BROADVIEW, Ill. - Immigrant rights groups gathered Thursday to demand the immediate release of a Chicago grandmother detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a routine check-in earlier this week.

Activists are holding. a noon news conference outside the Broadview Immigration Processing Center to call for the release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda. That press conference will be streamed in the live player at the top of this story.

Chicago grandmother detained by ICE

The backstory:

Chavez Pineda was taken into custody on Wednesday during an appointment at the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office in Chicago, despite being subject to electronic monitoring through an ankle bracelet, according to organizers.

Her attorneys said she complied with the

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