Overview

• Sergio Serna Ramirez remains in ICE custody at Michigan’s Monroe County Jail after a late-May stop near the U.S.–Canada border that his family says followed a mistaken turn.
• Kristina Ramirez, a U.S. citizen, says she was detained for three days during the incident, while her husband has been held for nearly three months.
• Family members, local officials, and the ACLU of Illinois gathered in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood to call for his immediate release and humanitarian parole.
• His attorney says Ramirez has lived in the Chicago area for about 20 years, has a U visa application pending for seven years, is eligible for permanent residency through marriage, and is under deferred action.
• ABC7 Chicago and CBS News Chicago report ICE did not respond to requests for comment on the case.