(KRON) -- Community members gathered Friday night to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest of a 73-year-old grandmother in the East Bay, demanding she be released.

Her family says she has no criminal record but was detained Monday during a routine immigration check-in.

More than a hundred people packed into an El Sobrante intersection to protest the detainment of Harjit Kaur. Her family says she was taken while asking about medication, and now they worry about her health and safety in ICE custody.

“We are a wreck right now,” said Manjit Kaur, daughter-in-law of the woman detained. “Our family is not doing well right now. Her son — my husband — is not even able to speak… it’s very emotional to have your mom detained and you’re so helpless.”

Family members say Harj

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