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ICE Detains Beata Siemionkowicz; Family Launches Campaign Amid Abuse Claims

7/29/2026

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ICE has detained Beata Siemionkowicz—whom DHS called a “criminal alien”—at Campbell County Detention Center in Newport, Kentucky since August 2025 after her August 2, 2025 arrest in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Daughters Claudia (25) and Gabi (21) launched the “Bring Beata Home” Instagram page and paused Gabi’s nursing school to pay mortgage, utilities and legal fees.
Former detainee Donna Hughes-Brown reported weeks-long outages of showers and toilets, scarce hygiene products, black-mold-covered vents and feces in the dormitory.

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ICE has detained Beata Siemionkowicz—whom DHS called a “criminal alien”—at Campbell County Detention Center in Newport, Kentucky since August 2025 after her August 2, 2025 arrest in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Daughters Claudia (25) and Gabi (21) launched the “Bring Beata Home” Instagram page and paused Gabi’s nursing school to pay mortgage, utilities and legal fees.
Former detainee Donna Hughes-Brown reported weeks-long outages of showers and toilets, scarce hygiene products, black-mold-covered vents and feces in the dormitory.