Carolina Silva, a friend of Karla Toledo; and Mo Goldman, Toledo's lawyer, speak to reporters outside the ICE Tucson Field Office. ICE agents detained Toledo at her home on May 18.Angela Gervasi Attorneys for Karla Toledo say they’ve secured a $1,500 bond for the 31-year-old DACA recipient’s release. Mo Goldman, Toledo’s attorney, told AZPM he expects ICE to release Toledo Friday. ICE agents detained Toledo at her home Monday morning, prompting swift community backlash. Hours later, dozens of community members — including friends and family of Toledo — protested her detainment outside the ICE Tucson Field Office. “It makes you angry that they’re picking up these young people with DACA, who are super prepared, very well-studied,” said Maria Carrasco, a coordinator with Derechos Humanos, standing yards away from the field office where Toledo was being held. In a statement this week, an ICE spokesperson said Toledo illegally entered the country in 2024. “Illegal aliens who claim to be recipients of DACA are not automatically protected from deportations,” the spokesperson said. Toledo’s legal team quickly disputed ICE’s account, accusing the agency of “smearing” Toledo’s name. “Miss Karla Toledo was abducted from her home on May 18th, 2026,” Goldman said, addressing reporters on Wednesday. Goldman said that in 2024, Toledo had exited and re-entered the country using advance parole — a type of legal authorization for DACA recipients. “This is a document that is issued for people to exit the United States and be readmitted legally, not illegally,” Goldman told reporters Wednesday. “DHS is misconstruing and distorting facts and it's wrong.” Speaking to AZPM Thursday night, Goldman said Toledo was approved for a $1,500 bond. “Which to me is a win,” he added. It’s become increasingly difficult and rare for detained immigrants to access bond, due to recent rulings from the Board of Immigration Appeals, which operates under the executive branch. “It is a bit of an extraordinary measure in the current environment,” Goldman said of Toledo’s bond. DACA: ‘In the crosshairs’ Toledo came to the United States when she was one year old, according to her family. A Tucson resident, she volunteers with local non-profits and serves as an interpreter; on the side, she works as a wedding officiant, Carolina Silva told reporters at a press conference Wednesday. Silva is the executive director of Scholarships A-Z, a non-profit that works with undocumented youth. She’s known Toledo for more than five years, she said. “Karla represents the best in our community,” Silva said. “She has been here most of her life and she just doesn't deserve this. So, what am I supposed to say to other young people like Karla, right?” Toledo’s mother, Veronica Ortiz, stood behind Silva and Goldman Wednesday, crying openly as her daughter’s case was discussed. “What can I tell you all? She’s an excellent daughter, a very good sister,” she told reporters. Karla Toledo's mother, Veronica Ortiz, addresses reporters Wednesday.Angela Gervasi DACA — or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — provides temporary, renewable legal protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. Nearly 19,000 DACA recipients live in Arizona, according to federal data. The Obama-era policy, and the rationale behind it, have generally received widespread support. In a 2025 Gallup poll, 85% of respondents said they supported a path to citizenship for immigrants “brought to the U.S. illegally as children.” But actions under the Trump administration have placed DACA “in the crosshairs,” Luis Campos, co-counsel for Toledo, told AZPM Thursday. Last month, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that DACA recipients are not automatically protected from removal proceedings or deportation. In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security has also encouraged DACA recipients to self-deport. In the first nine months of the Trump presidency, ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients, according to former DHS Sec. Kristi Noem. “I think there’s just this misunderstanding by the public that the immigration system is some sort of pathway that people can legally process through,” Goldman said. “But it just isn’t that way. It’s so difficult, and it’s even harder under this current administration to try to legally process.”