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Nursing Mother in ICE Custody in Minnesota to Be Released From Detention, Judge Rules
Judge Susan Richard Nelson approved a $10,000 bond for Antonia Aguilar Maldonado despite ICE detaining her under a reopened removal order, though she has no criminal history.
- Antonia Aguilar Maldonado, a nursing mother from Lake Elmo, Minnesota, was arrested on July 17, 2025, and detained at Kandiyohi County Jail under ICE custody.
- Her arrest followed new July policy guidelines requiring ICE to detain undocumented immigrants until removal cases are resolved, despite her active asylum claim and special protections as a minor arrival.
- Aguilar Maldonado pumped breast milk daily in custody for her toddler and was supported by a vigil and rally of about 100 people outside the jail on August 12, 2025.
- On July 31, an immigration judge set her release bond at $10,000 and granted her bail, and on August 12, Federal Judge Susan Richard Nelson ordered her release with a temporary restraining order.
- Her release, expected after posting bond, will reunite her with her children and highlights ongoing legal challenges to ICE detention policies affecting nursing mothers and undocumented immigrants.
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In unexpected reprieve, nursing mother from Lake Elmo released from immigration custody
A nursing mother from Lake Elmo was released from federal immigration custody on Tuesday, the first ruling of its kind in Minnesota since July, when the Trump administration declared millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for release on bond. Antonia Aguilar Maldonado, 27, had been held for three weeks at the Kandiyohi County jail in Willmar, where she had no contact with her two children and was forced to throw away breast milk she was…
Nursing mother in ICE custody in Minnesota to be released from detention, judge rules
By Caroline Cummings Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — A nursing mother who has spent more than three weeks in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody will soon be reunited with her children following a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday. Antonia Aguilar Maldonado, 26, was arrested by federal agents on July 17. She came to the United States from El Salvador as a teenager and has no criminal history. She is now s…
Duluth News Tribune
Willmar community rallies in support of mother in ICE custody
WILLMAR, Minn. — Members of Indivisible Kandiyohi County stood outside the Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar as a show of support Tuesday for a Minnesota woman who has been behind bars since her arrest by federal agents more than two weeks ago. She is expected to be released Wednesday after a judge ruled in her favor. Antonia Aguilar Maldonado, 25, of Lake Elmo, was arrested July 17 by Homeland Security Investigations, a division of the Departmen…
Willmar, Minnesota, community rallies in support of mother in ICE custody
WILLMAR — Members of Indivisible Kandiyohi County stood outside the Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar as a show of support Tuesday for a Minnesota wife and mother who has been behind bars since her arrest by federal agents more than two weeks ago. She is expected to be released Wednesday after a judge ruled in her favor. Antonia Aguilar Maldonado, 25, of Lake Elmo, was arrested July 17 by Homeland Security Investigations, a division of the Depart…
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