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US visa extension holders face ICE arrest risk, lawyer says
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Immigration lawyer Poonam Gupta warns that recent airport arrests are due to incorrect assumptions, not visa holders.
A timely-filed visa extension starts authorized stay legally, but ICE has arrested people with pending applications anyway.
At least 27 arrests occurred across 15 airports in 9 states in recent weeks, per an internal DHS memo.
Chantal Morales Rojas, an Oakland resident from Ecuador, was arrested on a domestic flight despite filing an extension before her J-1 visa expired.
Rojas was released on a $3,000 bond after a court order.
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