Palestinian Newlywed Reveals on CNN Conditions of 140 Day ICE Detainment After DHS Dismisses ‘Sob Story’: ‘I Wouldn’t Wish This Upon Anybody’

"Handcuffed For 16 Hours, Treated Like Cattle": Newlywed Bride Recounts US Detention Horror

She had been held in ICE custody for 140 days after returning from her honeymoon.

DHS Dismisses Palestinian Woman's Treatment In ICE Detention As 'Sob' Story

“I guess what we would ask the American people is, 'Who are they gonna believe?'" said a lawyer for the stateless woman.

Palestinian Newlywed Reveals on CNN Conditions of 140 Day ICE Detainment After DHS Dismisses ‘Sob Story’: ‘I Wouldn’t Wish This Upon Anybody’

Ward Sakeik accused ICE officials of mistreatment on multiple fronts following a 140 day detainment, which the Department of Homeland Security chalked up as a “sob story.” Sakeik and her lawyer Eric Lee joined CNN on Saturday following Sakeik’s release from federal custody. Sakeik, 22, is a stateless Palestinian woman who had just gotten married to a US citizen when they returned to the United States from a trip to the Virgin Islands in February…