The Ecuadorian woman whose arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Denver International Airport sparked national attention this summer has won a court order requiring the agency to remove the ankle monitor it imposed after her release from detention.Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, 27, successfully challenged ICE's decision to place her on electronic monitoring after an immigration judge ordered her release on bond without additional conditions. A federal judge in Colorado ruled that DHS must remove any release conditions not included in the immigration judge's bond order and barred ICE from re-arresting or re-detaining her without first demonstrating she is a flight risk or danger to the community.The filing marks the latest development in a case that drew national attention after Morales Rojas was arrested by ICE on July 20 while preparing to board a Southwest Airlines flight from Denver to Oakland. Her detention came amid the Trump administration's expanded effort to identify and detain suspected visa overstayers, including through airport enforcement operations that The New York Times described as opening a "new front" in the president's deportation campaign. ...While electronic monitoring is routinely used in some immigration cases, Morales Rojas' attorneys argue that ICE lacked authority to require her to wear an ankle monitor after an immigration judge ordered her release on bond without additional conditions. The dispute could provide an early legal test of how far immigration authorities can go in imposing supervision requirements after release. Public interest in the case has been significant, a fundraiser launched following her arrest raised more than $137,344 on GoFundMe.Newsweek reached out to Morales Rojas's legal team for comment via email.In a statement to Newsweek, a DHS spokesperson said that her work authorization did not mean she had legal status, adding "this administration will not ignore the rule of law."Morales Rojas, a native and citizen of Ecuador, entered the United States in early 2023 on a J-1 exchange visitor visa to participate in an au pair program, according to court records. Her petition states that she remained in compliance with federal immigration laws and was lawfully present in the United States at the time of her arrest.According to the filing, Morales Rojas had traveled from Oakland to Denver on July 16 to provide childcare for a former employer. Four days later, after passing through Transportation Security Administration screening and arriving at her departure gate, an ICE officer issued a Form I-200 administrative warrant for her arrest. She was detained after scanning her boarding pass for her return flight.Once in custody, Morales Rojas was served with a Notice to Appear charging her as removable under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that applies to people who remain in the United States longer than authorized. Her petition disputes that allegation, arguing that the government incorrectly concluded she had overstayed her status and asserting that her J-1 authorization did not have a fixed expiration date.She was subsequently held at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora.On July 28, an immigration judge granted her release on bond, according to the filing. The petition says the judge's bond order did not impose any additional conditions of release and did not authorize ICE to do so.Despite that order, Morales Rojas alleges that ICE required her to wear an ankle monitor before she was released, instructed her to report to an ICE office in San Francisco and enrolled her in the agency's Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, or ISAP.Her attorneys argue that those requirements constitute ongoing restraints on her liberty and effectively subject her to what the petition describes as "constructive custody" even after an immigration judge authorized her release. The amended petition challenges both the legality of her initial arrest and ICE's authority to impose monitoring conditions that were not included in the bond order."Illegal aliens--just like U.S. citizens--are subject to the legal system and may be subject to release conditions that include ankle or wrist-worn GPS technology," the DHS spokesperson said. "The Intensive Supervision Appearance Program is an enforcement tool that helps ICE ensure illegal aliens comply with removal proceedings."The filing says that the agency's actions violated Morales Rojas' procedural and substantive due process rights by subjecting her to continued restrictions after her release from detention. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security have not yet formally responded to the allegations in court.A spokesperson for DHS told Newsweek that Rojas "entered the country on October 20, 2024, on a visa that would allow her to stay in the country until January 4, 2025. In violation of our nation’s laws, she overstayed her visa."The court has not ruled on the merits of Morales Rojas' claims.In an order issued September 3, U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O'Hara directed federal officials to show cause by September 10 why the amended petition should not be granted. The order also allows Morales Rojas to file a reply by September 15.Update 9/4/26, 3:26 p.m. ET: This article was updated with comment from DHS.Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Matthew Cannon , James Debens and Cristina Diciu.