All articles tagged with #visa overstay
Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University, was detained by ICE at Baltimore-Washington International Airport on July 28 for allegedly overstaying a visa. She was transferred to a detention facility in Louisiana but has since been released, according to her attorney. The incident highlights a broader trend of increased immigration enforcement at U.S. airports.
Fatima Ameaka, a research associate at Johns Hopkins University, was arrested by ICE at Baltimore-Washington International Airport on July 28, 2026, for allegedly overstaying a visa. DHS states she entered the U.S. in June 2023 on a visa expiring in June 2024. Ameaka, a former Fulbright scholar from Cameroon, was transferred to a detention facility in South Louisiana. Johns Hopkins and local advocates are supporting her legal defense amid concerns over her medical care and communication access.
Former Colts linebacker Daniel Adongo, a Kenyan rugby convert who joined the NFL in 2013, was deported from the United States after overstaying his visa in 2016 and being held under the Laken Riley Act; his decade in the U.S. included arrests and questions about mental health, including a 2020 misdemeanor conviction, and he appeared in five NFL games before being waived in 2015.
Iryna Gorb, a 38-year-old Ukrainian immigrant who has lived in San Francisco for 16 years and works as a head barista at Better Half Coffee and as a professional photographer, was detained by plainclothes ICE agents at San Francisco International Airport after arriving from Portland. Authorities say she overstayed a visa that expired in 2011 and has been moved to the California City Detention Facility in Kern County pending removal proceedings. Video of the arrest circulated online, prompting commentary from friends and immigration advocates about the growing use of airport detentions; Gorb is expected to meet an attorney soon and supporters hope for release on bond.
France's foreign minister said 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross, the French widow of a U.S. Army veteran, has returned to France after ICE detained her in Alabama for overstaying a 90-day visa, a move France criticized as not in line with its standards.
France is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release Marie-Therese Ross, an 86-year-old widow of a U.S. Army veteran, who was detained by ICE in Alabama after overstaying a 90-day visa and is now held in Louisiana. The French Consul General says Paris is fully mobilized, has visited her in detention, and is coordinating with her family and officials to secure her release and ensure access to food and healthcare while DHS reviews her status.
A Maryland pastor and father of three, Daniel Fuentes Espinal, who overstayed his visa by 24 years after fleeing Honduras, was detained by ICE and is awaiting a court hearing. His family and community are advocating for his release, highlighting his contributions and the bureaucratic challenges he faced in obtaining legal residency. The case has drawn criticism from local lawmakers and community members, emphasizing concerns over immigration enforcement practices.
A Honduran-born Maryland pastor, Daniel Fuentes Espinal, who overstayed his visa by 24 years, was detained by ICE and is awaiting a court hearing, sparking community protests and calls for his release amid broader immigration enforcement concerns.