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Venezuelan college soccer player detained by ICE despite pending asylum case

May 27, 2026 · Detroit, MI, Venezuela

Venezuelan college soccer player detained by ICE despite pending asylum case

Karliana Yosdeylin Perdomo-Gotopo, a 20-year-old women's soccer player and business major at Cleary University in Michigan, was detained by ICE on May 26, 2026, during a traffic stop in Lincoln Park. Perdomo entered the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor in September 2022 at age 15, fleeing political persecution in Venezuela, and graduated high school with honors in Detroit in 2023. She had a pending asylum application and her mother believed she held valid Temporary Protected Status documentation through October 2026, though the Trump administration had previously ended TPS protections for Venezuelan nationals. A witness reported the stop appeared targeted based on her Latina appearance. Perdomo was transferred to North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan.

Timeline

May 26, 2026Perdomo detained by ICE during traffic stop in Lincoln Park, Michigan; witness reported stop appeared targeted based on her Latina appearance
May 26, 2026Perdomo transferred to North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan; called her mother to notify professors of her absence from class
Jun 2023Perdomo graduated high school with honors in Detroit
Sep 2022Karliana Perdomo entered the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor at age 15, fleeing political persecution in Venezuela

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