BUDA, Texas -- A Buda family is fighting to get an undocumented relative out of ICE custody.

Family members say the 26-year-old woman suffers from mental illness and has been held for nearly two months in Pearsall, Texas.

Her mother said she's lived in the U.S. since she was 3 years old and has, at various points, had legal DACA status. The family fears her health is deteriorating and hope to rally support to have her released.

According to Janelie Rodriguez' mother, she suffers from schizophrenia, or psychosis. In October, her mother said that she was experiencing some sort of paranoid episode, and that they called the police to get Janelie some help. During that encounter with police, her mother said Janelie actually bit the police officer, which caused officers to arrest her and charge her with a felony.

A Hays County judge dropped that felony charge to a misdemeanor, but with misdemeanors and felonies alike, it's far more likely that one's DACA status be revoked.

It's for that reason, and some misplaced paperwork, that we don't know the exact standing of Janelie's DACA status while she's in Pearsall in ICE custody.

Rodriguez' detention is legal according to state law, but her family and activists are calling their representatives and demanding her immediate release. They say it's unethical to detain someone who is mentally ill.

On their side is Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who released a statement that reads, in part: “I do not believe that ICE is equipped to provide her the mental health treatment which she requires. And deporting her will certainly not help her get any treatment. She doesn’t need detention; she needs treatment to get well.”

Rodriguez' next court date is Sept. 5.