ICE arrested a green-card holder while she was gardening and kept her for a year

Immigration agents arrested legal resident Beata Siemionkowicz while she was gardening, and Boing Boing reports she has been in detention for fifty-one weeks. Siemionkowicz is a green card holder who has lived lawfully in the US for decades, yet she remains held over misdemeanor charges her family says were cleared years ago. The case underscores questions about due process protections for legal immigrants.

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