According to a lawsuit filed on VML’s behalf, she and her family were taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on Tuesday while attending a routine check-in with the mother’s Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP).

ISAP is an alternative to detention for noncitizens who are in the country unlawfully.

It is not immediately clear what was flagged during that meeting to trigger deportation proceedings for VML’s mother and sister. But according to a court petition, her father, who had dropped the trio off at the meeting, was informed about an hour after the start of the meeting that his partner and two daughters had been taken into custody.

According to the suit, at one point as VML’s father tried to secure her release, New Orleans ICE Field Office Director Mellissa Harper began interrogating the family’s attorney about the father’s immigration status and attempted to lure him into custody as well.