After 14 years of ICE check-ins, Houston woman is detained without a criminal history

HOUSTON – For more than a decade, Joyce Basele reported to immigration officials as required.

When the 64-year-old Houston woman arrived at an ICE field office for another routine check-in on June 18, however, she was taken into custody.

“She’s literally a part of our family,” said Maureen Mendrek-Laske, whose four children Basele helped raise over the past 10 years. “She’s really a maternal figure.”…

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