Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card allowed to leave ICE detention but her immigration case continues. DHS calls her flight risk

Venkata Vasamsetty (middle) has been granted bail but her immigration case continues as DHS calls her a flight risk and claims she can leave the country. Venkata Vasamsetty, the Indian-origin grandmother who has been living in the US for decades with a Green Card and has a house in North Carolina, two US citizen daughters and US-born grandchildren, was granted bail after her ICE detention. But the immigration case is not solved. Vasamsetty was detained by ICE in August during an immigration check-in. The issue arose after Vasamsetty traveled to India during the Covid pandemic and stayed in India for over six months as she got Covid and had to be hospitalized. On her return to the US, it was flagged that she had overstayed in India and that a legal case was going on.Her family claimed that she won the legal case as it was proved that Vasamsetty did not intend to abandon her residency in the US by her overstay in India. But she was still called for her immigration check-in on August 11, when she was detained.Not a danger to the community but poses flight riskDuring Tuesday's bond hearing, Department of Homeland Security attorney Abby Cannon said Vasamsetty was not a danger to the com...