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Gladis C.P.: Immigrant advocate detained at Chicago ICE check-in

Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda, a Honduran asylum seeker and immigrant rights organizer, was detained during a routine ICE check-in despite having no deportation order and is now held in Kentucky.

Jun 4, 2025Chicago, ILCountry of origin: Honduras

Gladis C.P.: Immigrant advocate detained at Chicago ICE check-in
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Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda, an organizer with Organized Communities Against Deportations, was detained by ICE on June 4 while reporting to a check-in at a location on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago's South Loop. Her daughter and attorney said she had a pending asylum claim, a work permit, no criminal record, and no deportation order, but was given no reason for her arrest. She was shackled for a seven-hour van ride and transferred between three facilities, ultimately landing at a facility in Kentucky where she said there were no available beds. Her attorney obtained a stay order preventing her imminent deportation, but she remains in custody, leaving her 17-year-old daughter to live with a sibling while waiting for her mother's calls.

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