Ve kata
Vasamsetty
(middle)
has
bee
i
the
US
fo
30
yea s
a d
has
bee
a
G ee
Ca d
holde
si ce
2013.
Ve kata
Vasamsetty,
who
has
lived
i
the
US
fo
30
yea s
a d
is
a
G ee
Ca d
holde ,
has
bee
detai ed
by
ICE
i
a
biza e
case
of
immig atio
while
he
daughte
Yashaswi i
Vasamsetty
is
a
employme t-based
immig atio
atto ey
lice sed
i
Texas
a d
New
Je sey.
Yashaswi i’s
f ie d
Zoe
Ji
Wilso
sha ed
the
o deal
of
Ve kata
Vasamsetty
as
Vasamsetty’s
family
is
collecti g
sig atu es
fo
a
‘F ee
Ve kata’
campaig .
What
is
Ve taka
Vasamsetty’s
sto y?
Ve kata
has
bee
i
the
US
legally
fo
30
yea s
a d
she
got
he
G ee
Ca d
i
2013.
She
is
a
teache
with
the
Wake
Cou ty
Public
School
System
i
No th
Ca oli a,
ow s
a
house
a d
is
the
mothe
to
two
daughte s,
who
a e
US
citize s.
She
is
also
a
g a dmothe
to
US
citize s.
The
family
said
that
Ve kata
does
ot
have
a y
c imi al
eco ds
a d
ot
eve
a
speedi g
ticket
eve .
Ca
a
G ee
Ca d
holde
be
a ested?
Yes,
a
G ee
Ca d
holde
ca
be
a ested
if
they
b eak
the
co ditio s
that
o e
eeds
to
fulfil
as
a
G ee
Ca d
holde .
O e
of
the
co ditio s
is
to
eside
i
the
US
fo
a
mi imum
of
six
co secutive
mo ths
which
Ve kata
Vasamsetty
b oke
because
of
Covid
eme ge cies.I
July
2022,
Ve kata
t aveled
to
I dia
to
see
he
fathe ,
who
was
suffe i g
f om
seve al
medical
co ditio s.
She
got
COVID
i
Novembe
a d
had
to
defe
he
etu
to
the
US
as
she
had
to
be
hospitalized
i
I dia
fo
ea ly
two
weeks.
She
etu ed
to
the
US
i
Feb ua y
2023
—
afte
stayi g
outside
the
US
fo
7
mo ths.She
was
stopped
at
the
Raleigh-Du ham
I te atio al
Ai po t
as
she
etu ed
a d
the
DHS
told
he
that
she
had
bee
ab oad
fo
a
lo g
pe iod,
which
made
a
case
of
i te tio
to
aba do
the
G ee
Ca d.
But
she
was,
at
that
time,
i
the
p ocess
of
pu chasi g
a
house
i
No th
Ca oli a
a d
had
o
i te tio
of
goi g
back
to
I dia.ICE
gave
he
a
date
i
depo tatio
cou t
a d
allowed
he
to
go
home
to
he
family
fo
the
time
bei g.
She
was
asked
to
epo t
to
ICE’s
Cha lotte
office
o
a
egula
basis.
He
family
said
that
Ve kata
atte ded
eve y
si gle
ICE
appoi tme t
a d
they
submitted
all
the
docume ts
to
p ove
that
it
was
o ly
the
situatio
that
delayed
he
a d
she
had
o
i te tio
to
leave
the
US.A
cou t
the
fi ally
o de ed
i
favou
of
Ve kata
a d
said
that
the
DHS
could
ot
meet
thei
“bu de
of
p ovi g
by
clea
a d
co vi ci g
evide ce”
that
Vasamsetty
was
emovable
as
cha ged.O
May
19,
2026,
the
case
agai st
Vasamsetty
was
te mi ated
a d
she
was
moved
out
of
the
emoval
p oceedi gs.
But
she
had
a
scheduled
ICE
appoi tme t
o
July
11.
ICE
did
ot
ca cel
the
date
a d
Vasamsetty
also
we t
to
the
meeti g,
abidi g
by
the
ICE
o de .
She
took
the
cou t
o de
to
the
appoi tme t
but
she
was
asked
to
come
a
mo th
late
as
ICE
did
ot
have
its
eco ds
updated.
Whe
she
we t
fo
the
August
11
appoi tme t,
she
was
detai ed.
Vasamsetty
was
take
to
I wi
Cou ty
Dete tio
Ce te
i
Ocilla,
Geo gia.”No
wa i g.
No
otice.
No
oppo tu ity
to
p epa e.
No
ega d
fo
the
fact
that
a
Immig atio
Judge
had
al eady
te mi ated
he
emoval
p oceedi gs.
No
ega d
fo
the
fact
that
she
is
seve ely
diabetic
a d
did
ot
have
he
i suli ,
medicatio s,
o
medical
supplies
with
he .
No
ega d
fo
a y
of
that.
They
put
he
i
ha dcuffs
a d
took
he
i to
custody.
DHS
did
ot
file
a
ew
Notice
to
Appea
u til
the
day
afte
she
was
detai ed.
She
was
ot
i
p oceedi gs
at
the
time
of
he
a est,”
Wilso
w ote
i
he
post.”If
this
ca
happe
to
Yesh’s
mothe ,
people
eed
to
u de sta d
what
this
mea s.
It
mea s
lawful
status,
decades
of
complia ce,
a
clea
eco d,
a
cou t
o de ,
a d
eve
basic
medical
vul e ability
may
still
ot
be
e ough
to
p otect
someo e
f om
bei g
detai ed
a d
st ipped
of
thei
f eedom.
That
should
te ify
all
of
us,”
Wilsom
w ote
oti g
that
ot
eve yo e
has
lawye s
i
thei
families.