Judges Order Bond Hearing, Then Release, for Round Lake Green Card Holder Held Over a Year

Beata Siemionkowicz, 57, a Polish green card holder since 2003, was arrested by two masked agents on August 2, 2025 while gardening in her daughter’s Des Plaines backyard and held as a mandatory detainee over misdemeanor retail thefts from 2005 and 2011. On November 3, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell granted her habeas petition, finding due-process violations and ordering a bond hearing. On November 7, Judge Angelica Powers ordered her released, finding her detention “unreasonably prolonged.” The ACLU of Illinois represents her.