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Nurse detained by ICE at LAX during Disneyland trip, fights removal with ankle monitor

Oct 15, 2026·Location: Los Angeles, CA

Country of origin: Indonesia

Nurse detained by ICE at LAX during Disneyland trip, fights removal with ankle monitor
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Monica Ryadi, a 30-year-old registered nurse at Riddle Hospital with Main Line Health in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was detained by plainclothes ICE agents at Los Angeles International Airport on September 15, 2026, while traveling with her husband and 3-year-old son, both U.S. citizens, for a Disneyland vacation, with her son witnessing her being handcuffed. Ryadi fled religious persecution in Indonesia with her family at age 9 and came to the U.S. legally, later receiving a 2010 immigration judge's order granting her withholding of removal that her attorney says protects her from deportation, despite DHS's claim she is subject to a final removal order. She was held for about two weeks at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where she was told she could be sent to a third country, before a federal magistrate judge ordered her release on September 29 under GPS ankle monitoring. She completed her first ICE check-in in Philadelphia surrounded by about 20 supporters, including friends, family, clergy, and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, saying, 'This is my home. I built a life here.' Ryadi is now seeking to have her ankle monitor removed, citing the burden it places on her nursing work, and says she fears being separated from her husband and son again.

Timeline

Oct 15, 2026—Completed first ICE check-in in Philadelphia surrounded by supporters including Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
Sep 29, 2026—Released from detention by order of a federal magistrate judge, placed on GPS ankle monitoring
Sep 15, 2026—Detained by plainclothes ICE agents at LAX while arriving for a family Disneyland trip; held at Adelanto ICE Processing Center
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