Overview

• Harjit Kaur was taken into custody on September 8 during a routine ICE check-in in San Francisco and transferred to the Mesa Verde facility in Bakersfield.
• More than 200 people gathered outside the El Sobrante Sikh Gurdwara to call for her release, with organizers urging weekly protests until she returns home.
• ICE says Kaur has exhausted all legal remedies and that it is carrying out an immigration judge’s 2005 removal order.
• Her attorney and family say she complied with supervision for over a decade, holds renewed work permits, and never resisted deportation.
• Relatives report worsening health in custody and say she is ready to depart if the Indian consulate issues emergency travel documents, while elected officials including Rep. John Garamendi and State Sen. Jesse Arreguin have pressed for her release.