Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained two Santa Barbara County residents last week. The arrests came at a time when the Trump administration has been under fire in national and international news coverage of its immigration policies that have led to children being held in overcrowded, substandard facilities.
On June 26, Adriana Salazar, a single mother of two young children, was detained when she appeared for a scheduled appointment with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Salazar dropped her daughters off at the Boys and Girls Club early that morning before going up to Santa Maria and did not return.
Salazar was brought to the United States when she was only 3 months old, said her mother, who asked her name not be used. When Salazar received a call from USCIS asking her to make an appointment, Salazar didn’t think they would detain her, according to her mother, because Salazar’s father was not held when he reported for a recent appointment.