# Delco nurse detained by ICE on Disneyland trip

> Delco nurse Monica Ryadi fights deportation after ICE arrest during Disneyland trip.
- Title: Delco nurse detained by ICE on Disneyland trip · PhillyVoice
- Summary: Delco nurse Monica Ryadi fights deportation after ICE arrest during Disneyland trip. Monica Ryadi, a Delco nurse who entered the U.S. legally as a child…
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- Source: PhillyVoice — https://phillyvoice.com/delco-nurse-ice-detainment-monica-ryadi
- Published: 2026-10-15T17:06:38.282+00:00
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- Topics: monica ryadi, ice, delaware county, trump administration, deportation, government, habeas corpus, ankle monitor, disneyland, asylum, news, local
## Monica Ryadi detained by ICE
Monica Ryadi, a Delco nurse who entered the U.S. legally as a child, spent two weeks in a California ICE detention center before a judge ordered her release.

> once you're in there, you're not even human, you're just a number, you're a case to them.
## ICE ankle monitor requirement
ICE has compelled Ryadi to wear an ankle monitor since releasing her from a California detention center on Sept. 29, making it impossible for her to perform CPR or stand near MRI machines.
## Disneyland trip planned
Ryadi and her husband, a U.S. citizen, were planning to take their three-year-old son to Disneyland when she was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport.
## Legal status
Ryadi emigrated from Indonesia with her parents in 2005 when she was 9 years old, with a withholding of removal order issued in 2010 that protects her from deportation.
## ICE check-in confusion
Ryadi's lawyer reported ICE sent conflicting instructions about where she should report for check-in, with no clarification after a second email changed the location.
## ICE's false narrative
ICE has targeted immigrants with no criminal history, contradicting the Trump administration's claim that they are targeting violent criminals.
## Political support
U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Ryadi's district, called ICE's actions a 'campaign of terror' to pressure immigrants into self-deportation.

> the administration is lying to the american people about who they are picking up and what they are doing with them and what those people have done.
## Ryadi's experience
Ryadi described ICE detention as stripping her of control, dignity, and identity, with guards determining whether she receives basic needs.

> once you're in there, you're not even human, you're just a number, you're a case to them.
## Deportation risk
Ryadi fears ICE may try to detain her again or deport her to another country despite having lived in the U.S. legally since childhood.
## Habeas corpus petition
Ryadi filed a habeas corpus petition detailing how ICE officers arrested her without naming a third country and provided no communication during detention.

> be sent to a third country but they did not name it
## Legal context
A withholding of removal order protects applicants from deportation but allows them to be deported to another country that accepts them, a status that has shifted under Trump administration policies.
## Current status
Ryadi is scheduled to check in with ICE at 8 a.m. Thursday but faces uncertainty about where to report due to conflicting instructions.
## Key takeaway

Monica Ryadi, a Delco nurse who entered the U.S. legally as a child, faces potential deportation after ICE detained her at LAX during a Disneyland trip.