Alba, a nail technician who has worked for years at a Montclair salon and lives in Newark, NJ, was detained by ICE on May 20, 2026 during what was supposed to be a routine immigration check-in she had attended for over a decade. She was moved to the Elizabeth detention center despite holding a work permit. Alba is the mother of two U.S. citizen children, including a non-verbal autistic child who relies on her daily care, and her family has lost income and faces mounting legal costs while fighting for her release.