ICE Releases Grandma With Green Card After 5 Months in Time for Christmas

[...] The case made its way to Congress, with Noem questioned about the story during a hearing in early December. Rhode Island Representative Seth Magaziner, a Democrat, blamed the secretary for Hughes-Brown’s detention.

"She did not come here illegally, and she has never committed any crime other than writing two bad checks totaling $80 10 years ago," Magaziner said. "She is currently imprisoned and facing deportation."

Magaziner asked Noem what explanation there could be to detain Hughes-Brown, to which she responded that it was not her job to pick and choose how laws were applied. She then promised to review the case. 

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Congressman Seth Magaziner, in a press release: "Jim Brown served our country in combat, and his family deserved better than months of unnecessary separation. This patriotic couple are now reunited just before Christmas. I will continue fighting this Administration over their unjust detentions and work to reunite more innocent families targeted by Trump’s DHS." [...] Read full story.