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

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.
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- Pennsylvania nurse detained by ICE during Disneyland vacation fights to remain in U.S.
CBS News·Oct 15, 2026
- Delco nurse detained by ICE on Disneyland trip; Philly supporters rally
6ABC·Oct 16, 2026
- A Delco nurse arrested by ICE on her way to Disneyland faces first check-in. ‘I thought I was going to be redetained.’
Philadelphia Inquirer·Oct 15, 2026
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