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ICE officials said Rodriguez had been issued an order of removal on Feb. 15, 2006, and since 2009 had been on supervision requiring her to attend regular check-in meetings. On May 10, she attended a check-in but had not purchased a plane ticket to Honduras — a condition that officials previously set.

Officials granted her two months before her next appointment, and that came Monday.

In a statement, an ICE spokeswoman, Justine M. Whelan, said Rodriguez was arrested at the check-in “because for the second time, she failed to purchase a plane ticket to depart the country in accordance with her final order of removal.”

Rodriguez’s attorney did not respond to requests for comment, but has previously stated Rodriguez hoped to be granted asylum.

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