Army, who traveled from Iraq to see her son for
the first time in 5 years. A mother of a sergeant in the 82nd
Airborne--someone who should be honored--lawfully entered the United
States, and because of this order, she was detained for 30 hours,
denied a wheelchair, and handcuffed, before her release. On Saturday night and early into the morning, I saw Customs and
Border Patrol officials at Dulles. I left Washington, DC, and drove to
Virginia to go to Dulles Airport. I saw Customs and Border Patrol
officials seemingly defy the orders coming from a Federal judge to at
least permit all legal permanent residents in detention access to legal
counsel. I held the judge's order in my hands. Because of the kindness
of a local law enforcement officer who was stationed in Dulles, I was
able to shuttle to Customs and Border Patrol, and I was then able to
submit handwritten notes and questions to the officials who refused to
meet with me. I did not get much of an explanation as to why they were
defying a clear order from a Federal judge. Whether or not this was a
case of bureaucratic confusion or a message from the courts getting
lost, Federal law enforcement officers, under the supervision of the
Department of Homeland Security, ignored and defied the orders of a
Federal judge.
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