Disney World Vacation Turns Into Four Months in Immigration Detention

Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, 9, arrived at Miami International Airport on October 2 with a valid tourist visa to visit her mother for a Disney World vacation. Immigration officers intercepted and separated her from her mother for interrogation, then held both for 42 hours in airport holding rooms before transferring them to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas—the nation's only operating family detention center. They were detained for nearly four months. An immigration judge granted voluntary departure on January 6, 2026, and they were released February 6.