This is so wrong
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There are immigration issues that need solving. This isn't the way to address them.
Adopted from Iran at age two, she takes great pride in her quintessential American upbringing.
The woman was raised on a small farm in the Midwest. She attended church every Sunday. And she loved listening to her late father's stories from when he was in the Air Force during World War II.
But in the eyes of the U.S. government, the woman, who's now in her 50s and lives in California, is not American. Instead, she's an immigrant who overstayed her visa since she was a toddler and therefore, subject to deportation. She spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because she fears speaking publicly will complicate her immigration case.
"How could this happen?" she said. "I'm American. I've never had any other identity besides that."
Most international adoptees receive automatic citizenship thanks to the 2000 Child Citizenship Act. But the law excludes those who were already adults when the legislation passed or adoptees who entered the U.S. on the wrong type of visa, which is what happened to the California woman.
Earlier this month, she received a letter from the Department of Homeland Security saying removal proceedings have begun. The woman, who has no criminal record, has no idea what prompted the letter.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723914/ice-iran-deporatation-adoption-adoptee-veteran
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
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A Columbia University student was arrested on Thursday by federal immigration officers who reportedly misrepresented themselves by posing as New York police officers looking for a missing child in order to to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/columbia-student-detained-federal-agents
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Trump Won’t Stop Trying to Punish Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge must decide whether Abrego is the target of a “vindictive prosecution” by the Trump administration.From Intercept:
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A Columbia University student was arrested on Thursday by federal immigration officers who reportedly misrepresented themselves by posing as New York police officers looking for a missing child in order to to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/columbia-student-detained-federal-agents
said in This is so wrong:
A Columbia University student was arrested on Thursday by federal immigration officers who reportedly misrepresented themselves by posing as New York police officers looking for a missing child in order to to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/columbia-student-detained-federal-agents
Update:
Federal immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student early Thursday, triggering protests on campus along with allegations that agents had entered the university-owned residence under false pretenses.
Just hours after detaining student Ellie Aghayeva, though, the federal government abruptly reversed course, permitting her to walk free after the apparent intervention by President Donald Trump.
In a social media post Thursday afternoon, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he expressed concerns about the arrest during an unrelated meeting with Trump, who then agreed to release her immediately.
"I am safe and okay," Aghayeva wrote on Instagram, minutes after Mamdani's post, adding she was in "complete shock" from the experience.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/26/g-s1-111684/columbia-student-arrested-ice-missing-person
