Inocencia Rodríguez, a 32-year-old Dominican mother of an eight-year-old daughter, was detained by ICE officers at a security checkpoint while driving to take a friend to work. She possessed a document proving an ongoing immigration process to regularize her status, including an I-130 petition filed by her permanent resident husband and an approved provisional I-601A waiver. ICE used information from her driver's license—shared by Puerto Rico's Department of Transportation with federal authorities in early 2025—to locate and arrest her. A federal judge found her detention "illegal" and ordered her immediate release, and she was released after posting a $5,000 bond. She now faces deportation proceedings despite her legal documentation and family ties to the U.S. territory.