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  1. Attorneys continue to seek immediate release

    Maureen remains wrongfully detained at Richwood. Her family asks for help with legal, travel, advocacy, and family-support costs while they fight to bring her home.

  2. Held at Richwood Detention Center in Monroe, Louisiana

    Maureen is held at Richwood Detention Center in Monroe, Louisiana, nearly 2,000 miles from her home and family in Concord, California. Her attorneys seek her immediate release.

  3. Last-minute halt to a deportation flight

    Maureen is driven to an airport to be flown to an unnamed country. A last-minute deportation halt returns her to custody instead of removing her from the United States.

  4. Transfers begin across detention centers

    In the days that follow, Maureen is transferred through detention centers in California, Arizona, and Louisiana. Her family reports that she slept on floors, and that her ID, phone, and wallet were lost in transit.

  5. Maureen is wrongfully detained in San Francisco

    At a mandated appointment at the San Francisco ICE office, Maureen Wanjiru Ngure is wrongfully detained and served a third-country deportation order. She is a Concord nurse, wife, and mother of two. Her husband and children are U.S. citizens.