Matheus Silveira, 30, a Brazilian national, was detained by ICE agents during his green card interview at a USCIS office in San Diego on November 24, after his marriage-based application had just been approved. His wife, Hannah Silveira, an Army veteran and California attorney, said agents burst into the interview room and arrested her husband on a warrant tied to his overstaying a student visa, despite their marriage. He remains at Otay Mesa Detention Center, where he has described inadequate food and sleeping on the floor in a crowded room, and has since been granted voluntary departure rather than deportation, barring his return to the U.S. for 10 years. The couple, married since August 2024, now plans to relocate to Rio de Janeiro once he is released.