Ward Sakeik said she lost five months of her life because of her statelessness in her first remarks after being released from ICE detention.

Sakeik was released Monday from the Prairieland Detention Center. She had been arrested in February while returning from a honeymoon trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands with her husband. Although the islands are a U.S. territory, she was flagged by Customs and Border Protection upon reentry.