New Delhi, April 17 -- A Texas-based immigration court interpreter Meenu Batra has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), triggering concerns over due process and immigration enforcement practices.

"They want to make me disappear," Batra told The Guardian from detention, alleging she was being treated "like a criminal" despite her long-standing legal status in the United States.

Meenu Batra, a 53-year-old interpreter and long-time US resident, was detained in March at an airport in Texas while travelling for work, according to media reports. Batra, originally from India, has lived in the United States for more than three decades and is the only licensed interpreter in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu in immigrat...