Posted on 06/29/2025 11:27:42 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years, married a U.S. citizen and raised their daughter. She was gardening in the yard of her New Orleans home when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers handcuffed and took her away, her family said.
Kashanian arrived in 1978 on a student visa and applied for asylum, fearing retaliation for her father’s support of the U.S.-backed shah. She lost her bid, but she was allowied to remain with her husband and child if she checked in regularly with immigration officials, her husband and daughter said. She complied, once checking in from South Carolina during Hurricane Katrina. She is now being held at an immigration detention center in Basile, Louisiana, while her family tries to get information.
Other Iranians are also getting arrested by immigration authorities after decades in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security won’t say how many people they’ve arrested, but U.S. military strikes on Iran have fueled fears that there is more to come.
“Some level of vigilance, of course, makes sense, but what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can, whether or not they’re linked to any threat and then arrest them and deport them, which is very concerning,” said Ryan Costello, policy director of the National Iranian American Council, an advocacy group.
Homeland Security did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment on Kashanian’s case but have been touting arrests of Iranians. The department announced the arrests of at least 11 Iranians on immigration violations during the weekend of the U.S. missile strikes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, without elaborating, that it arrested seven Iranians at a Los Angeles-area address that “has been repeatedly used...”
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Is Valerie Jarrett among that mob?
Decades of breaking the law.
If this is correct, I am concerned. If this is not correct, I am concerned for another reason...and given it is the AP, it is entirely possible that this is a fabrication. So...not sure what to think because we can't be certain as to the facts, which is a shame, of course, to have a media we can't trust at all because regard for the facts is so often irrelevant to their reporting.
Is Valerie Jarrett among that mob?
Yes,everything from the AP is suspect.
Attending immigration check-ins isn’t breaking the law.
Student Visa.
Denied extension.
GTFO
“Some level of vigilance, of course, makes sense, but what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can, whether or not they’re linked to any threat and then arrest them and deport them, which is very concerning”
Trump has been clear, if you’re illegally in this country, you are subject to deportation.
If it’s correct, then the concern would be fed overreach.
If it’s wrong, I can see the concern would be the AP making stuff up and leaving info out.
How long do sleepercells sleep?-)
What part of the word “illegal” is unclear to you?
“Concern” warriors are concerned.
How about finding out where the Pakistani Awan brothers and their family are.
For starters, swear on Christ’s cross you are leaving the murder and rape cult, and burn a quran to show true intent.
Carter revoked their visas and deported all those Iranian students...
How was she missed ???
But NOT attending check-ins IS breaking the law.
From the article I didn’t understand if she checked in ONLY onc time over 45+ years, or if she checked in regularly and one of those times it was in SC.
Christians are supposed to obey the law.
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