Malena Chacón Santos, a 24-year-old Cuban woman who entered the U.S. legally through the CBP One app and applied for asylum, was detained during a routine ICE check-in in Dallas and has spent nearly 10 months at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson. She married U.S. Army veteran Juan Carlos Alvarez in February 2025 and became a stepmother to his three children before her detention. Alvarez, who lives with disabilities including depression, anxiety and arthritis, drives three hours every Sunday to visit her, and the couple speaks by phone daily. Chacón Santos said she has no criminal convictions and is still awaiting a decision on her case.