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EL SOBRANTE, Calif. (KGO) -- People gathered connected Friday to protestation the detention of a longtime East Bay resident.
Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old undocumented grandma from El Sobrante, showed up to a regular migration assignment this week successful San Francisco, and ICE would not fto her go.
"It's been a full nightmare to find retired she's been detained. We didn't expect it. She's been doing ICE check-ins for 13 years," said Manjit Kaur, her daughter-in-law.
"They conscionable said we are detaining your grandma and didn't springiness maine immoderate different information, didn't fto maine spot her. And aft that, we didn't perceive from her for hours and erstwhile we did perceive from her, she was crying and begging america for help," said Sukhmeet Sandhu, her granddaughter.
Manjit said, "She was a messiness erstwhile she called us. We conscionable waited until we heard thing from her. We were conscionable shocked and devastated."
"We are making definite that she is released, and if she wants to self-deport, she volition person that opportunity," said Hapreet Sandhu, Richmond bureau typical for Congressman John Garamendi.
Congressman John Garamendi's bureau is getting involved, demanding for the grandmother's release.
Harjit Kaur is presently being held hours distant successful Bakersfield.
TARA CAMPBELL: "Have you been capable to interaction oregon person immoderate connection with ICE?"
HAPREET SANDHU: "The archetypal process is to record the letter, which we did connected behalf of the household this (Friday) morning, truthful we are hoping for connection to travel backmost and past travel done aft that point."
Protesters successful Concord battled national agents successful beforehand of an SUV holding 2 immigrants arrested conscionable aft their hearings successful migration court.
In the meantime, the Indian assemblage is getting down the family.
"We've known Harjit for 25 - 30 years of our lives. My parents ain a store successful Berkeley, she's worked determination each her beingness arsenic a tailor, and it's women similar her who travel to work, and enactment hard mundane that women similar maine tin exist," said Puga Thakkar, a household friend. "It's connected the backmost of women similar her that I'm capable to beryllium a doctor."
"When we got quality of this, we were horrified. How tin the national authorities beryllium taking a 73-year-old pistillate who has aesculapian issues into custody erstwhile she's been doing everything that's been required of her for the past 13 years," said Chris Mathias, a protester.
ABC7 News reached retired to ICE for much details and are waiting to perceive back.
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