73-year-old grandmother detained at routine check-in
Sep 16, 2025·Location: Berkeley, California
Country of origin: India

A 73-year old East Bay grandmother, Harjit Kaur, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during a routine check-in this week. Today, her family and an expected 200 community members will stage a protest demanding her release.The protest will be held at 5 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 12) at the intersection of Appian Way and San Pablo Dam Road in El Sobrante (below the El Sobrante Gurdwara).Kaur has lived in the East Bay for more than 30 years. She currently lives in Hercules but worked for two decades at a small business, Sari Palace, in Berkeley and regularly attended the El Sobrante Sikh Gurdwara. She was detained on Monday after ICE asked her to come to the San Francisco office to turn in additional paperwork. On Tuesday she was taken to a detention center in Bakersfield.“It’s just been a total nightmare. I don’t feel like this is real,” Manji Kaur, Harjit Kaur’s daughter-in-law, told Richmondside. Kaur has two -grandsons and three granddaughters.
Sources
- 73-year-old Bay Area grandmother is detained by ICE after more than a decade of check-ins
nbcbayarea.com·Sep 17, 2025·archived copy
- Bay Area grandma detained by ICE, held in Bakersfield despite compliance with immigration officials
abc7.com·Sep 14, 2025·archived copy
- ICE detains East Bay grandmother, 73, with health issues, no criminal history
richmondside.org·Sep 12, 2025·archived copy
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