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Maria Pelaez, a grandmother and undocumented immigrant, was detained by ICE in Arizona while caring for her grandson.

Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes ICE for detaining nonviolent individuals like Pelaez and Kelly Yu, a restaurant owner.

The Eloy Detention Center's conditions and ICE's practices have drawn criticism from Arizona Democrats.

New Jersey resident Maria Pelaez came to Arizona to look after her 2-year-old grandson as her son, a Marine, headed off to a training exercise and her daughter-in-law, also a Marine, recovered from surgery.

Instead, the grandmother and undocumented immigrant was taken into custody and awaits deportation to Mexico.

Pelaez is among those warehoused at the Eloy Detention Center, snagged in a nationwide dragnet for unauthorized immigrants

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