PTC News Desk: A 73-year-old woman was detained by the immigration authorities in California after she went through a routine background check. Her arrest has sparked massive outrage across the community. 

Harjit Kaur had been living in the US for over 30 years, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials during a routine check-in earlier this week.

According to the reports, her family along with hundreds of members from the community organised a protest Friday, calling for the immediate release of Kaur, who was detained on Monday after ICE asked her to come to the San Francisco office to turn in additional paperwork.

In a statement, Congressman Garamendi said: "President (Donald) Trump initially promised to go after the 'worst of the worst' in his immigration policy. Yet this administration's decision to detain a 73-year-old woman - a respected member of the community with no criminal record who has faithfully reported to ICE every six months for more than 13 years - is one more example of the misplaced priorities of Trump's immigration enforcement." "Our office will do everything possible to support her case and her family," he said. Local Council member Dilli Bhattarai said, according to The Berkeleyside report, that he is looking into how his city can put pressure on the federal government to release Kaur.

Her granddaughter Sukhdeep Kaur described Kaur as an "independent, selfless, hard-working" and termed her as a "mother figure" [to the community].

"We are all just in a state of shock," Sukhdeep Kaur said.

Her family voiced concern over her health, claiming that being detained at her age with serious health issues such as thyroid disease, migraine, knee pain, and anxiety, her life could be at risk, the report added.