new Orleans – An Iranian mother, who was detained by American immigration and customs enforcement officers, was issued this week after advocating the Republican House majority leader Steve Skillis.
Mandona “Donna”, 64 -year -old Kashanian was detained by snow officials last month, as she was a garden in the yard of her New Orleans’ house. CBS New Orleans affiliated WWL-TV report It happened on 22 June, one day later US armies bomb Iran,
She lived in the United States for 47 years and her 35 -year -old husband, Russell Milne, and 32 -year -old daughter Cattyin is American citizen.
Milne and Cattyin picked her up at an ice detention center in Basil, Louisiana, three hours west of New Orleans and brought her home, saying WWL.
Catiline Millne through AP 
His family and Attorney said Kashan was allowed to stay in the US until he regularly investigated with immigration officials, as he had done without failure, his family and attorney said.
After a surge of community support for Kashanian, Scalis, which represents 1 Congress district of Louisiana, including New Orleans suburbs, told WWL that he is going to pursue the Homeland Security Department to give Kashanian “a fair shake” to Kashanian when he applies for refusal after rebuke.
Scalis stated that Kashan should be judged on the “work of her life” and the role in her community.
Scalis’s office did not respond to a request to comment from AP.
Scalis’ intervention was “absolutely important” for the back-to-back advocacy to secure the release of Kashanian, his lawyer Kane Mayox told the Associated Press. He said that what happens next for the legal status of Kashan is still being done.
The Department of Homeland Security Spokesperson Trisia McLaglin said in an email statement that “the facts of the case have not changed.”
McLaglin said, “Mandona Kashanian is illegally in this country.” “He ended all his legal options.”
Rape. Stephanie Hilferti, a Republican, who represents the Kashanian community, stated that she is a “dedicated mother and wife, a caretaker, neighbor and dedicated volunteer”, which is with habitte, her local school district and other organizations for humanity.
More than 100 neighbors of Kashanian wrote letters of support for him, which Hilfti reported that AP He and Scalis had shared with the Trump administration.
“He is an incredible volunteer and servant only for our Lakvyu community community,” said Koshanian of Koshanian neighboring Koshanian, a neighbor of Kashanian, everyone knows him because he gives and does it all. ”
Some neighbors wrote letters to President Trump expressing support for their immigration policies, but said that some people like Kashan were being improperly detained and were urged to reconsider their case.
Kashan arrived in the US on a student visa in 1978 and unsuccessfully applied for asylum by his father based on the support of the US -backed Shah.
Ice New Orleans said in a June 1 post on Social Platform X that Kashan had thwarted the US after retaining a deportation order in 1992.
“He was ordered and not done by a judge to visit America,” the agency said. “Don’t be surprised that we are knocking.”
But Kashan was allowed to live with her husband and child until she regularly investigated with immigration officials, her family said. For decades, she “confidently and fully complied with the terms,” ​​Meyox, his lawyer said. Even the storm managed to investigate with the authorities while displaced by Katrina.
Kashanian met Milne while barting as a student in the late 1980s. He filmed Persian cooking tutorial on YouTube and dotted on neighboring children.
Milne told AP that his family was “extremely grateful” for all the support of his community and elected officials.
“She is meeting her obligations,” Milne said after her custody. “He is the age of retirement. He is not a threat. Who raises a grandmother?”
Other Iranians living in the US for decades have also been raised by immigration authorities, and American military attacks on Iran have expressed concern that more can be detained and deported. Iran was one of the 12 countries, which was under the US travel ban that was effective this month.
Immigration officers are demanding the arrest of 3,000 people a day under instructions from the Trump administration.
Attorney Mayox of Kashanian said that he represents other customers who had built life in the US for decades and are now being detained and being deported.
“There is still heartache that is happening to people,” said Mayox. “The difference is that they lived a quiet life and did not have access to political power to change the results in their affairs.”
