Iranian Grandmother Released After Being Detained by ICE While Gardening Outside Louisiana Home

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Steve Scalise wants Iranian immigrant to get “a fair shake”

Iranian wife, mother, and community volunteer Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, 64, was taken into ICE custody last month while gardening in the yard of her New Orleans home. Kashanian has lived in the U.S. for the last 47 years, and her husband and daughter...

Iranian woman released from ICE detention after Steve Scalise asks for ‘a second look’

Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, an Iranian woman and New Orleans resident who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 50 years, was released from ICE custody after Rep. Steve Scalise’s intervention.

Six Colorado facilities pitched for possible ICE detention expansion by private companies, records show

Several companies have floated at least six Colorado facilities as potential sites to expand detention for undocumented immigrants in the state as the federal government ramps up its mass-deportation efforts.Documents submitted to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have pitched options that include two proposed sites in Colorado Springs, according to records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. The submittals were in response to…

Iranian mom snatched by ICE while gardening freed after Republican intervenes

An Iranian mother who was seized by ICE while gardening at her New Orleans home has been freed after a prominent Republican intervened with the Department of Homeland Security.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told media outlet WDSU that he asked DHS to give 64-year-old Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian "a fair shake" by considering "her life's work." That includes being a “'devoted mother and wife, a caretaker, neighbor and dedicated voluntee…

Iranian students denied U.S. visas after long wait

For more than a year, Iranian graduate students and their spouses held on to a single hope: that after months of visa delays and administrative silence, they would finally be allowed to begin their studies, or reunite with their partners, in the U.S. Instead, hundreds of students were abruptly denied visas this spring under Section 212(f), a presidential authority typically invoked for national security. No specific charges were levied, and no i…