00:00That's Bubble Cheeth, Bubbly Khor, a 60-year-old who went in for what she believed was a routine
00:04green card appointment in California but was detained instead.
00:08Khor had lived in the United States since 1994, nearly three decades.
00:12No criminal record.
00:13A familiar face in Long Beach, a coastal city in California, a former restaurant owner,
00:17a pharmacy worker for over 20 years, deeply rooted in her community.
00:21Her family believed this appointment was the final step of her permanent residency.
00:25Instead, ICE agents detained her inside the government building and transferred her to
00:29the Adelantor Detention Center, a remote former federal prison where she remains as of December 15.
00:35Her family left with no option is now challenging her detention and seeking her release on bond
00:39while raising funds for legal costs.
00:41Earlier this year, 73-year-old Harjeet Khor faced same ordeal detained and deported after
00:46more than 30 years in the US.
00:48Two women, decades in America, no crimes.
00:50Yet, both were detained, raising urgent questions about how long-term immigrants are being treated.
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