Viktor Vdovin, a Russian asylum seeker who fled with his wife Tatiana and their two children in 2022, was detained by ICE during a routine check-in at the Charlotte ICE office and sent to the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. The family has a pending asylum claim and had received a USCIS letter stating they could remain in the country while the case was decided. Tatiana described Viktor as a hard worker and devoted father, and a neighbor called him a "model neighbor" with no criminal record. Viktor's attorneys filed a habeas corpus petition seeking his release on bond, which the government has moved to dismiss, and he remains in detention awaiting a judge's ruling while describing overcrowded conditions and falling ill.