Nayeli, a 25-year-old Honduran woman with a pending asylum case, was arrested by plainclothes ICE agents at the Carroll County District Court in Westminster, Maryland, as she waited to contest theft charges filed by her former employer over a $12.08 McDonald's purchase made accidentally on his company credit card. The agents did not identify themselves, and her mother said they only announced 'ICE, she needs to go with me' before handcuffing Nayeli and taking her away; the judge overseeing the case told Nayeli's attorney 'It's not my hallway' when informed of the arrest. The theft charges, which a prosecutor had already offered to pause, were dismissed because Nayeli could not appear, but she remained in ICE detention in Virginia two weeks later. Nayeli, who is authorized to work in the U.S. and entered the country with her mother in 2019 to pursue asylum, said, 'I'm trying to be as positive as I can, but I mean, of course, this is not my home.'