Overview

• Barbara Gomes Marques was taken into custody at the end of a scheduled green-card meeting at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in early September, her husband says.
• Her husband and attorney allege an officer used a “broken copier” pretext to separate her from legal counsel before the arrest.
• She was held about a week at the Adelanto ICE facility, then moved to an Arizona detention center, and her lawyer says she is slated for transfer to Louisiana.
• The family says officials cited a missed 2019 immigration court date as the reason for detention, which they contend they never received notice of.
• An emergency request for a temporary restraining order seeks to stop her transfer or removal as a family GoFundMe tops $31,000 and alleges denied medical equipment and long gaps without food; a CBP spokesperson has emphasized the government’s detention authority under immigration law.