Overview

• Harjit Kaur was taken into custody on Sept. 8 at ICE’s San Francisco office while returning paperwork and was transferred on Sept. 9 to the Mesa Verde facility in Bakersfield, according to her family.
• Relatives and multiple reports say she has no criminal record and has complied with six-month ICE check-ins for about 13 years after her 2012 asylum denial placed her under supervision.
• An estimated 100–200 people rallied Friday in El Sobrante near the local gurdwara, with family, Indivisible West Contra Costa, and Sikh community members urging her release.
• Rep. John Garamendi’s office has submitted an inquiry to ICE requesting she be reunited with her family, and Assemblymember Alex Lee has voiced support.
• Family members report health concerns, including limited access to needed medications and difficulty communicating with her in custody, while news outlets say ICE has not provided an explanation.