Family Appeals Beata Siemionkowicz's Deportation After 12 Months in ICE Custody
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Updated · Chicago Tribune · Jul 27
Family Appeals Beata Siemionkowicz's Deportation After 12 Months in ICE Custody
1 articles · Updated · Chicago Tribune · Jul 27
Summary
Nearly 12 months after ICE arrested Beata Siemionkowicz, her family is appealing a Dec. 9, 2025 deportation order and seeking her release from a Kentucky detention center.
Siemionkowicz, a Polish green-card holder since 2003, was detained over two misdemeanor retail-theft convictions from 2005 and 2011 and an alleged 2001 document-fraud claim tied to immigration benefits.
DHS said she remains in custody pending removal, while her daughters argue the old offenses were resolved years ago and have taken over her mortgage, bills and legal costs to preserve her life in Illinois.
A 143-day detention case involving former cellmate Donna Hughes-Brown, another green-card holder later ruled not deportable, is now being used by Siemionkowicz's family and lawyer as a possible template for release.
The case has also drawn help from Sen. Dick Durbin's office, underscoring broader scrutiny of ICE detentions of legal permanent residents over long-settled, low-level offenses.