Overview
- Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, 28, was detained by federal officers after landing at O’Hare and held about 30 hours at the airport before transfers to ICE facilities in Broadview, Illinois, and Dodge County, Wisconsin, where she was released early Saturday.
- Relatives tracked her iPhone to the Broadview site and later to Wisconsin while officials initially denied she was there; a family ally alleges agents accessed her phone and then it went dark.
- At the request of local officials, the U.S. Attorney’s Office facilitated a Friday night walk-through by Cook County Sheriff’s officers at Broadview, where Naqvi was not found.
- Her attorney and elected officials say they are considering legal action and demanding accountability, and federal agencies have not provided a substantive public explanation.
- Naqvi was traveling for work with five colleagues—three U.S. citizens and three green-card holders—after visa issues in Istanbul disrupted their plans; all six were ultimately released, and her family says she left custody without her passport and hitchhiked to a nearby hotel.