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5. There was a Filipina woman taken by ICE here, who'd been living here for decades

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 09:09 PM

Aug 29

after arriving when she was 14. She was a legal resident but hadn't become a citizen because a relative had left her some property, which required she remain a citizen of the Philippines.

She was working as a lab tech at UW, but made the mistake of visiting her family overseas, and was arrested coming home through the airport. Their excuse was a conviction thirty years ago (stealing money from an employer), which resulted in no prison time -- and her green card was renewed several times since then.

But she was sent to the Tacoma Detention center. Eventually, she was released, but she had some harrowing weeks.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/ice-releases-health-worker-us-legally-50-years-rcna209975

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