Overview

• Harjit Kaur, 73, was taken into custody Monday at the San Francisco ICE office during a routine check-in to return paperwork, her family says.
• She was transferred to the Mesa Verde facility in Bakersfield, with relatives reporting minimal communication and concerns that she lacks needed medication.
• Roughly 100–200 people rallied Friday in El Sobrante calling for her release, with community members and local leaders joining the family.
• Rep. John Garamendi’s office submitted an inquiry to ICE seeking her release and said it will do everything possible to support the family.
• ICE has not publicly explained the detention; the family says she has checked in every six months for 13 years, has no criminal record, and has been under supervision since an asylum denial in 2012.