India, Sept. 15 -- American immigration authorities detained a 73-year-old Sikh woman in California when she went for a routine check-in with the US agency, sparking protests among community members.

According to media reports, Harjit Kaur has been living in the East Bay in Northern California for the past 30 years.

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Her family members and around 200 community members demonstrated against her detention at the intersection of Appian Way and San Pablo Dam Road in El Sobrante on Friday.

Kaur's grandaughter Sukhdeep Kaur told the news portal: "We are all just in a state of shock."

"I never t...