Overview

• ICE agents arrested Cynthia Olivera at her June 13 green card interview in Chatsworth, California, and moved her to an El Paso detention center pending removal under a felony re-entry order.
• Olivera has lived undocumented in Los Angeles since age ten, spending 25 years paying taxes and raising three US-born children without any criminal convictions.
• After receiving a work permit in 2024, she was navigating the process to obtain a green card when she was swept up by expanded enforcement targeting civil immigration infractions.
• Francisco Olivera, a US citizen and self-described Trump voter, said he feels betrayed by the administration he supported and has requested compassionate travel arrangements for his wife.
• Canada’s government confirmed it is aware of her detention but said it cannot intervene in another country’s immigration enforcement decisions.