Veronica Ortiz (left), the mother of Karla Toledo, embraces Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva outside the ICE Tucson Field Office Monday. ICE agents detained Toledo, a DACA recipient, earlier that day. Angela Gervasi On Monday afternoon, Maria Carrasco stood outside the ICE Tucson Field Office, gripping a foam poster of the Virgin of Guadalupe. “ICE kidnapped our neighbor here,” the sign read. Inside the field office was Karla Toledo — a local resident who’d been detained by ICE earlier that day. Carrasco, a coordinator with Derechos Humanos, stood among dozens of people who’d gathered outside the field office to demand Toledo’s release. ICE agents did not emerge from the field office, though several Tucson police officers and a line of caution tape separated community members from the building. Toledo’s relatives, including her mother and aunt, tearfully told reporters they didn’t understand why Toledo — a DACA recipient — had been detained. Reached Tuesday, an ICE spokesperson told AZPM the agency was preparing a statement on Toledo’s detainment. Maria Carrasco stands outside the ICE Field Office Monday, holding a sign commemorating community members who've been detained by ICE. Dozens of residents gathered at the field office to demand the release of Karla Toledo, a local DACA recipient. Angela Gervasi ICE continues to detain DACA recipients Nearly 19,000 DACA recipients live in Arizona, according to federal data. The program — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — provides a form of legal status for certain immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. Under the Trump administration, however, ICE has detained and, in some cases, deported DACA recipients. An investigation from The Guardian last month found that in the first nine months of Trump’s presidency, ICE deported 174 people who were renewing their DACA status. “To be clear: DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a social media post earlier this year. “Any illegal alien who is a DACA recipient may be subject to arrest and deportation for a number of reasons, including if they’ve committed a crime.” But Toledo’s mother, Veronica Ortiz, told Somos Tucson her daughter lacks a criminal record. Carrasco described Toledo as a pillar in the community, noting that she’d worked for local non-profits and had given know-your-rights talks. “Everyone knows her, she talks to everyone, very friendly, very educated. She’s very prepared. She has a lot of education, and that’s what we want in young people,” Carrasco said. As afternoon faded into evening, Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva walked into the field office parking lot and requested to visit Toledo in the ICE facility. “I don't know what we're going to be able to accomplish if we get in, but the fact that I can't even get to the door is really problematic,” she told AZPM as she waited to enter the building. After waiting over 30 minutes, Grijalva was permitted to enter the field office, where she spoke to Toledo through the door. After the visit, Grijalva noted that the field office is meant to hold people for no more than 12 hours, adding that Toledo would soon be transferred elsewhere. “You know, she’s teary, like everybody is, but I think that she’s really strong, and trying to figure out from here on where she goes,” Grijalva said.