Overview
- Maria Rosales was arrested at Boston Logan Airport after attending a Noah Kahan concert on July 10, 2026 and was held at an ICE facility in Burlington.
- A federal judge on Monday found ICE did not demonstrate compliance with statutory and regulatory detention rules and ordered Rosales released by 7 p.m., a release her lawyer confirmed the next day.
- ICE says Rosales overstayed a visitor visa and had a June 28, 2017 removal order, while her attorney says she was brought to the U.S. as a child, has no criminal record and has had a DACA renewal pending since 2023.
- Visiting lawyers documented harsh conditions at the Burlington facility, reporting days without showers, inedible food, hot sleeping rooms and restricted attorney access, details the judge cited in noting the site is not designed for long-term housing.
- The case underscores how old removal orders and delays in benefit processing can expose people with pending relief to enforcement and may prompt more habeas reviews, transfer limits and scrutiny of targeted airport operations while at least one other person arrested that day remains under ICE review.