Green Card Mom Held in ICE Detention | Raleigh News

Raleigh News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

A U.S. permanent resident from India, Venkata Vasamsetty, is held in immigration detention after being taken into custody during what her family thought was a routine ICE check-in — despite her case having been dismissed months prior. A substitute teacher and devoted grandmother, she’s been living in North Carolina since 2013, but her extended trip to India during the pandemic led DHS to allege she abandoned her Green Card. Her daughter described the traumatic arrest, where Venkata was shackled and screamed — now pleading for her mother’s safe release. Immigration attorneys say detaining a…