Three recent cases involving persons in Louisiana, Florida and Colorado with average tenure in the U.S. of 50 years.

In the Baton Rouge area a 64-year-old grandmother who arrived in the U.S. in1978 on a student visa was detained by ICE in June while gardening outside her home. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and State Representative Stephanie Hilferty engineered her release.

In Florida a 75-year-old man of Cuban origin, who came to the U.S. in 1966, died on June 26 while in ICE detention. He had been convicted of possession of an illegal substance in 1981 and 1984.

A 68-year-old grandfather who has lived in the U.S. since 1980 was arrested on June 8 while walking his dog in Colorado and deported. He was one of the Muriel Boat Lift refugees.