Overview

• Clouatre was detained by ICE during a May 27 green card appointment in New Orleans after officials uncovered a 2018 deportation order linked to her estranged mother’s missed hearing.
• A California judge stayed her removal order on July 23 but she remained in custody until Sen. John Kennedy’s appeal to DHS secured her recognizance release five days later.
• She must wear an ankle monitor and report to an ICE parole officer every two weeks while her deportation proceedings and green card application continue.
• Her case reflects ICE’s enforcement of an aggressive 3,000-arrests-per-day target that has driven record detentions and prompted lawsuits over due process delays.
• Recent polls show a majority of Americans view the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as overly harsh and prone to error.