Post by Logan on Apr 4, 2017 19:07:18 GMT -6
Sisters detained at Logan for 36 hours sent back to Colombia: Lawyer
The latest victims of President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown are two sisters who were sent back to Colombia after being detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport for 36 hours.
The sisters, 20-year-old Dayana Gomez and Laura Gomez, 11, were immediately detained for questioning by U.S. Customs and Border agents when they arrived in Boston Wednesday to visit their mother and stepfather, Cambridge lawyer Heather Yountz told The Boston Globe.
Only when Laura was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital the following day after she had been suffering severe stomach pain were her mother and stepfather allowed to see them. However, a border agent was posted outside the hospital room and the family was not allowed to use cellphones.
“This is not like anything that I’ve ever seen,” said Yountz, who offered legal assistance to the sisters.
Read more: www.metro.us/boston/sisters-detained-at-boston-s-logan-airport-sent-back-to-colombia/zsJqda---VyC3Ku2WJRScs/
The latest victims of President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown are two sisters who were sent back to Colombia after being detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport for 36 hours.
The sisters, 20-year-old Dayana Gomez and Laura Gomez, 11, were immediately detained for questioning by U.S. Customs and Border agents when they arrived in Boston Wednesday to visit their mother and stepfather, Cambridge lawyer Heather Yountz told The Boston Globe.
Only when Laura was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital the following day after she had been suffering severe stomach pain were her mother and stepfather allowed to see them. However, a border agent was posted outside the hospital room and the family was not allowed to use cellphones.
“This is not like anything that I’ve ever seen,” said Yountz, who offered legal assistance to the sisters.
Read more: www.metro.us/boston/sisters-detained-at-boston-s-logan-airport-sent-back-to-colombia/zsJqda---VyC3Ku2WJRScs/