Green Card holder who spent 30 years in US detained even after court case was terminated: Indian-origin grandma had no criminal record, & her daughter is an immigration lawyer

Venkata Vasamsetty, a Green Card holder who has lived in the US for around 30 years, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), prompting her family to launch a ‘Free Venkata’ campaign and seek public support.

Vasamsetty's case has drawn attention because she had previously won an immigration court case in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to establish that she was removable. Her daughter, Yashaswini Vasamsetty, is an employment-based immigration attorney licensed in Texas and New Jersey.

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Yashaswini's friend, Zoe Ji Wilson, shared details of the family's ordeal on LinkedIn, including Vasamsetty's detention in Georgia.