Immigrant held in Cambria County Prison challenges indefinite detention
A 28-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, being held in the Cambria County Prison by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has filed a federal civil rights petition seeking her release from what she fears will be an indefinite period of detention. Della Maria Garcia Pena is seeking her immediate release and points out in her petition that ICE detained her on Dec. 19, 2025. As of the date of this petition (March 10), Pena stated there is no end to her detention “in the reasonably foreseeable future.” She has asked the federal court in Johnstown to release her “on reasonable ...



