her original visa had expired.
- An immigration hearing is scheduled for March 11, 2026 as her attorney seeks an earlier date, with the case cited in reporting on increased ICE detentions of foreign spouses in San Diego since November 12.