Overview
- Barbara Gomes Marques was taken into custody during a scheduled USCIS appointment in Los Angeles after an officer allegedly separated her from her lawyer using a broken-copier pretext, according to her husband.
- ICE told the couple the detention stems from a missed 2019 immigration hearing, which they say they never knew about, and the filmmaker has no criminal record.
- After a week at the Adelanto facility, she was moved to Arizona and, by early Monday, to a detention center in Louisiana, raising access-to-counsel concerns from her legal team.
- Attorney Marcelo Gondim filed an emergency temporary restraining order to halt further transfer or deportation, while the family alleges detention paperwork has not been processed promptly.
- A GoFundMe for legal expenses has surpassed $31,000, and DHS officials have asked for additional information to investigate the incident.