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Lawyers: Afghan Family with Visas Detained Illegally at L.A. Airport

HeadlineMar 06, 2017

In California, a federal court in Santa Ana is slated to hold a hearing today on the case of an Afghan couple and their children, who lawyers say were detained illegally at the Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday and have since been held without justification. Lawyers say Customs and Border Protection agents detained the couple and their young children, including their 8-month-old infant, even though they all had valid visas to enter the United States. The International Refugee Assistance Center says the family received Special Immigrant Visas because the father had worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan. After reportedly being detained in isolation without access to lawyers, the family was then separated and sent to separate detention facilities, where they remain incarcerated.

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