Karen Attiah
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405 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2024
last heard 19 Nov
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Theoretically stepped over some US borderline and they accused Jackie of human trafficking.
So that is the sort of story that CBP put out is that she was human trafficking and so that was the rhetoric we were hearing from people who wanted to marginalize her.
Yep.
So when they had her in custody and the kids, we started reaching out for them to be released.
It was inhumane conditions for children, you know, no access to any stable situation.
So the senators and I, with the help of many of the advocacy groups, the ACLU and NILC and others,
got a temporary restraining order, which stopped the departure of Jackie with the children to Honduras.
And then we are trying to get a hearing, and we're trying to get Jackie released on bond, as well as Juana, who just wants to go back to Honduras, and Carlos, their father.
So the senators and I, as well as any other members of my delegation who are willing, are...
going to be continuing to advocate, but we're getting no movement from them on this.
She had a U visa.
She had a work permit through 2029 with Jackie and Carlos.
They've never broken any laws.
This is not a family who is, you know, the worst of the worst or the criminals.
They are
The children won music and chess competitions like these.
And this led me, a member of Congress and their community every step of the way.
And again, these are four U.S.
citizen children who were detained for 15 days in a windowless cell with a toilet and a half wall in the corner and no freedom.
We need to do what Donald Trump said he was going to do, was to have immigration policies that...
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