Colombian mother separated from children at ICE check-in despite torture protection ruling
Aug 20, 2026·Location: Baltimore, MD
Country of origin: Colombia

A Colombian mother was separated from her two young children during a routine ICE check-in in Baltimore, despite an immigration judge having ruled she would likely face torture or persecution if deported to Colombia. She was transferred to the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona and remained in ICE custody for months afterward. An Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting analysis identified her as one of more than 120 immigrants in Arizona whom ICE continued to detain even after judges had barred their deportation to their home countries due to humanitarian protections.
Sources
- Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway.
azcir.org·Aug 20, 2026·archived copy
- gilavalleycentral.net
- Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants could lead to persecution. ICE is detaining them anyway
- Deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture
phoenixnewtimes.com·Sep 18, 2026
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