A Delaware County nurse who was detained by immigration officers during a family trip to Disneyland has reported for a mandated check-in in Philadelphia as she fights possible deportation to a third country, PhillyVoice and the Delaware County Daily Times reported.

Monica Ryadi, 30, works as a registered nurse caring for cardiac patients at Riddle Hospital in Middletown Township, in the Main Line Health system. She emigrated from Indonesia with her parents in 2005, when she was 9 years old. The family came on visas and applied for asylum; in 2010 a judge denied the application but issued a withholding of removal order, according to her habeas corpus petition as reported by PhillyVoice. That protection bars the government from deporting her to Indonesia and allows her to hold work authorization, but it leaves open removal to another country willing to accept her.

Ryadi was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at Los Angeles International Airport on September 15, 2026, as she travelled with her husband, a U.S. citizen, and their 3-year-old son to Disneyland. She spent two weeks at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California before a court order returned her to her family, and ICE has required her to wear an ankle monitor since her release on September 29. By her account in the court petition, officers told her she would 'be sent to a third country' but did not name it.

At the Philadelphia check-in, Ryadi was accompanied by her lawyer and by U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, the Democrat who represents Delaware County, with supporters gathered outside the Philadelphia ICE field office. 'She's a solid member of our community,' Scanlon said, according to the Daily Times. 'This is a woman who has permission to be here. She has been here for decades. She's a nurse. She has work authorization, pays taxes and follows all the rules.' Scanlon said they are seeking removal of the ankle monitor, which can interfere with medical equipment such as MRI machines that Ryadi uses in her work; her lawyer told PhillyVoice the monitor also makes it impossible for her to perform CPR correctly.

The Department of Homeland Security disputes Ryadi's status. DHS says she overstayed her authorization to remain in the United States and was issued a final order of removal in 2010, according to the Daily Times report. Federal officials are considering deporting her to a third country because a court has previously ruled she cannot be sent back to her family's country of origin. Her lawyer argues she is legally protected from deportation to Indonesia and has lived in the United States since childhood with work authorization. The case remains before immigration authorities, and no third country has been publicly named. Sources: PhillyVoice, October 2026, reporting Ryadi's habeas petition, her lawyer and Rep. Scanlon; Delaware County Daily Times via MediaNews Group, October 21, 2026.