"Grazi Chiosque works for the federal government. She believes in systems. She believes in procedure. She believes that if you follow the rules carefully enough, the rules will eventually work. What Chiosque did not expect was that following the rules could still leave her wife locked inside an immigration detention center across the country for months, not because an immigration judge ordered her removed, not because a petition was denied, but because no one in the federal government would take responsibility for deciding her case."
""She had an ICE appointment, like a regular check-in in September," Chiosque said. "And that's when she got detained." At the time, Suarez had no criminal record, no deportation order, and a pending marriage-based application for lawful permanent residency. According to Chiosque, ICE officials acknowledged the paperwork but told her wife that detention was simply "part of the process" and that she would need to see an immigration judge."
Grazi Chiosque, a Social Security Administration employee, married Peruvian national Xiomara Suarez and filed in May to adjust Suarez's immigration status under marriage-based law. Suarez legally remained in the country and had no criminal record, deportation order, or denied petition when she was detained during an ICE check-in in September. ICE acknowledged the pending paperwork but said detention was "part of the process" and indicated she needed to see an immigration judge. Chiosque followed required steps and exceeded them, yet no federal office accepted responsibility for deciding Suarez's case, leaving her locked in a distant detention center for months.
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