PORTLAND — Protesters gathered in Monument Square on Saturday to call for the release of Olivia Mabiala Andre, 19, who was arrested alongside her family by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in November.

An estimated 80 people showed up to event, which is held weekly by Indivisible and aimed at resisting myriad policies and decisions of President Donald Trump and his administration.

The protest was just the latest addition in a pressure campaign aimed, organizer Jacob Ellis said, at bringing continued attention and “consistent public outcry” to Andre’s case.

The 19-year-old is being held at an ICE facility in Dilley, Texas. Her mother, Carine Balenda Mbizi, and two high school-age siblings were released from the facility last month.

Her younger brother, Joel Andre, was warmly welcomed back to Portland’s soccer fields upon his release.

The family, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was ordered to leave the country in February 2025 after they crossed into the U.S. illegally in 2022, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Andre’s continued detention has previously drawn calls for her release from figures including U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Maine Democrat, and children’s YouTube star Rachel Griffin Accurso, known as Ms. Rachel.

At the protest Saturday, Kirsten Cappy, speaking on behalf of the immigrant advocacy group Project Relief Maine, said Andre has lost 20 pounds while in custody and cannot see because she doesn’t have access to contact lenses.

“She’s desperate to come home,” Cappy said.