India, March 23 -- Lewelyn Dixon, a long-term green card holder who immigrated from the Philippines to the U.S. fifty years ago, is facing detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Washington, as per the information given by her niece Emily Cristobal, as mentioned in Newsweek.

Dixon's detention comes as the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement. Trump claimed he would carry out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, a goal widely supported by his Republican base.

Several Democrats do not want deportations to occur, but many would prefer there to be a series of legislative reforms around immigration. Trump indicated most deportations would focus on people with crime histories. However, t...