In Arizona, a mother of three sits in a federal detention center awaiting deportation. The woman, known as “Seo,” isn’t in the country illegally. In fact, she was adopted at the age of eight months old from Korea. So, why does Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plan to deport her? Because Seo, who’s not a naturalized citizen despite being an adoptee, has been convicted of theft twice.

Immigration law stipulates that legal residents, which Seo is, can be deported to their countries of birth if they’re sentenced to serve more than a year of jail time. After being convicted of theft in 2008 and in 2009, Seo was ordered to serve a year-and-a-half in jail. This led ICE officials to begin deportation proceedings against her. The Korean Consulate, however, is asking ICE to reconsider deporting Seo. After all, she hasn’t been in Korea since birth, knows no one there and doesn’t speak the language. Moreover, she’s a single mother, and her three children would likely end up in the child welfare system in her absence.

Given this, it’s inhumane for ICE to deport Seo. She’s completely ill equipped for life in Korea, and her little ones would be left to fend for themselves in the U.S.  if she’s sent away. Tell ICE not to take this mother away from her children.