India, May 29 -- A woman who has been living in the United States for over two decades was arrested by federal immigration agents at a downtown courtroom in Atlanta.

Maria Bonilla was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on May 8 at the Atlanta Immigration Court. Her daughter said the arrest happened because of a problem with her immigration paperwork. Maria is still in custody, as per a Newsweek report.

"She came not knowing how to read or write, and to this day, she cannot do either due to never having had an education, even when she was a little girl," Magali Bonilla said.

Maria came to the US from El Salvador in 2001 when she was 17 years old. For the past 10 years, she had been checking in regularly with immigrati...