RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Wake County school teacher was granted bail on Tuesday after her family says she was wrongly detained by ICE.
Venkata Vasamsetty has lived in Cary for decades now, and her family says she is legally allowed to be in the country.
According to her family, Vasamsetty has held a green card since 2013. In 2022, they say she went to visit her sick dad in India and stayed longer than expected because of the COVID-19 pandemic. When she returned, her family says she was told that by being gone for so long, she forfeited her green card.
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After a legal battle, her family says a court dismissed that idea, and her legal standing was no longer questioned…