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Louisiana mother detained 200 miles from home after routine ICE check-in

March 2025·Location: Basile, LA

Country of origin: El Salvador

Louisiana mother detained 200 miles from home after routine ICE check-in
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Wendy Brito, an asylum-seeker from El Salvador and mother of three living in the New Orleans area, was detained after attending a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She has been in the U.S. for 15 years and volunteers at a local elementary school. Her partner Kremly Marrero said officials told the family she was taken because of "new regulations under the new administration." Brito is now held in Basile, Louisiana, nearly 200 miles away from her home and children, and ICE has declined to comment on the specifics of her case.

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