Mother was allegedly trafficked to US and illegally detained by ICE while accused abuser is free, lawyers say

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Source: The Guardian

A Venezuelan mother of two who was allegedly trafficked to the US has been unlawfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and could soon be deported, according to her lawyers.

The woman has applications in process for asylum and a visa designed for victims of trafficking.

But she was arrested at a routine check-in with the authorities this January and separated from her two children, aged 18 months and four. Meanwhile, her alleged trafficker – who, according to a habeas petition filed in court, allegedly lured her to the US after impregnating her and under the false promises of living “together as a family” – is free.

A crucial hearing in the coming weeks could determine her fate.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/mother-trafficking-ice-detained

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1. "A crucial hearing in the coming weeks could determine her fate." - I'd love to see the trafficker's fate.

Probably offered a job with DHS luring more poor people to the US so they can be arrested (bounties collected) and deported.

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2. It's an absolute outrage

that this s**t is happening. Seems to me the greater the economic disparities in society, the greater chance for trafficking to happen. And it's happening to girls/women and boys/men. I don't have the answers to solve it, but we must solve it. It's destroying too many lives.