The Brief A 59-year-old asylum seeker, Alevtina Soboleva, lived in Sunnyvale, but was detained by immigration officers on July 20 at a New York airport. The detention comes as a new Trump administration rule takes effect allowing asylum officers to send cases directly to immigration court, bypassing the typical initial asylum interview. A 59-year-old Sunnyvale woman's bedroom sits empty after she was detained by immigration officers on July 20 while returning from a vacation in New York State. "They said my mom does not have legal status in the U.S.," Daria Soboleva said. "Currently under the Trump administration, it's closer to 2%."