ICE detains LSU nursing grad for six months
Jun 26, 2025·Location: New Orleans, LA
Country of origin: Honduras

Vilma Palacios, 22, a recent LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing graduate who had accepted a job at Touro Infirmary, was arrested by ICE agents on June 26, 2025, while attempting to get a vehicle inspection sticker. She has been detained at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile for six months. Palacios had previously been granted a work permit and had applied for asylum as a child, fleeing Honduras at age 6.
Sources
- LSU nursing grad, detained by ICE for 6 months, may self-deport: ‘I feel hopeless all the time’
nola.com·Dec 20, 2025·archived copy
theadvocate.com·Dec 20, 2025·archived copy
- Louisiana nursing student speaks out during her six-month ICE detention
amp.theguardian.com·Dec 21, 2025·archived copy
- KSLA
- nola.com
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